Stranger donates kidney to 8-year-old Atlanta Girl Posted: 7 months ago by lkrofct
The 8-year-old on the pamphlet needed a kidney transplant, and Bolan knew she could help. She did a quick Web search on the surgery and talked it over with her husband. Then she made a phone call to offer one of her kidneys to Sarah d**kman.
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Former Cowboy Ron Springs awaiting kidney from a teammate. Posted: 2 years ago by tomphoolry
Found a match in Everson Walls. Transplant should happen "any day now".
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More Kidney Stone Disease Projected Due To Global Warming Posted: 2 months ago by maxriter
Global warming is likely to increase the proportion of the population affected by kidney stones by expanding the higher-risk region known as the "kidney-stone belt" into neighboring states.
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A good news story... for a change. Posted: 5 months ago by kakana
Barista donates kidney to save customer's life
Last fall, Ausnes, 55, was one of nearly 75,000 Americans in need of a kidney. Today, she is recovering from a successful kidney transplant -- thanks to her local Starbucks barista.
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Kidney Donation Competition TV Show Posted: 1 year ago by VooDooPeacock
In a new Dutch reality TV show, premiering next week, a terminally ill woman will decide who out of three young patients will get her kidney.
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Concert Interrupted to Inform Transplant Patient His Heart is Ready Posted: 1 year ago by gnikgnok
Police had to track him down via cell phone coordinates.
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Mother needing transplant is refused dead daughter's kidney Posted: 5 months ago by doggylives
With her mother desperately in need of a transplant, Laura Ashworth told family and friends she wanted to donate one of her kidneys.
So when the 21-year-old died after an asthma attack, it seemed that the tragedy would at least give Rachel Leake a chance of a healthy new life.
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Employee gives boss a kidney Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
A British woman got the ultimate gift from a loyal employee -- a new kidney.
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Kidney stolen from 'Bodies' exhibition Posted: 2 years ago by Phildo
I don't know why anyone would want a plastinated kidney but who knows. More info on the exhibit can be found in an article here that Bornbad posted awhile back.
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Pakistan's "kidney bazaar" thrives Posted: 2 years ago by hypnotode
A kidney nets the donor $2,500, sometimes less than half that amount, while recipients -- some 2,000 a year -- pay $6,000 to $12,000.
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Dutch Kidney-Donor Reality Show is a Hoax Posted: 1 year ago by Queenofhearts
Dutch television broadcaster BNN provoked an international uproar this week when it announced plans to air a live TV game show pitting rival kidney patients against one another in pursuit of a donor organ. But when the show ran on Friday, it proved to be a hoax.
Update to this
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Mother's anger turns to delight after her baby survives an abortion Posted: 3 months ago by maxriter
Finley Crampton really shouldn't be here. Although his parents would have loved another child, they knew their baby could inherit a life-threatening kidney condition – and they couldn't take the risk.
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Salesman Donates His Kidney Posted: 11 months ago by mandolinorange
...after trying to sell the guy a vacuum.
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Kidney Snatching Gang Arrested Posted: 8 months ago by DemureArt
Police arrested five people, including a doctor, in the suburbs of Delhi for allegedly removing kidneys from young men without their permission and selling them to wealthy patients.
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Kidney Racket Exposed in India Posted: 7 months ago by kamaloo
Poor Indians are being tricked into selling their kidneys for up to $2,500.
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Doctor saves little girl with Do-It-Yourself kidney machine Posted: 1 month ago by tigertony
She was too small for even a children's dialysis machine, so her doctor built one from scratch in his garage.
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Transplant Patient A 'Mess' After HIV Diagnosis Posted: 10 months ago by cb__
Woman was not told her kidney was high risk, attorney says.
Follow-up to marli's post..and reports that all were fully aware of their high-risk donor, here.
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Time Runs Out for Transplant Teen Posted: 9 months ago by 2manyusernames
Nataline Sarkisyan, a 17-year-old from Glendale, Calif., died Thursday just a few hours after her insurer, Cigna Health Care, approved a procedure it had previously described as "too experimental". They had originally agreed to a transplant but then changed their minds when the accountants felt they knew more medicine than the doctors.
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Organ Donation Show Hoax Posted: 1 year ago by Caremel
Presenters said they were trying to pressure the government into reforming organ donation laws.
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Would you like a kidney with that? Posted: 6 months ago by Marli
Sandie Andersen, a friendly Starbucks barista, recently offered one of her customers the gift of life.
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6 arrested in kidney selling operation Posted: 1 year ago by kxmk
Kind of a follow-up to this.
original
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