Retired chimney sweep Bob Waite, 66, from Blackhall, aims to ride around the whole perimeter of the country on nothing more than his bus pass. He has set himself a fundraising target of A 10,000 for the transplant unit at Newcastle’s Freeman Hospital.
Category: Kidney Cancer
Two Strangers, One Kidney, a New Documentary
From left: Tom Shadyac, Harold Mintz, Gennet Belay, and Tsegaye Wolde at their premiere at the Washington West Film Festival in Reston. Sixteen years ago, Springfield resident Gennet Belay got the phone call that saved her life.
My Broken Heart: ‘I will never forget the sound it made’
REBECCA Craven was sleeping when she heard the alarm go off the first time. It’s a sound she will never forget.
300 kidney disease survivors to take part in Glendale Renal Teen Prom
GLENDALE >> Prom season will arrive early Sunday for teens and young adults who have been diagnosed with kidney disease, are on dialysis or have a kidney transplant. More than 300 kidney disease survivors and their guests will enjoy an evening at the 18th Annual Renal Teen Prom, sponsored by Renal Support Network.
16pc increase in organ donation rates after Federal Government funding boost
… Donation and Transplantation Activity Report, which is due to be released next month. Assistant Minister for Health and Aged Care Ken Wyatt said it was clear that people’s generosity combined with the government’s campaign to raise awareness was …
Waiting on a miracle
Sandra Sonnier, 56, of Jennings, ate well, took her daily vitamin supplements, never smoked or drank and led a healthy homeopathic lifestyle. She never imagined she’d ever need two liver transplants within four days, only to have her kidneys fail shortly after the procedures.
Parents fight for ‘miracle CF drug’ to transform their four-year-old daughter Chloe’s life
The parents of a four-year-old girl with cystic fibrosis are appealing to the HSE to buy a drug that could drastically improve their daughter’s life. Four-year-old Chloe Ryan with her mum Angela at their home in Dingle, Co Kerry.
Parents fight for ‘miracle CF drug’ for Chloe
… the HSE and the manufacturers of the medication, after the suggested price of the drug was deemed too expensive by health authorities. Chloe has the gene mutation G551D, which makes her eligible for the drug. But Kalydeco is only available for …
8-Year-Old Battling Cancer Gets Wish to See Amazon Shipping Facility
Ben Bicknese loves shopping on the e-commerce site so much that he wanted to see where all the magic happens. “He was just floored,” Ben’s mom Cecilia Bicknese of Tucson, Arizona, told ABC News.
Keep your kidneys healthy in 2017
… manage all of your nutritional requirements, especially if you have kidney disease or other dietary concerns. Your health care professionals can help by providing important support and education about dietary requirements and modifications that …
Health Crisis: Woman turned away after four year wait for life-saving kidney transplant
… in preparation for the operation, Ms Ravens was told by a ‘very positive’ surgeon the kidney would arrive at 3pm. A health campaigner herself, Ms Ravens said: “I got myself ready because as soon it was there, it would be cold, and they would start …
US organ transplants reach record high
Organ transplants performed in the United States reached a record high during 2016, for the fourth year in a row, according to preliminary data from the United Network for Organ Sharing. During 2016, there were 33,606 transplants, an 8.5% increase over 2015 and up 19.8% since 2012.
US organ transplants increased nearly 20% in five years
Organ transplants performed in the United States reached a record high during 2016, for the fourth year in a row, according to preliminary data from the United Network for Organ Sharing. During 2016, there were 33,606 transplants, an 8.5% increase over 2015 and up 19.8% since 2012.
Artificial Pump Totally Replaces Heart of Man for the First Time
Houston Chronicle front page – April 5, 1969 – section 1, page 1.A Artificial Pump Totally Replaces Heart of Man for the First Time Houston Chronicle front page – April 5, 1969 – section 1, page 1.A Artificial Pump Totally Replaces Heart of Man for the First Time Houston Chronicle inside page A A- April 5, 1969 – section 1, page 4. Donor Sought for Man With Artificial Pump Houston Chronicle inside page A A- April 5, 1969 – section 1, page 4. Donor Sought for Man With Artificial Pump 04/1969 – The Liotta-Cooley Artificial Heart named after its inventor, Dr. Domingo Liotta, and the surgeon who implanted it, Dr. Denton Cooley.
Mary Garcia at her home in Arlington, Texas, on Dec. 22, 2016.
North Texas was freezing during a three-day stretch last month, but Mary Garcia refused to turn on the heat in her cramped apartment. She feared that doing so would too quickly drain her pay-as-you-go account with Penstar Power, a Dallas-based electricity provider.
New Technology May Help Those Waiting for Heart Transplants
Heart transplant surgery has been perfected in recent years and is now a common procedure. As a result, there is a shortage of donor hearts in the United States, and many patients die while waiting for a donated organ.
OP mom invents water bottle holster
A local woman is becoming a national entrepreneur after she invented something to help her daughter who recently had a kidney transplant. Maleena Johnson is celebrating three years as a kidney translplant survivor.
Bloke buys his gran a photo album for Christmas, fails to notice pics of Ant McPartlin inside
A roofer’s gran was surprised and delighted when she opened the new photo albums he’d just given her to find old snaps of Ant McPartlin inside. Grandson Daniel Mayes, 20, had not realised that eight pics – printed in March 2002 – were still in one of the second-hand A5-sized books he’d bought for her.
Here’s what’s new in 2017 20 mins ago
The New Year is a time for resolutions, changes and everything new. Here are some new laws taking effect in 2017.
New Zealand’s youngest heart transplant patient, one year on
Almost a year after receiving the ultimate gift, New Zealand’s youngest heart transplant patient, Lily Leadbetter, is a new child. Another Christmas over, another set of presents shelved.
