Rural U.S. faces organ transplant hurdles: study
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Residents of U.S. rural areas are up to 20 percent less likely to get a heart, kidney or liver transplant than urban dwellers, researchers reported on Tuesday.
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Presumed consent for organ donation scheme put on back burner as taskforce unveils alternative measures
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Science & environment: Objective of growing replacement organs for humans has been brought a step closer
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BEIJING, July 3 -- The Chinese government imposed new restrictions on organ transplants for foreigners Tuesday, part of an effort to curtail widely reported abuses such as selling organs and, in some hospitals, catering to foreigners looking for  discount hearts, livers and kidneys.
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Uninsured and diagnosed with liver cirrhosis, Elaine Sawyer entered the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Fla. A month later, doctors determined a transplant wouldn&#39;t help.
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Kidney disease so mild that a person might not notice it can still increase the risk of heart disease, stroke, and even death, two studies find.
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Even though patients are waiting longer for a kidney transplant, those who do get one live longer than those who remain on dialysis, according to data presented last
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Kidney exchanges are helping doctors shorten transplant waiting lists, but they also pose serious challenges.
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NEW YORK  - The psychological well-being of  patients after lung transplantation is not significantly  different from that in the general population, results of a  small study suggest. However, increased psychological distress  was found in a subgroup of transplant patients.
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Eddie Knipp's two heart transplants have given him the wisdom to savor the small wonders of life and the strength to endure one of its largest losses &#151; the death of a child. On Tuesday, Knipp and nine other heart transplant recipients celebrated more than 20 years of survival after surgery at the place that made it possible: the Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital.
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Better detection and treatment are helping to reduce death from breast cancer in America, but poor, rural and minority women - especially Native Americans - face barriers that keep them from taking advantage of cancer screenings that could potentially
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Kidneys from young donors should be matched to young recipients to extend the life of kidney transplants, says a study presented Oct. 31 at the the American Society of Nephrology annual meeting in St.
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People who have had kidney transplants face a big increase in risk for a variety of cancers, particularly those caused by a virus, according to a study published on Tuesday.
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A Holland woman who owes the past six years of her life to a heart transplant is now awaiting a kidney transplant. Brenda Veenman, 60, was added to the University of Michigan&#39;s kidney transplant list Dec.
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Animal-to-human organ transplants could be at the dawn of a new era thanks to progress in overcoming rejection and the creation of transgenic pigs, an expert said Tuesday.
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By JAMES HANNAH MARTINSVILLE, Ohio - Tucked away in the den of his 127-year-old farmhouse, Ed Winkle huddles over his computer. The screen's soft glow lights up his eyeglasses, reflecting messages about tractors, corn hybrids and crop insurance.
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People who have had kidney  transplants face a big increase in risk for a variety of  cancers, particularly those caused by a virus, according to a  study published on Tuesday.