Despite Long Wait, Kidney Transplant Better Than Dialysis
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A wait of even three years for a kidney transplant is worth it, according to a Canadian study presented the American Society of Nephrology in St.
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Very obese people who need a kidney transplant are far less likely to get one than normal weight people, and when they do, their wait is an average of a year to 18 months longer, a new study found.
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The sickest heart patients fare better when they are outfitted with an artificial device and tethered to a dishwasher-size power source while waiting for a heart transplant, says a study published today in the New England Journal of Medicine.
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Although willingness to donate organs has risen in recent years, major hurdles remain.
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Researchers report that the higher a personâs body mass index is, the less likely he is to receive a kidney transplant.
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NEW YORK  - After children and adolescents receive an organ transplant, more than 90 percent do well at the one-year mark. Thereafter, unfortunately, the rate of loss of the grafted organ increases, investigators report.
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Doctors have put aside ethical concerns to carry out a kidney transplant between two men who met online.
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In the past few months, Sarasota resident Mary Pierson has taken some of the most important tests of her life. Tests that determined she was a possible match for her husband, Mark, who needs a kidney transplant.
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(LUMBER BRIDGE, North Carolina)-- About 3,000 North Carolinians are on the waiting list for a life-saving organ transplant. More than half of those are in need of a kidney.
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Â· One patient a day dies waiting for a transplant Â· BMA backs idea, but other groups voice concerns
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VANCOUVER -- Two British Columbia residents each gave up a kidney to save strangers, becoming the first living people in Canada to anonymously become organ donors.
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Oct. 8, 2004 -- Chronic kidney failure soared 104% in the US between 1990 and 2001, largely due to climbing rates of diabetes and high blood pressure.
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Kidney exchanges are helping doctors shorten transplant waiting lists, but they also pose serious challenges.
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Doctors and patients have overcome huge medical hurdles in liver transplantation, but they still face an ethical abyss, created largely by organ shortages.
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LOS ANGELES -- In what's being called a major advance in organ transplants, doctors say they have developed a technique that could free many patients from having to take anti-rejection drugs for the rest of their lives.
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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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Despite the return of its founder, improvement will take time.