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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senior citizens with kidney disease are good candidates for transplants and could get them if physicians would get past outdated medical biases and put them on transplant waiting lists, according to a study published in the January 2012 ...More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
Posted in News, Clinical & Pharma
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
Posted in News, Clinical & Pharma
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
Posted in News, Clinical & Pharma
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
Posted in News, Clinical & Pharma
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
Posted in News, Clinical & Pharma
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
Posted in News, Clinical & Pharma
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
Posted in News, Clinical & Pharma
New York City to Start Organ Ambulances

New York City will start sending out a second ambulance to scenes in which someone may be in danger of dying in order to quickly harvest organs that can be used for transplant. ...More
December 2, 2010
Posted in Blog, Government & Regulation
Kidney Donations by the Poor Declining

DENVER—Living kidney donations have declined among all income groups, but the rates have declined the most among the lowest income groups, according to an abstract presented at the American Society of Nephrology’s annual meeting. ...More
November 23, 2010
Posted in News, Clinical & Pharma