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Jefferson community raises money to help young transplant candidate | Online Athens
Published Friday, August 9, 2013 Volunteers in Jefferson are raising money for the Children’s Organ Transplant Association to help with...

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Aug 12, 20131 min read
New method for diagnosing children’s lung conditions
Article Date: 10 Aug 2013 – 0:00 PDT Researchers from the Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) in the UK are revolutionizing the way...

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Aug 12, 20133 min read


Former Miss La Paz County to get lung transplant Thursday | Parker Live
Posted by: John Wright August 8, 2013 Former Miss La Paz County Alyson Tozer is to receive a new set of lungs Thursday. Alyson has cystic...

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Aug 8, 20132 min read


Sarah Murnaghan Celebrates 11th Birthday After Double-Lung Transplant – ABC News
By SYDNEY LUPKIN (@slupkin) Aug. 7, 2013 Sarah Murnaghan celebrated her 11th birthday Wednesday in a Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia...

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Aug 8, 20132 min read


Vietnamese doctor with seminal work in organ regeneration | Tuổi Trẻ news
TUOITRENEWS UPDATED : 08/08/2013 11:57 GMT + 7 Dr. Nguyen The Hoang, who has been internationally recognized for his pioneering work in...

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Aug 8, 20133 min read
Surgical outcomes in children may be improved by new initiative
Article Date: 08 Aug 2013 – 0:00 PDT A group of pediatric surgeons at hospitals around the country have designed a system to collect and...

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Aug 8, 20134 min read


Transplant surgeon has someone else’s kidney – CNN.com
Editor’s note: In the Human Factor, we profile survivors who have overcome the odds. Confronting a life obstacle — injury, illness or...

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Aug 8, 20133 min read


Madison Merrick Awaits Bowel Transplant | Stuff.co.nz
MARYKE PENMAN Last updated 05:00 08/08/2013 Toddler Madison Merrick, 3, of Unsworth Heights, is still awaiting a bowel transplant, two...

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Aug 8, 20132 min read
House bill looks to extend Medicare coverage of immunosuppressive drugs for kidney transplant patien
By Soumya Karlamangla, The Oregonian on August 07, 2013 at 6:00 AM, updated August 07, 2013 at 6:04 AM For a transplant patient,...

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Aug 8, 20133 min read
Liver transplant patients have high rates of metabolic syndrome
Nearly 59 percent of liver transplant patients experience metabolic syndrome, which increases the risk of heart disease, stroke and...

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Aug 8, 20132 min read
How 3-D Printing Body Parts Will Revolutionize Medicine | Popular Science
By Steven LeckartPosted 08.06.2013 at 9:00 am A device the size of an espresso machine quietly whirs to life. The contraption isn’t...

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Aug 8, 201313 min read


7-year old liver transplant survivor gets a shout-out from TV idol | philstar.com
MANILA, Philippines – An avid viewer of Cake Boss, a popular reality show on cable channel TLC, Erin Pasimio’s wish for her seventh...

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Aug 8, 20133 min read


Transplant games heroes return from South Africa – Irish Mirror Online
A teenager who brought home four medals from the World Transplant Games dedicated his win to his “hero” dad who donated the kidney that...

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Aug 8, 20133 min read
Solid Organ Transplant: What Vaccines Do Kids Need? – Medscape Today
My name is Elizabeth Rand. I’m Medical Director of the Liver Transplant Program at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. I would like...

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Aug 8, 20131 min read
Young Swine Flu Survivor Gets Kidney From Mom – ABC News
By KATIE MOISSE (@katiemoisse) Aug. 5, 2013 A 9-year-old boy whose tiny body was ravaged by swine flu during the 2009 outbreak is...

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Aug 8, 20133 min read


Ellen’s all set for British Transplant Games – Weston Mercury
Simon Angear, Content Editor Monday, August 5, 2013 10:00 AM A LOCKING schoolgirl will take part in a national athletics contest later...

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Aug 8, 20132 min read
Mother says 10-year-old lung transplant recipient in Philly leaving intensive care unit – The
PHILADELPHIA — The mother of a 10-year-old Pennsylvania girl recovering from two double lung transplants says the girl will soon move out...

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Aug 1, 20131 min read


National Minority Donor Awareness Week! | American Transplant Foundation
Today, August 1st, marks the start of National Minority Donor Awareness week – a week designated to educating and increasing awareness...

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Aug 1, 20131 min read
Lung transplant patients may fare better with larger organs – using a predicted total lung cap
Article Date: 01 Aug 2013 – 0:00 PDT A higher predicted total lung capacity ratio, suggestive of oversized donor lungs, is associated...

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Aug 1, 20133 min read


DONATE LIFE AMERICA TEAMS UP WITH PGA TOUR GOLFER | donatelife.net
Donate Life America Teams Up with PGA Tour Golfer and Two-Time Heart Transplant Recipient Erik Compton to Raise Organ Donation Awareness...

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Aug 1, 20131 min read
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