New Zeal in Organ Procurement Raises Fears
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After a long fight with a degenerative disease, Ruben Navarro appeared close to death. So the hospital caring for him alerted the local transplant network, which rushed a team to the medical center to try to salvage the 25-year-old's organs.
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It took 12 surgeons, six operating rooms and five donors to pull it off, but five desperate strangers simultaneously received new organs in what hospital officials Monday described as the first-ever quintuple kidney transplant.
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Transplant surgeons and medical ethicists are outraged by the nation&#39;s first Internet-brokered organ transplant, performed last week in Denver.
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The national organ transplant network is asking hospitals to discourage patients from advertising for donors and, if possible, to refuse to perform transplants that arise from these campaigns.
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Every day, more than 15 people die in the United States while waiting for a lifesaving organ that never comes. At this very moment in New England, two babies under the age of 1 year old need livers.
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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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Medical advances are forcing more patients and families to confront ever more grueling choices about living and dying.
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The Canadian Institute for Health Information says a shortage of donor organs means Canadians are dying while waiting for new hearts.
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Many heart surgeons insist on using fresh, recently donated whole blood when performing open heart surgery on infants, hoping to reduce the risk of complications from the procedure.
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China issued guidelines Tuesday restricting organ transplants for foreigners, giving priority to Chinese patients in the government's latest effort to regulate procedures that have been criticized as profit-driven and unethical.
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Everyone should be an organ donor when they die unless they have asked not to be, the chief medical officer says.
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The International Organization for Migration (IOM) expressed alarm on Thursday over rising cases of trade in human organs in Asia, and said globalization had increased risks of human trafficking.
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Britain said Wednesday that a series of procedural changes at hospitals could boost the rate of organ donation by 50 percent within five years.
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What if governments and insurance companies nip the incentive for the dangerous illegal organ trade by paying donors with free healthcare or cash? Plus: Indian Organ Mafia Busted In Bodyhack.
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Everyone should be viewed as an organ donor when they die unless they request not to be, England's top doctor says.
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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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Public support grows in Scotland for a radical change to organ donation, the British Medical Association says.