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2019 SUMMER WORLD TRANSPLANT GAMES

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World transplant games- Image source World Transplant Games, popularly referred to as WTG is an event staged and managed by the World Transplant Games Federation. All...
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Kidney Transplant Recipient Is ‘Scooting 4 Donors’ Across The USA

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Four-time kidney transplant recipient Matt Schneider is currently 'Scooting4Donors,' making his way across the US on a scooter in support of organ donation awareness. Matt...
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A Rare 3 Organ Transplant for a California Man

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At the edge of life’s trials, all we can hold on to is hope. Appreciating the value of life every moment we see a...
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Kidney Transplants

Trump’s New Kidney Dialysis Directive To Save Lives And Money

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President Donald Trump has signed an executive order aimed at reducing the cost of kidney treatment by increasing the availability of kidney transplants. According to...
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Donation

Disparity Persists In Kidney Transplantation for Hispanics and African Americans

Nelson O. Freytes -
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For two decades now, there has been a campaign to increase the number of Hispanic and black patients receiving kidney transplants from related and...
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Donation

It’s time to eliminate the monopolies in organ donation

Pierre Luc Charland -
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We have always been told that competition makes people or businesses better, right??  It pushes us to work a little harder which at the...
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Liver Transplants

Ever Think About Donating Part of Your Liver? On Average Over 400 Americans Do Every Year

Pierre Luc Charland -
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The Ed Henry story is helping promote living donation for liver transplantation. Ed Henry is a journalist for Fox News and he decided to donate...
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Kidney Transplants

Medicare Could Save More Than $25B Every Year for Kidney Diseases Care

Pierre Luc Charland -
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The new federal government initiative for kidney care that was signed this week by President Trump was long overdue.  More than 20% of the...
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Getting THE call. What happens next? (Part 2)

ORGAN & TISSUE + Pierre Luc Charland -
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There are a lot of things that need to be looked at when reviewing an offer. We just don’t give an organ to somebody...
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Lung and Heart Transplant Surgeons Efficient Day and Night

Heart Transplants Pierre Luc Charland -
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Several patients don't want to be operated on at night for fear that more mistakes happen due to fatigue and stress. If you are...
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Post-transplant anti-rejection drugs, the sun, and skin cancer

Medication Pierre Luc Charland -
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"Protect your skin" should not be an advice taken lightly for transplant patients. It is especially true for bald men. Skin cancer is a...
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Euthanasia and Organ Transplants

ORGAN & TISSUE + Pierre Luc Charland -
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This is a very touchy subject here in America. It seems that nobody wants to address the issue. The physicians are still hesitant to...
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The ABCs of a Good Outcome after Organ Transplant

ORGAN & TISSUE + Pierre Luc Charland -
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Be active There are plenty of statistics available about organ transplantation; survival per age, survival per organ, survival per gender, etc. The vast majority of...
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Steve Job’s transplant

ORGAN & TISSUE + Pierre Luc Charland -
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I have read a lot of misinformation lately about Steve Jobs regarding his 2009 liver transplant.  Even when it was make public a few...
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A Rare 3 Organ Transplant for a California Man

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At the edge of life’s trials, all we can hold on to is hope. Appreciating the value of life every moment we see a...
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Baby Lincoln Seay Goes Home After Receiving a Life-Saving Heart Transplant

Donation Nelson O. Freytes -
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“No words can express the gratitude we feel for the family who lost their loved one… choosing to save someone else’s life at a...
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Lung Transplant: How Long Will I be Waiting

Lung Transplants Pierre Luc Charland -
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The first question that comes into people's mind when they consider organ transplant is how long they will have to wait. There are so...
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Should financial incentives be allowed for organ donations?

ORGAN & TISSUE + Pierre Luc Charland -
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           The National Organ Transplant Act (NOTA) was first signed into law in 1984 under President Reagan and underwent a...
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Organ Transplants: Bye Bye Rejection

Innovation Pierre Luc Charland -
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If you tell an organ transplant patient there will be no need for immunosuppressant drugs anymore without a risk for rejection, what would be...
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Kidney Transplant and Pain Medicine

Kidney Transplants Pierre Luc Charland -
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An interesting study came out at the American Transplant Congress conference held last month in Philadelphia, Pa. Patients who were chronic opioid (pain medicine)...
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Kidney Transplants

Trump’s New Kidney Dialysis Directive To Save Lives And Money

Nelson O. Freytes -
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President Donald Trump has signed an executive order aimed at reducing the cost of kidney treatment by increasing the availability of kidney transplants. According to...
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Donation

Disparity Persists In Kidney Transplantation for Hispanics and African Americans

Nelson O. Freytes -
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For two decades now, there has been a campaign to increase the number of Hispanic and black patients receiving kidney transplants from related and...
Read more
Donation

It’s time to eliminate the monopolies in organ donation

Pierre Luc Charland -
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We have always been told that competition makes people or businesses better, right??  It pushes us to work a little harder which at the...
Read more
Liver Transplants

Ever Think About Donating Part of Your Liver? On Average Over 400 Americans Do Every Year

Pierre Luc Charland -
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The Ed Henry story is helping promote living donation for liver transplantation. Ed Henry is a journalist for Fox News and he decided to donate...
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Kidney Transplants

Medicare Could Save More Than $25B Every Year for Kidney Diseases Care

Pierre Luc Charland -
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The new federal government initiative for kidney care that was signed this week by President Trump was long overdue.  More than 20% of the...
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Kidney Transplants

Trump’s New Kidney Dialysis Directive To Save Lives And Money

Nelson O. Freytes -
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President Donald Trump has signed an executive order aimed at reducing the cost of kidney treatment by increasing the availability of kidney transplants. According to...
Read more
Donation

Disparity Persists In Kidney Transplantation for Hispanics and African Americans

Nelson O. Freytes -
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For two decades now, there has been a campaign to increase the number of Hispanic and black patients receiving kidney transplants from related and...
Read more
Donation

It’s time to eliminate the monopolies in organ donation

Pierre Luc Charland -
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We have always been told that competition makes people or businesses better, right??  It pushes us to work a little harder which at the...
Read more
Liver Transplants

Ever Think About Donating Part of Your Liver? On Average Over 400 Americans Do Every Year

Pierre Luc Charland -
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The Ed Henry story is helping promote living donation for liver transplantation. Ed Henry is a journalist for Fox News and he decided to donate...
Read more