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Donating a kidney is even safer now than long thought, study shows
4 months, 1 week ago

Donating a kidney is even safer now than long thought, study shows

Hindustan Times  

People who volunteer to donate a kidney face an even lower risk of death from the operation than doctors have long thought, researchers reported Wednesday. “The last decade has become a lot more safe in the operating room for living donors,” said Dr. Dorry Segev, a transplant surgeon at NYU Langone Health. With nearly 90,000 people on the U.S. list …

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Donating a kidney is even safer now than long thought, US study shows
4 months, 1 week ago

Donating a kidney is even safer now than long thought, US study shows

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — People who volunteer to donate a kidney face an even lower risk of death from the operation than doctors have long thought, researchers reported Wednesday. “The last decade has become a lot more safe in the operating room for living donors,” said Dr. Dorry Segev, a transplant surgeon at NYU Langone Health. With nearly 90,000 people on the …

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There’s a severe kidney shortage. Should donors be compensated?
4 months, 2 weeks ago

There’s a severe kidney shortage. Should donors be compensated?

NPR  

There’s a severe kidney shortage. “The kidney shortage is a solvable problem.” Perlman is executive director of Waitlist Zero, a coalition supporting newly proposed federal legislation that would create a 10-year pilot program called the End Kidney Deaths Act. Only 300 to 400 living donor kidneys come from “altruistic donors,” people who give one of their kidneys to someone they …

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Rise in demand for organ transplants, 3,697 patients in queue
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Rise in demand for organ transplants, 3,697 patients in queue

Deccan Chronicle  

Visakhapatnam: The number of patients waiting for organ transplants in Andhra Pradesh is gradually increasing. In absence of suitable organ donors, patients have to rely on long-term treatments, and unfortunately, many lives are lost due to lack of timely organ transplants. Jeevandan coordinator, Dr K. Rambabu, told Deccan Chronicle, “Currently, 2,508 patients have applied for kidneys, 1,111 for liver, 65 …

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Organ shortage continues to cost lives
1 year, 5 months ago

Organ shortage continues to cost lives

The Hindu  

With a waiting list of over three lakh patients and at least 20 persons dying each day waiting for an organ, India’s paucity of organ donations, especially deceased donations, has been exacting a steep toll. Vivek Kute, secretary, Indian Society of Organ Transplants, said that India’s deceased organ donation rate has been under one donor per million population for a …

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Sperm from dead men should be permitted for donation, argues study
4 years, 11 months ago

Sperm from dead men should be permitted for donation, argues study

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The authors say it is not just technically feasible but “ethically permissible”, due to its …

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Trump directs government to revamp care for kidney disease
5 years, 6 months ago

Trump directs government to revamp care for kidney disease

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday revamping care for kidney disease so more people whose kidneys fail can have a chance at early transplants and home dialysis, and others don’t get that sick in the first place. Today’s system favors expensive, time-consuming dialysis in large centers — what Trump called so onerous “it’s like a full-time …

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