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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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

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,

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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June 10, 2021

UK: Ashley Cain’s baby daughter Azaylia dies after leukemia diagnosis

Former footballer Ashley Cain has announced the death of his eight-month-old daughter, Azaylia, who had been diagnosed with an aggressive form of leukaemia. Baby Azaylia Diamond Cain was diagnosed when she

June 9, 2021

Healthcare worker receives heart transplant at Largo Medical Center (VIDEO)

LARGO, Fla. — Largo Medical Center started its heart transplant program nearly a year ago. To date, the hospital has performed 17 heart transplants. Local healthcare worker Brian Hobson needed a

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June 7, 2021

Two-Time Stem Cell / Bone Marrow Transplant Recipient and Mom Appear In Documentary

MERRICK, NY — Sanford H. Calhoun High School junior Samantha Horowitz and her mother, Tara Notrica, have worked tirelessly the last three years to share Notrica's journey as a two-time

June 7, 2021

Health Matters: Baptist Health Hospital reaches huge milestone with 300th heart transplant

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.– Baptist Health Medical Center in Little Rock reached a huge milestone. The hospital’s Heart Transplant and VAD Institute completed its 300th heart transplant. The first transplant the

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June 4, 2021

Advancements in Lung Transplants with the Cleveland Clinic Team (AUDIO)

There are approximately just 2000 lung transplants conducted annually in the US—a rate which pales significantly to counts of yearly kidney and liver transplants, and is similar to the rate

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