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Kidney Transplant

When Donating A Kidney Becomes A Pre-Existing Condition

The Huffington Post | Julian Hattem | Posted 11.03.2009 | Business

Read More: Kidney Transplant, Organ Donors, Preexisting Condition, Bankruptcy, Donna Luebke, Claudia Smith, Kidney Donations, Philip Knisely, Medical Bills, Jeff Beatrice, Elinor Beatrice, Robert Ennis, Jose Luis Vara Jr, Pre-Existing-Condition, Bearing Witness, Bearing Witness 2.0, Business News

As part of its Bearing Witness 2.0 project, the Huffington Post is rounding up a few of the best local stories of the day. Some organ donors are imp...

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In New York, Cash And Connections Can Get You Kidney

AP | David B. Caruso | Posted 09.20.2009 | New York

Read More: Buying Kidneys, Kidney Donation, Kidney Transplant, Kidney Donors, Organ Donors, Buy a Kidney, Organ Donation, Organ Donations, Halachic Organ Donor Society, Robert Berman, Nick Rosen, New York News

NEW YORK (AP) -- For most of the thousands of Americans who need a new kidney, there are only two ways to go: persuade a friend or relative to donate,...

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Iraq Organ Trade Driven By Poverty

Huffington Post | Posted 08.20.2009 | World

Read More: Iraq, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, Kidney Donors, Kidney Transplant, Poverty, Organ Trade, Iraq Poverty, Iraq Organ Trade, Health, Kidney Donations, World News

In Iraq, where a fifth of people live in poverty and where unemployment is at least 18 percent, increasingly more people must resort to selling their ...

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Internet Makes Distant Dream Come True

New York Daily News | Christina Boyle | Posted 07.12.2009 | New York

Read More: Kidney Donors, Kidney Transplant, Brooklyn New York, Anthony Cottman, New York, New York City, Brooklyn, New York News

Anthony Cottman will soon be able to return to work, go on vacation and walk up subway steps thanks to a woman who agreed to give the Brooklyn man her...

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Are We Ready for a Market in Fetal Organs?

Jacob M. Appel | Posted 04.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Kidney Transplant, Organ Donors, Stem Cells, Fetal Organ Market, Kidney Donations, Fetal Organ, Organ Donations, Stem Cell Research, Politics News
Jacob M. Appel

If aborted fetuses prove to be a useful source of organs for transplant, we may soon have to grapple with yet another controversial and startling phenomenon: a legal market in fetal tissue and organs.

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My Big Fat Vegan Kidney Donation

Hillary Rettig | Posted 03.05.2009 | Living

Read More: Kidney Donation, Hillary Rettig, Altruism, Vegan, Philanthropy, Kidney Transplant, Vegetarian, Animal Rights, Charity, Green News, Kidneys, Organ Donors, Living News
Hillary Rettig

A lot of people look at you weird when you tell them you're donating a kidney to a non-family member, just as they look at you weird when you tell them you're vegan.

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KIDNEY DIVORCE : Man Wants Ex to Pay for Donated Kidney

news.aol.com | Posted 02.09.2009 | Style

Read More: Kidney Transplant, Kidney Donations, Kidney Divorce, Style News

When they were married, a New York doctor gave up one of his kidneys to save his ailing wife. Now they're getting a divorce, and he wants it back. ...

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Because Pain Makes You Self-Centered, a Doctor Wants a Kidney Back and a Feuding Ex-Wife Sabatoges A Teddy Bear

Jill Brooke | Posted 02.09.2009 | Living

Read More: Relationship Counseling, Long Island, Kidney Transplant, Divorce Kidney Transplant, Marriage, Marriage Counseling, Therapy, Husbands, Divorce, Children, New York Post, Kidney Donations, First Wives, Marriage Counselor, Marital Counseling, Living News
Jill Brooke

For anyone going through a divorce, there has to be a blinking light that switches on in your head reminding you that you will not make the best decision because of the stresses you're under and to proceed with caution.

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Critics: Jesus Christians Donate Kidneys For Publicity

Wall Street Journal | LAURA MECKLER | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Kidney Transplant, Kidney Donations, Organ Donations, Kidneys, Jesus Christians, Business News

Ashwyn Falkingham wanted to donate one of his kidneys but didn't know anyone who needed one. With the help of a Web site, he met a woman in Toronto wh...

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