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How Patients Use Facebook to Solicit Kidney Donors

MAYWOOD, Ill.—Loyola University Medical Center researchers are reporting one of the first studies to examine how patients and families are soliciting living kidney donors on Facebook. ...More

3 hours ago

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Obesity Reduces Organ Donor Pool

WASHINGTON—The obesity epidemic is contributing to the shortage of organs available for transplant, according to new research presented at the National Kidney Foundation's 2012 Spring Clinical Meetings. ...More

2 weeks ago

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Seniors Lack Access to Kidney Transplants

BALTIMORE—Thousands more American senior citizens with kidney disease are good candidates for transplants and could get them if physicians would get past outdated medical biases and put them on transplant waiting lists, according to a study published in the January 2012 ...More

January 13, 2012

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People Over 70 Can Safely Donate Kidney

WASHINGTON—People over age 70 years of age can safely donate a kidney, according to a study appearing online Oct. 28 in the Clinical Journal of the American Society Nephrology (CJASN). ...More

October 28, 2011

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African Americans More Likely to Donate Kidney to Family Member

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — African Americans donate almost exclusively to family members for living kidney transplants, as compared to Caucasians, according to a study published in the September/October online issue of Clinical Transplantation. ...More

October 19, 2011

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Donor Home in One Day After Robotic-Assisted Kidney Donation

PITTSBURGH—A western Pennsylvanian kidney donor is recovering after becoming the region’s first patient to undergo robotic-assisted minimally invasive kidney removal surgery. ...More

July 7, 2011

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Genes, Not Race, Determine Donor Kidney Survival

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C.—A new study by researchers at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center sheds light on what causes certain kidneys to do better than others after being transplanted, providing doctors with an easy way to screen for donor kidneys that have the best chance of ...More

May 10, 2011

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Education, Income Affect Arab American Organ Donation

ANN ARBOR, Mich.—University of Michigan researchers have identified various factors—from education and income levels to gender and religion—that could predict how Arab Americans view organ donation, according to a study published online in Clinical Transplantation. ...More

January 25, 2011

Posted in News, Practice Management

Surgeons Using Fewer High-Risk Donor Organs

BALTIMORE—One-third of U.S. transplant surgeons “overreacted” and started to use fewer organs from high-risk donors after four Chicago patients were transplanted in 2007 with organs from a single donor unknowingly infected with HIV, according to a study in the January issue ...More

January 18, 2011

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Second Brain Death Exam May Hurt Organ Donation Rates

MANHASSET, N.Y.—Requiring a second exam on a person who is considered brain dead may be unnecessary, according to a study on the impact of a second brain death exam on organ donation rates. ...More

December 16, 2010

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