Organ Transplant

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UCLA's Remarkable Face Transplant Program

HuffingtonPost.com | Kathleen Miles | Posted 05.27.2012

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Imagine going from having no face to having someone else's face. Face transplantation is the process of removing part or all of a donor's face and ...

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An Open Letter to the Sultan of Oman : Please, Leave a Tip for a Sick Woman

Sasa Milosevic | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Sultan, World, Irena Paunovic, Health, Sultan of Oman, Oman, Zakat, Muslim, Organ Transplant, Sadaqah, Lung, Video, World News
Sasa Milosevic

During your recent and glamorous visit to Croatia, you left about $60,000 in tips for the staff of the hotels Hilton Imperial and Rixos Libertas in Dubrovnik.

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Facebook Organ Donor Tool: "Like"

Victoria Comella | Posted 05.01.2012

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Victoria Comella

The whole concept of organ donation isn't something that most people think about very often, unless of course you happen to know someone who has done it or if you're walking around with a heart that isn't your own. I fall in the former category.

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Is it Probable that People Anywhere in the World are Kidnapped Solely for the Purpose of Involuntary Organ Donation?

Quora | Posted 04.27.2012

Read More: Legends, Urban Myths, Legend, Organ Transplant, Crime, Organized Crime, Organ Transplants, Urban Myth, Urban Legends, Myths, Kidnappings, Kidnapping, Kidnapped, Weird News News
Quora

Kidney theft is a venerable urban legend. The origins of urban legends are notoriously difficult to identify but in the case of kidney (or other organ) theft, the rumors seem to have preceded the real-life cases by some years.

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Dick Cheney And The History Of The Heart Transplant

Posted 03.26.2012

Read More: Heart Transplant History, Heart Transplants, Heart Disease, Heart Transplant, Organ Transplant, Dick Cheney Heart Transplants, Slidepollajax, Dick Cheney, Video, Healthy Living News

Dick Cheney's heart transplant at age 71 has left many wondering if the former Vice President was too old to undergo the procedure. Often, hospital...

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In One Country, Rich Tricking Poor Into Giving Up Organs

The Huffington Post | Khadeeja Safdar | Posted 03.26.2012

Read More: Video, Kosovo Organ Trafficking, Organ Transplant, Bangladesh, Business News, Organ Trafficking, Study, Organ-Donor-List, Business News

Some people just aren’t content waiting in line with everybody else. Wealthy people are bypassing donor lists by duping poor people in Banglades...

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Conversation With a Dying Man

Melissa Carter | Posted 04.07.2012

Read More: Transplant, Kidney Transplant, Organ Donations, Organ Transplant, Organ Donation, Kidney, Personal Health, Healthy Living News
Melissa Carter

Neil Millman wanted to give me some pointers about what was ahead of me. As I walked into his hospice room, I knew it could just as easily have been my room. The cancer that is attacking his body is the result of taking drugs for years that kept his transplanted kidney alive.

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Maine Girl Bouncing Back After 6-organ Transplant

AP | CLARKE CANFIELD | Posted 04.03.2012

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HOLLIS, Maine — A 9-year-old Maine girl is home from a Boston hospital healthy, active and with high hopes – and a new stomach, liver, spl...

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UCSF Denies Dying Immigrant Kidney Transplant Despite Donor And Insurance

Aaron Sankin | Posted 02.02.2012

Read More: Denied Kidney Transplant, Kidney Transplant, UC San Francisco, Ucsf Kidney Transplant, Organ Transplant, Jesus Navarro, Prop 187, Illegal Immigrant, Ucsf, Undocumented Immigrant, San Francisco News

Jesus Navarro had everything he needed to get a kidney transplant in the United States--private insurance and a willing donor, his wife, with a compat...

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Donated 'Heart In A Box' Saves Mom's Life

Posted 01.04.2012

Read More: Abbas Ardehali, Donate Life America, Video, Arthur Caplan, Heart Transplant, Organ Transplant, Organ Donation, Amy DeStefano, Heart in a Box, Organ Waiting List, Organ Donor, Impact News

Amy DeStefano started off the new year with a new lease on life when she got the heart for which she had waited three years. After a virus damaged ...

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Best of TEDTalks 2011, #5: Printing a Human Kidney

Anthony Atala | Posted 01.07.2012

Read More: Kidney Transplant, tedtalks2011, Heart Transplant, #18ideas, Regenerative Medicine, Organ Transplant, Printing Organs, Tedtalks, Heart Disease, Technology News
Anthony Atala

2011-12-20-anthonytetedteddd.jpgTo many people, the idea of growing replacement body parts in the lab sounds like modern-day science fiction. In truth, it's quickly becoming science fact.

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Anthony Atala On Printing Organs

Posted 12.20.2011

Read More: Kidney Transplant, tedtalks2011, Heart Transplant, Organ Transplant, Regenerative Medicine, #18ideas, Printing Organs, Tedtalks, Heart Disease, Video, Technology News

jQuery(function($) { $('#ad_sharebox_260x60').prepend(''); }); In this special year-end collaboration, TED and The Huffington Post are ex...

