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They flock from other states and climes to the coast known as the Grand Strand, first as tourists, and later as residents, captivated by ocean views, rolling green...
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China will investigate whether 17 Japanese tourists received illegal organ transplants, state media said Tuesday.
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AP, Clifton
Five fortunate organ recipients are meeting the New Jersey family whose loss became their gain.
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AP, Dallas
A 7-year-old girl received a new heart Monday, more than eight months after she and her older sister were put on the transplant list because of the same rare ailment.
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AP, Chicago
Blacks waiting for a liver transplant used to be more likely to die compared to whites. Now they have the same chance of getting a life-saving organ under a nationwide...
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AP, New Orleans
Turns out men and women really are different at heart: New research finds that heart transplant patients have better odds of survival and a lower risk of rejection if...
made popular Nov 12 2008
AP, Vatican City
Pope Benedict XVI on Friday lamented the shortage of organs for transplants but denounced any selling of organs as immoral.
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AP, Washington
Nearly one in three patients who need a kidney transplant may never get one because their bodies are abnormally primed to attack a donated organ.
made popular Oct 13 2008
AP, London
Transplanting faces may seem like science fiction, but doctors say the experimental surgeries could one day become routine. Two of the world’s three teams that...
made popular Aug 21 2008
AP, New York
A report on three heart transplants involving babies is focusing attention on a touchy issue in the organ donation field: When and how can someone be declared dead?
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AP, Seattle
Timothy Garon’s face and arms are hauntingly skeletal, but the fluid building up in his abdomen makes the 56-year-old musician look eight months pregnant.His...
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AP, Baltimore
Very obese people who need a kidney transplant are far less likely to get one than normal weight people, and when they do, their wait is an average of a year to 18...
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AP, Chicago
A woman in her 30s who is one of the four organ transplant patients infected with HIV and hepatitis was not told that the infected donor was high risk, and had...
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AP, Chicago
Federal officials are investigating what three hospitals knew and told four organ transplant patients about a high-risk donor who infected them with HIV and...
made popular Nov 16 2007
AP, Chicago
A troubling case in which a high-risk organ donor infected four patients with the AIDS virus and hepatitis has led medical ethicists to warn that patients need to know...
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AP, Chicago
An organ donor infected four transplant patients with the AIDS virus in what a donor group says is the first such transmission in the U.S. in at least 13 years.The...
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AP, Washington
Bone marrow transplants are one of cancer care’s striking successes, but they have a dark side: The transplanted cells can turn on patients, attacking their skin...
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AP, London
Chinese medical officials agreed Friday not to transplant organs from prisoners or others in custody, except into members of their immediate families.The agreement was...
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The year 2006 is about to go away and we are ready to take on 2007 with a healthy body. As other years that have passed away, the year of 2006 also became the year of...
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