June 16, 2021

Searching for footing in a life nearly extinguished by COVID (VIDEOS)

By ADAM GELLER April 22, 2021 GMT WESTFIELD, Ind. (AP) — On line in the hospital atrium, Kari Wegg folds her hands in her lap while husband Rodney pilots the wheelchair, moving

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Lung Transplants

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June 16, 2021

CANADA: B.C. man living a full, active life after double-lung transplant – Coast Mountain News

Matt Schlatter fulfilled his dream of becoming a paramedic and living an active life after receiving a double lung transplant two years ago. Having battled cystic fibrosis his whole life, the

June 14, 2021

How COVID-19 has affected organ transplants

The organ damage from COVID-19 has left many patients in need of transplants. Recent reports say that though doctors once hesitated to perform transplants to benefit COVID-19 patients, they're now operating more

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Heart Transplants

Pediatric Transplant

June 14, 2021

Chicago-area girl ‘enjoying life’ after receiving 2nd heart transplant (VIDEO)

Child receives 2nd heart transplant at Lurie Children's Hospital For each step of her life, 7-year-old Kaysen has had quite a team backing her, including a heart surgeon willing to have

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Liver Transplants

June 14, 2021

Liver Transplant Provides New Lease On Life For Warren, PA Man

WARREN, Pa. — Dec. 7 is a day that will live in very personal high esteem for Marty Yucha. About five years ago, Yucha had successful cancer treatments. But, those treatments

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Heart Transplants

June 14, 2021

5 important tips about COVID-19 vaccines for heart failure, heart transplant patients

As more and more Americans receive their COVID-19 vaccine, heart failure patients and heart transplant recipients may have specific questions about how they should proceed. Can they be vaccinated? If

June 11, 2021

Malta man becomes Colorado’s first COVID-19 patient to undergo double lung transplant | State & Regional

Bryan Raymond tested positive for the coronavirus in December 2020, and walked out of a Denver hospital with a newly transplanted pair of lungs in March 2021. Raymond, 37, of Malta,

Multiple Organ Transplant

Tech & Industry

World

June 11, 2021

INDIA: Study sheds light on reverse-order heart-liver transplant’s benefits for certain patients

This unique approach to heart-liver transplant opens the door to more highly sensitised patients getting the transplants they desperately need Representative Image | Pic: Flickr Traditionally, surgeons transplant the heart first followed

June 10, 2021

CYPRUS: First kidney transplant from living donor to child carried out in Cyprus

For the first time in Cyprus, a kidney transplant from a mother to a child was successfully performed, the health ministry announced on Friday. The transplant, from a mother to her

June 10, 2021

Test to Predict Kidney Transplant Rejection Works for Children (VIDEO)

Newswise — LOS ANGELES (April 22, 2021) -- In many ways 19-year-old, Brenna Kahlen is a typical teenager. She is living at home in Newport Beach, working and going to college.

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