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Making Sure Kidney Donors Stay Healthy Long After The Transplant

AP | LAURAN NEERGAARD | Posted 01.28.2012

Read More: Video, Kidney Transplant Health, Organ Transplant, Kidney Donors Healthy, Kidney Donors Health, Kidney Donations, Organ Donors Health, Kidney Donors, Healthy Living Health News, Organ Donation Health, Healthy Living News

WASHINGTON — More and more people are donating one of their kidneys to a loved one, a friend, even a stranger, and now a move is on to make sure...

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Organ Trafficking Gangs Force Poor to Sell Kidneys

Bloomberg | Michael Smith, Daryna Krasnolutska and David Glovin | Posted 01.01.2012

Read More: Organ Donors, Organ Trade, Crime, Organ Transplant, Organ Donation, Israel, Organ Trafficking Gangs, Organ Trafficking, World News

Aliaksei Yafimau shudders at the memory of the burly thug who threatened to kill his relatives. Yafimau, who installs satellite television systems in ...

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The Artist's Urge to Proselytize

George Heymont | Posted 11.12.2011

Read More: Isabel Stenzel Byrnes, Mark Smolowitz, Double Lung Transplant, Leonard Shlain, Film, Organ Transplant, Connected: An Autobiography About Love Death and Technology, Organ Donation, Anabel Stenzel, David Brooks, Tiffany Shlain, Philip Leakey, Donor Family, The Power of Two, Cystic Fibrosis, Arts News
George Heymont

In many ways, Dear World was out of sync with the moment. Its relevance to the corporate greed and political corruption plaguing today's world is staggering.

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WATCH: Sharing This Video Could Save 80 Lives

The Huffington Post | Stephanie Marcus | Posted 08.16.2011

Read More: I'm a Donor, Video, Organ Donors, I'm a Pepper, Viral Video, Oschner Health System, Organ Transplant, Health, Organ Donation, Organ Transplant Video, Viral Organ Donation Video, Musical Organ Transplant Video, Louisiana Organ Procurement Agency, Poll, Impact News

If you remember the 70s you might get a kick out of this catchy musical video encouraging organ donation. Created by New Orleans-based Oschner Healt...

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A Daughter's Gift: HuffPost's Own Erica Liepmann & Her Mother Share Their Kidney Donation Story

Erica Liepmann | Posted 06.05.2011

Read More: National Donate Life Month, Kidney Donors, Kidney Donations, Kidney Transplant, United Network for Organ Sharing, Organ Transplant, Organ Donation, Impact News
Erica Liepmann

"Hi, Mommy. It's me. I've got some good news! I just got a call from Ellen, the committee has cleared me as a [kidney] donor for you. I'm really excit...

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Donor Of First Successful Organ Transplant Dies 56 Years Later

AP | CLARKE CANFIELD | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Health Care, Heart Transplant, Kidney Transplant, First Organ Transplant, Organ Transplant, Home News

PORTLAND, Maine — Ronald Lee Herrick, who donated a kidney to his dying twin brother 56 years ago in what's recognized as the world's first succ...

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Community Rallies Together To Help Teen In Need Of Lung Transplant

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Transplant, Fundraising, Cystic Fibrosis, Lung Transplant, Children's Health, Organ Transplant, Impact News

Most three-year-olds are concerned with ABCs, cookies and cartoons. For Bethany Bibb, it was the year she was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis. Now 1...

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Arizona Budget Cuts Kill Money For Organ Transplants

The Huffington Post | Ryan McCarthy | Posted 05.25.2011

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For some Arizona residents, the massive fiscal crisis gripping their state and others has put their lives at risk, NPR reports. Thanks to a $1.5-bill...

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Live Donor Transplants: Does The Benefit Outweigh The Risk?

AP | PAULINE ARRILLAGA | Posted 05.25.2011

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Live-donor liver transplantation is a lifesaving option for many suffering from end-stage liver disease but also a controversial procedure that raises...

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Sisters Use Craigslist To Find Organ Donor For Father, Others

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Kidney Donation, Organ Match, Kidney Transplant, Organ Transplant, Organ Donation, Flood Sisters, Flood Sisters Kidney Foundation of America, Impact News

When their father needed a kidney transplant, sisters Cynthia, Heather and Roseann Flood hoped they would be able to give him one of their own. But ...

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U.S. Transplant Games Give Kidney Recipients The Chance To Compete

The Washington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Kidney Transplant, National Kidney Foundation, Transplant Athletes, US Transplant Games, Transplant Games, Organ Transplant, Impact News

Athletes from all over the United States will gather next week in Wisconsin to compete for medals in a dozen sports, including track and field, swimmi...

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Search For Live Liver Donors Raises Medical, Ethical Questions

Chicago Tribune | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Liver Transplant, Cirrhosis, Living Donors, Organ Transplant, Organ Donation, Chicago, Good Samaritan Organ Donors, Illinois, Liver, Organ Donors, Chicago News

Medical advances in organ transplantation have extended lives that a few years ago would have been cut short. Yet public solicitation for organs raise...

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Dan Coyne, Kidney Donor: Giving Kidney To His Favorite Jewel-Osco Cashier

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Renal Failure, Kidney Transplant, Dan Coyne, Organ Transplant, Kidney Dialysis, Chicago, Myra De La Vega, Kidney Failure, Illinois, Organ Donor, Chicago News

Dan Coyne asked his favorite Jewel-Osco cashier, Myra de la Vega, if everything was all right. She didn't look well. When he heard her story -- renal...

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