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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They are fused mid-torso, sharing a kidney, a liver, a pelvis, a pair of legs and part of the large intestines. On Monday, a team of surgeons will try to separate 4-year-old Kendra and Maliyah Herrin in an operation that could take 14 to 30 hours. Doctors at Primary Children's Medical Center say it is the first known separation surgery attempted on twins with a shared kidney.
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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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A nurse from Cornwall meets the man she gave her kidney to in an altruistic swap.
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The nation&#39;s organ transplant officials are scrambling to try to develop rules to guide surgeons and hospitals coping with a new twist: organ donors and recipients who find each other on the Internet.
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Inmates in South Carolina could soon find that a kidney is worth 180 days.
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Two men are donating kidneys to each other's wives in a four-way surgical swap at Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital on Wednesday. It is the first time such a swap among healthy, living donors and patients with kidney failure has taken place at the hospital.
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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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Scientists are developing a device which could improve the lives of kidney dialysis patients.
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The case of a Houston man who advertised for a new liver has prompted the United Network for Organ Sharing to recommend that hospitals discourage patients from soliciting organs and, if possible, to refuse to perform such transplants.
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DENVER -- A Colorado man underwent a kidney transplant Wednesday in what is believed to be the first such operation involving an organ obtained through a for-profit Web site -- a transaction that has raised legal and ethical questions.
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A Vail man who has been in a high-stakes battle with a Denver hospital over a kidney transplant says he was told that the operation he needs will go ahead Wednesday.
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Scientists may be a step closer to transplanting a kidney without the need for long-term medication.
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DENVER Oct 20, 2004 - A Colorado man underwent surgery for a new kidney Wednesday in what was believed to be the first transplant brokered through a commercial Web site a transaction that has raised a host of ethical and legal questions.
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Police in India seek a Delhi doctor who is alleged to be involved in the illegal trade of human organs.
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As the world&#39;s first successful kidney transplant celebrates its 50th birthday, medical organisations are warning there is a critical shortage of donors.
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A Dutch TV show where patients will battle it out for a life-saving kidney donation is to go ahead despite widespread protests. By Michael Leidig.