Desperately Seeking a Kidney
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What you learn about people â and yourself â when you need them to donate an organ.
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Michael Ferreira was given the precious gift of life not once, but twice from his mother, Dawn Frasca, who donated a kidney to her son June 19, 2001. Ferreira, who was a teenager at the time and suffered from a disease that shrank his kidneys, not only recovered but went on to star on the Nantucket basketball team and became ...
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For the first time in the nine-month saga surrounding giving his kidney to a stranger, Rob Smitty on Wednesday questioned - for just an instant - if it was all worth it.
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A mother is due to donate a kidney to her daughter in a live transplant at the University Hospital of Wales.
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People with failing kidneys may  frequently use "natural" or homeopathic products and  over-the-counter medications that could worsen their kidney  function, a new study shows. And these products are sometimes  recommended by their physician or pharmacist.
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The first human trial of an artificial 'bio' kidney offers  hope of a working implant for patients, say experts.
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SEATTLE - A human kidney stolen from an exhibit of preserved bodies and organs was recovered after two months, thanks to an anonymous tip, police said.
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For more than 18 fruitless months, Regina and Dennis Joyner searched for an Asian woman willing to donate her eggs. They were on the waiting list at two Washington area fertility clinics. They placed an online classified ad, but the most promising response came from Africa. Finally, they gave up.
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A Colorado man who placed a &quot;transplant wanted&quot; ad on a Massachusetts-based Internet site is expected today to receive a kidney donated by a total stranger who simply wanted to do &quot;something big.&quot; The transaction marks the first time an organ transplant has been brokered by a commercial web company.
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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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Inmates in South Carolina could soon find that a kidney is worth 180 days.
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After 33 years of marriage, Ellie and Dan Tomczak have developed a nice symmetry. Five years ago, she received a donated kidney that saved her life, and three years later, he gave up one of his to save someone else&#39;s.
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A US man in need of a liver transplant appeals directly to the public in the hope of finding a donor.
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The search for recipients for the first face transplants may be relatively easy. More difficult, experts say, will be finding people willing to donate their faces after death.
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Oct 08  - Between 1990 and 2001, the number of people with chronic kidney failure in the US rose from 697 to 1424 cases per million population, according to a report released Thursday.
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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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Scientists are developing a device which could improve the lives of kidney dialysis patients.