Waiting for a Liver
Seventeen people a day. That's approximately how many people in North America die waiting for an organ transplant. There simply aren't enough donor organs to meet demand. And if you are waiting for...
View ArticleMayo Clinic Study Suggests Acute Injured Kidneys can be considered for...
PHOENIX — The shortage of kidneys needed for organ transplantation in the U.S. can be alleviated in part by using select kidneys with Acute Kidney Injury (AKI), resulting in safe and positive...
View ArticleMaking Organ Transplant Work for Courtney
Medical innovation has helped a Chicago-area woman receive a lifesaving double organ transplant, even after she’d been told it wasn’t an option. Previous surgeries had made her risk of organ rejection...
View ArticleLowering Rejection Risk in Organ Transplantation: Mayo Clinic Radio Health...
In this Mayo Clinic Radio Health Minute, Dr. Mark Stegall comments on efforts to lower rejection rates for organ transplantation. To listen, click the link below. Lowering Rejection Risk in Transplant
View ArticleMayo Clinic Radio: Transplant Update/Springtime Allergies/Preventing...
Human organ transplantation has come a long way since the first heart transplant in 1967. But despite advances, there are still more than 100,000 people in the U.S. waiting for a donor organ. We'll get...
View ArticleOrgan donation is the gift of life
Did you know that one organ donor can save up to eight lives? That’s a pretty powerful reason to consider registering as an organ donor. More than 118,000 Americans are on the national organ...
View ArticleMayo Clinic Transplant Center / autism / interval training and aging: Mayo...
According to the Organ Procurement and Transplant Network, each day in the U.S., around 120,000 people are waiting for an organ transplant, and another person gets added to that list every 10 minutes....
View ArticleReligion and organ donation: Mayo Clinic Radio Health Minute
In this Mayo Clinic Radio Health Minute, Dr. Brooks Edwards explains that typically, religion is no barrier to becoming an organ donor. To listen, click the link below. Religion and Organ Donation
View ArticleHousecall: Keeping track of your health history online
THIS WEEK'S TOP STORIES Personal health records and patient portals A personal health record is a collection of information about your health. This may include your health care providers' names and...
View ArticleMayo Clinic Minute: Long-term survival improving for kidney transplant patients
If you're a kidney transplant patient, your chances of living a longer life are improving. That's according to a recent review published in The New England Journal of Medicine. It showed that the...
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