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Long-term transplant survival: An answer to a 24-year-old question
Edith Helm (left) got a kidney from her identical twin Wanda in 1956 in OK A quick history lesson before we tell you about Cindy Conrad: Organ transplant was first attempted in the 1950s. At first, the...
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Canadian transplant healthcare – one model the US might not want to copy
There’s a debate raging right now over whether the U.S. should build a pipeline to make export of oil extracted from Canada’s oil sands easier. As this story in the Toronto Star points out that...
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“Sempre Gumby” recipient helps raise awareness of need for organs
Our partners at Mid-America Transplant Services (MTS), the region’s organ Billy Keys procurement organization, are participating in a very cool initiative. Donate Life America is posting “365 Stories...
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Alton man celebrates National Donor Day….by donating!
Donor kidney It’s Valentine’s Day, but it’s also National (Organ/Tissue) Donor Day. Paul Wallace, 40, of Alton, IL, celebrated both by giving his wife’s best friend a kidney here at Barnes-Jewish...
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A patient’s journey: Terry Fessenden gives a clear picture of kidney transplant
Have you been told that you need a kidney transplant? Does the prospect scare you? Or do you know someone who’s debating whether to go on the transplant waiting list or not? One of our recent kidney...
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Here’s a simple way to explain kidney transplant chains: In a kidney chains, a person who want to give a kidney to a specific kidney patient, but who don’t match that patient, gives their kidney to...
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Tomorrow is World Kidney Day – Coddle your kidneys!
Tomorrow, March 8, is World Kidney Day. But the transplant doctors at Barnes-Jewish Hospital won’t exactly be celebrating. You see, they’d rather not be in the kidney transplant business. Don’t get me...
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Dartmouth transplant surgeon talks life, death and donation
A new book looks at the line between life and death, and the author says that after researching and writing it, he still has questions about it. National Public Radio’s Terry Gross interviewed Dick...
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Transplant coordinator tries to inspire her patients through action
Photo courtesy of St. Louis Post-Dispatch If you saw Andrea Markwardt, RN, CCTN, now, especially when she’s working out, you’d never suspect she was once out of shape and overweight. Andrea is a...
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Patient celebrates a “second birthday,” freedom from diabetes and dialysis...
Type 1 diabetes and kidney failure are both devastating conditions on their own. Together, they can be overwhelming. Yes, insulin and dialysis can keep patients alive. But with a strict diet, daily...
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