It’s one of the leading medical issues of our time: human donor organs are in extremely short supply, while nearly 20 Americans die daily waiting for a life-saving transplant. So, why aren’t more people giving the gift of life through organ donation? In many cases, family members aren’t…
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What better way to show our love on Valentine’s Day than to share the gift of life! Did you know: Over 100,000 people are waiting for an organ? 18 people will die each day waiting for an organ? 1 organ donor can save up to 8 lives? Organ transplant is the treatment of choice for patients with end-stage…
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If you or a loved one has been waiting for a kidney, liver, lung or other organ transplant, finally getting the life-saving surgery is unquestionably wonderful. But what happens after a transplant surgery? In the Hospital Immediately following a transplant operation, patients are taken to the intensive…
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It’s one of the leading medical issues of our time: Human donor organs are in extremely short supply, and everyone who needs a transplant doesn’t always get one. Although organ donors contribute to the more than 28,000 life-saving transplants that happen each year, there clearly aren’t…
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To my law partners, kidney transplantation apparently bordered on science fiction. We sat around the firm's large conference table as I explained that I was undergoing the surgery the next morning. My announcement was met with an eerie silence, shocked stares, and gaping mouths. Sure, I blindsided…
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More than 1,000 Indiana residents and 100,000 people nationally are waiting. They are waiting on an organ donation that will not only save their life, but allow them to get back to living it fully. Increasingly, patients not only receive transplants from deceased donors, but may also receive organs from…
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Last month, Indiana University Health gave thousands of online viewers from across the country an educational behind-the-scenes look into what happens during a kidney donation surgery—all thanks to one Indiana man’s heroic decision to give a lifesaving kidney to a friend and their willingness…
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Earlier this month, Indiana University Health took a bold initiative when it hosted a live “Twittercast” of a kidney transplant via the social network, Twitter. Living donor Colin Newton helped give his friend Caleb Johnson a new lease on life with the life-saving organ donation. At the same…
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I did not learn I had kidney disease until I had lost nearly 70 percent of my kidney function. This is not unusual because kidney disease generally advances without obvious symptoms. Recent research indicates that over 26 million U.S. adults have kidney disease, and 95 percent are unaware of it. Meanwhile,…
Read MoreBa-boom. Ba-boom, Ba-boom…Brenda Biggs feels her heartbeat and thinks of a very special person—Officer David Moore—the man who gave her a second chance at life. In January Indianapolis Metro Police Officer David Moore was killed in the line of duty. In the midst of coping with their…
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