RALEIGH, N.C. - Deaths among patients awaiting lifesaving kidney transplants fell nationally last year amid rising organ donation and broader use of kidneys that would once have been discarded. Patients who would otherwise face long waits for a kidney are now often encouraged to consider organs from deceased donors older than age 60 or from younger patients who died of stroke or suffered from high blood pressure. Many transplant centers will now give a patient two low-functioning kidneys instead of one higher-functioning organ, as is customary.
Todd Ouida was working in the Cantor Fitzgerald offices on the 105th floor of the World Trade Center when the terrorist attacks hit on Sept. 11, 2001. Like most of his co-workers, he didn't make it out. At his memorial service later that month, one of the speakers was Dr. Nathaniel Donson a psychiatrist who spent two years helping Ouida overcome an anxiety disorder that prevented him from attending school from fourth through sixth grade.
Have you ever wondered what in the world is wrong with our country's priorities - that perhaps America, at least in some aspects, isn't the greatest nation in the world after all? I raise this question in relation to a jaw-dropping, heart-wrenching documentary I recently viewed entitled "Sicko" by Flint's own award-winning film maker, Michael Moore. There was also a segment on a young African-American woman whose baby died because the hospital nearest her home was prevented from treating her baby because the HMO said the facility wasn't within their network of preferred provider hospitals. And a young African-American man who died of kidney failure despite having a perfect donor match standing by because his insurance company deemed the transplant as "exploratory" surgery not covered un...
The worst-case scenario is that her "body will notice the mismatch and start to attack." The new tissue, or body cells, [Karen Detrick] said from what she understood of the doctors' explanation, could say to [Jasmina]'s body, "You don't belong here," and "You're not one of us." "If that happens, it could slow down her recovery time. Jasmina was transferred to Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center on May 19 for the bone marrow transplant to save her life after two "near-perfect donors" were found out of the thousands of people in New York who got tested to see if they were a "one for Jasmina match." Laughing, Detrick said over the phone that Jasmina is the "most happy-go-lucky person I know." Jasmina could "have fun at a plumber's convention," she said. When the excruciating headaches ...
A young girl is in need of our help. Jasmina Anema - a student at P.S. 41 is an African-American child, like many others, who is in need of a bone marrow transplant. Jasmina was diagnosed with a rare form of leukemia in January of this year, and her classmates and singing sensation Rihanna are spreading the word to help save Jasmina's life. On Saturday, March 7, a bone marrow drive will be launched at PS. 41, located at 116 West 11th Street to register African-Americans for the easy and painless test to find a perfect donor match. Call (212) 226-3175 for information and visit www.oneforjasmina.com for a do-it yourself bone marrow test kit. The International Working Women's Day '09 Coalition in solidarity with the Women's Resistance Movement says, "Bail Out Women and Our Communities. In...
Clients Can Select A Sperm Donor Based On Astrological Signs, Favorite Pets and More FAIRFAX, Va., May 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Finding the perfect sperm donor just got easier, thanks to Fairfax Cryobank's new donor search tool, which allows potential clients to search by lifestyle criteria (including astrological signs, favorite songs, life goals, favorite pets and favorite subjects in school), as well as by traditional physical and educational standards. The search tool's "Basic" option allows potential users to search by donor type, ancestry, blood type and phenotype. The "Advanced" search allows clients to search by ethnicity, skin tone, CMV status, specimen type or photos. The new "Lifestyle" option allows potential users to search based on the sperm donor's personal preference...
Six-year-old Jasmina Anema is one of leukemia's newest patients who, as of January 20, was diagnosed with an aggressive but rare form. Jasmina's doctor, Dr. William L. Carroll at NYU Medical Center, says, "She needs a bone marrow transplant now or Jasmina will die. What Jasmina desperately needs is a bone marrow donor. The issue is, Jasmina was adopted, so she does not have any full siblings, which would provide the needed perfect match," said Dr. Carroll. In addition, Dr. Carroll said the situation is even more of a challenge because "African-Americans are under-represented in the donor base, thus finding the perfect match even harder." There is so .much that little Jasmina has to live for, and with your help, she can survive. With "1,600 new registers in five hours and 6,500 new reg...
It took nearly six years to find a bone marrow donor, but last month 6-year-old Paul Decker received his transplant. The match isn't perfect -- it's an 8 out of 10, which means the donor and patient have eight out of 10 matching markers -- but finding a donor gives Paul of Monroeville a chance of recovering from aplastic anemia.
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