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Medical Marijuana User Dies for Lack of Liver Transplant
Health & Wellness  (tags: abuse, humans, illness, hospital, corruption, medical marijuana, transplant, patient, death )

Holly
StarsButterfliesGold Notes
- 64 days ago - seattletimes.nwsource.com
Garon died a week after his doctor told him a University of Washington Medical Center committee had again denied him a spot on the liver transplant list because of his use of marijuana, although it was authorized under Washington state law.
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Transplant Joy - 21 Years on - Australia
Health & Wellness  (tags: australia, adelaide, transplant, kidney, donation, great news, joy )

Chrissy
StarsButterfliesGold Notes
- 132 days ago - news.com.au
IT was 21 years after their handsome son's tragic death in a car crash that Judy and Ian Baty received the news they had always longed for. On a day like any other, the couple were in the kitchen doing household chores when the phone rang.
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Hunt for 'Dr Horror' After Police Close Clinic in Kidney Swaps Raid - India
Health & Wellness  (tags: india, doctor, kidney, transplant, donors, illegal, payment )

Chrissy
StarsButterfliesGold Notes
- 158 days ago - timesonline.co.uk
India has launched an international hunt for a doctor accused of running an illegal clinic that duped between 500 and 600 poor labourers into selling their kidneys and then peddled them to foreign clients.
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The One-In-Six-Billion Girl
Health & Wellness  (tags: transplant, immune system, teen )

Paige
StarsButterfliesGold Notes
- 161 days ago - cbsnews.com
Australian Teen's Transplant Transforms Her Immune System In Never-Seen-Before Way
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Navy Doctors Report Transplant Breakthrough
Health & Wellness  (tags: transplant, research, healthcare )

Plato
StarsButterfliesGold Notes
- 162 days ago - defenselink.mil
Navy medical researchers have discovered a way to teach the human immune system to accept even completely mismatched transplanted organs.
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Stem Cells May Gradually Replace Antirejection Drugs For Kidney Transplant Patients
Health & Wellness  (tags: transplant, kidney, health, stem cell, anti rejection, drugs )

Chrissy
StarsButterfliesGold Notes
- 163 days ago - sciencedaily.com
After a transplant surgery, anti-rejection drugs for the organ recipient are a must, but with prolonged use can have serious side effects, including infections, heart disease and cancer. A team led by Joshua Miller, MD, a researcher at Northwestern
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American Generosity And The Gift Of Sight
Health & Wellness  (tags: transplant, eyes, generosity, gift, sight )

Paige
StarsButterfliesGold Notes
- 228 days ago - cbsnews.com
A Girl From Ghana Gets A New Eye In A Chicago Hospital
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Eight-Month Old New York Boy Survives 5-Organ Transplant
Health & Wellness  (tags: transplant )

Tina
StarsButterfliesGold Notes
- 311 days ago - foxnews.com
NEW YORK -- An 8-month-old boy received five organs in a complex transplant for a rare gastrointestinal disease and is ready for the next step -- learning to eat, his doctors said Friday.
   

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