Can you die of a broken heart? U.S. doctor explains following deaths…
Debbie Reynolds’ death just a day after that of her daughter, Star Wars star Carrie Fisher, had the internet abuzz: Can you really die of a broken heart? Tampa General Hospital heart transplant surgeon Dr. Siva Kumar says yes – “broken-heart syndrome” is a real thing. But it’s hard to say whether such an episode is what ended an already aging Reynolds’ life.
Is dying of a broken heart farce or fact?
Debbie Reynolds’ death just a day after that of her daughter, Star Wars star Carrie Fisher, had the internet abuzz: Can you really die of a broken heart? Tampa General Hospital heart transplant surgeon Dr. Siva Kumar says yes – “broken-heart syndrome” is a real thing. But it’s hard to say whether such an episode is what ended an already aging Reynolds’ life.
Garbage men bring joy to child with cancer
Every week the Evenson girls – Grace, Rose and Sophia – wait to hear the garbage truck round the corner. They scramble to climb into position on the perch at the window.
Baby gets liver transplant
LARGO A five-month-old baby boy is inspiring organ donors and recipients worldwide. He was matched with a liver 40 minutes after being placed on the donor waiting list.
Gift of life: Hays woman donates kidney to stranger
Richard Klim, Bettendorf, Iowa, and Cassie Hickel, Hays, celebrate together six days after Hickel donated a kidney for a transplant for Klim. Cassie Hickel, Hays, talks about donating one of her kidneys to a man she had never met, Richard Klim of Bettendorf, Iowa.
Disparity seen in clinical research trials
… Asians 5.6 percent. A 1993 law requires that all medical research conducted or paid for by the National Institutes of Health include enough minorities and women to determine whether they respond to treatment differently than other groups. Minority …
A child was born
… that will let me be outdoors.” “I’m looking at being a nurse practitioner and either practicing midwifery or women’s health,” she said. “I haven’t decided, but I want to be involved in women’s health in some respect.” Ethan Sumrall said he doesn’t …
Many barriers divide minorities from cancer trials
… Asians 5.6 percent. A 1993 law requires that all medical research conducted or paid for by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) include enough minorities and women to determine whether they respond to treatment differently than other groups. …
Caitlin O’Hara, 33, brought compassion to others while she sought a transplant
“Someone has to lose a life for you to get a chance,” she said in an essay she posted on the Cystic Fibrosis Lifestyle Foundation website while awaiting a double-lung transplant that would give her new hope. “As the old adage goes, there are no guarantees for anyone in life, and there is no guarantee that it will happen, that I will get to live an incredible life like I see my friends living.”
Stem cells give scientists a new window into the biology of a rare disease
Today, Stanford pediatric cardiologist Marlene Rabinovitch , MD, and her team published new research that advances their quest to understand a serious – and very puzzling – lung disease. They’re studying pulmonary arterial hypertension , which frequently leads to heart failure.
Transplant teen coming home for festive period after receiving a new…
A teenager is coming home for Christmas after spending a year in hospital following the greatest Christmas gift of all: a new heart. Rachael Moffat, 15, had her second transplant at the end of last year but following complications spent 12 months recovering in hospital.
Brave Bury St Edmunds boy is chosen to be Ipswich Town’s Boxing Day mascot
A brave Bury St Edmunds boy who is undergoing treatment for cancer has been chosen to be Ipswich Town Football Club’s mascot at their Boxing Day match. Oliver Turner, aged five, was diagnosed in March with kidney cancer Wilms’ tumour and has had surgery to remove the tumour and his kidney.
The ‘gift of life’ has given one family a special reason to celebrate this Christmas
For Alyson Symons organ donation has brought normality back to her life at a time when her daily existence was bound by the restrictions of being on dialysis. Alyson was just 10 years old when she was diagnosed with HSP, an auto-immune condition which eventually damaged her kidneys.
Kidney Cancer Therapeutic and Drug Pipeline Review H2
PUNE, INDIA, December 23, 2016 / EINPresswire.com / — GET SAMPLE REPORT @ Summary Pharmaceutical and Healthcare disease pipeline guide Kidney Cancer – Pipeline Review, H2 2016, provides an overview of the Kidney Cancer pipeline landscape. Kidney cancer also called renal cancer is a disease in which kidney cells become malignant and grows out of control, forming a tumor.
Earl Fleming
His surgery was no simple operation. We’re told it took around 16 hours to complete the heart transplant and give him a new kidney.
.com | 13-year-old gets a second chance at life
Thirteen-year-old Emlynn Singh will spend her Christmas celebrating like any other child after undergoing the first children’s heart transplant ever performed at the Maboneng Heart Institute. “We had become desperately concerned about Emlynn’s well-being and constantly feared that her heart would fail during that time.
Family hoping for miracle as daughter awaits double lung transplant
Ashland, Massachusetts native Caitlin O’Hara was diagnosed at the age of 2 with cystic fibrosis, a disease that primarily affects the lungs. “Last week she was listed as the sickest person on the lung transplant list in the United States,” said Nick.
Sushma discharged
… and unrelated donor. “She has been advised to remain at home for a few weeks, and AIIMS doctors will follow up on her health in the coming weeks and months,” a senior AIIMS official said.
She had a dying heart, now Madera woman has a new one and she is helping heart patients
Madera’s Dianna Amberg received a heart transplant. She wants to encourage others on any transplant list to never give up hope.
Christmas wish appeal
In the flight simulator: Mitchell was awarded a surprise internship with Virgin Australia, Starlight’s official Wishgranting partner, to kick start his career in aviation. Starlight Children’s Foundation has launched its 2016 Christmas Appeal, calling on Australians to help raise more than $526,000 to grant 80 life-changing Starlight Wishes for seriously ill children and young people across the country.