The Power of Two

3/10/10 March Update

Isa — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:35:45 +0000

Dear friends,

It has been a while since Ana or I have posted on our blog, and I am finally back. Life has been “slow” but also busy in its own way. No trips at least, til April. Fortunately, Ana is…

I shouldn’t go green 3/14/09 Dear Friends, I thank you for reading this post again....

Nurse’s liver transplant on hold for more tests (Bangor Daily News)

Yahoo! News Search Results for organ transplant — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:27:57 +0000

ELLSWORTH, Maine -- The liver transplant for a nurse at Maine Coast Memorial Hospital has been postponed. The surgery for Jan Watson of Surry, who was scheduled to receive a portion of co-worker ...

Bangor students to carry torch for organ donation (Bangor Daily News) BANGOR, Maine -- Students from Bangor High School will take...
Transplant teenager to be a nurse (Press Assoc. via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News) A teenage transplant patient who was chronically ill for years...
EMMC Honored for Organ Donation Program (WABI Bangor) For the fifth year in a row, Eastern Maine Medical...
Liver Transplant Patients May Hold Secret To Preventing Blindness (Medical News Today) Patients who have received liver transplants may hold the secret...
Des Plaines boy home for Thanksgiving after transplant (Daily Herald) Exactly one month after Teddy Christiansen was admitted to a...

Pancreas transplant cures Wildwood teen’s Type 1 diabetes (KSDK St. Louis)

Yahoo! News Search Results for organ transplant — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 03:49:50 +0000

Pancreas transplant cures Wildwood teen's Type 1 diabetes

Transplant May Reverse Type 1 Diabetes (CBS 5 Bay Area) A minimally invasive transplant could reverse type 1 diabetes in...
16-year-old Isaiah Burridge undergoes second transplant (KSDK St. Louis) 16-year-old Isaiah Burridge undergoes second transplant...
Woman Says Transplant Cured Her Diabetes (WSAW Wausau) It's a disease without a cure. But a Wisconsin Rapids...
Cell transplant hope for diabetes (Press Assoc. via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News) A new laboratory which provides a groundbreaking transplant treatment to...
Triple organ transplant saves Tampa man with diabetes and cancer (St. Petersburg Times) TAMPA A 43-year-old man who suffered from Type 1 diabetes,...

Mendham Township Woman to begin chain of organ donations (Observer-Tribune)

Yahoo! News Search Results for organ transplant — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 07:19:36 +0000

MENDHAM TWP. - Hope Preston will be saving at least three and very possibly more lives when she gives up her kidney today but she said it is not such a big sacrifice.

‘Chain’ Links Kidney Patients With Donors (WCCO Minneapolis – St. Paul) There are nearly 83,000 Americans waiting for a kidney transplant....
Coshocton woman waits for kidney (Coshocton Tribune) You'd never know by looking at Jennifer Wilson that she...
VOTE: Chichester kidney transplant patient calls for organ donations (Chichester Observer) ANDREW Foster has had two second chances at a normal...
Preston couple consider pioneering organ transplant (Lancashire Evening Post) Preston couple Christine and David Hughes found their perfect match...
Allegheny General Hospital’s 1st heart-kidney transplant patient recovering (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review) Transplant surgeons at Allegheny General Hospital hope to perform more...

Reporter’s Notebook: Harrisburg twins to promote organ donation in Mechanicsburg (The Sentinel)

Yahoo! News Search Results for organ transplant — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 04:06:15 +0000

Alex and Jay Newcomb have been through a lot in their short 14 years of life. Since the age of 2, both have suffered from kidney failure. Together, they went on a transplant list until kidneys became available through a cadaveric donor.

Kidney donor suddenly needed one for himself (Orlando Sentinel) Neighbors raising money to help with bills while letter carrier...
Triple organ transplant saves Tampa man with diabetes and cancer (St. Petersburg Times) TAMPA A 43-year-old man who suffered from Type 1 diabetes,...
Rare triple organ transplant saves Tampa man with diabetes and cancer (St. Petersburg Times) TAMPA A 43-year-old man who suffered from Type 1 diabetes,...
Kidneys From Deceased Donors With Acute Renal Failure Expand Donor Pool (Science Daily) Kidneys recovered from deceased donors with acute renal failure --...
Kidneys From Deceased Donors With Acute Renal Failure Expand Donor Pool (redOrbit) Kidneys recovered from deceased donors with acute renal failure (ARF)...

Health care comes down to cases of Oregon wine for kidney transplant patient (The Oregonian)

Yahoo! News Search Results for organ transplant — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 03:29:32 +0000

Eyrie Vineyards sells wine to help an employee's spouse who needed a kidney transplant pay for anti-rejection drugs, filling in gaps for an inefficient health care system.

AST On Capitol Hill To Promote Transplant Drug Extension Provision With Senate As Part Of Health Care Reform (BioresearchOnline) As Congress wraps up work on health care reform, members...
AST On Capitol Hill To Promote Transplant Drug Extension Provision With Senate As Part Of Health Care Reform (PharmaceuticalOnline) As Congress wraps up work on health care reform, members...
AST on Capitol Hill to Promote Transplant Drug Extension Provision With Senate as Part of Health Care Reform (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) As Congress wraps up work on health care reform, members...
U.S. Cost-Saving Policy Forces Costly New Kidney Transplant (New York Times) The 36-month cutoff for anti-rejection drugs is one of several...
U.S. Cost-Saving Policy Forces New Kidney Transplant (New York Times) Medicare stops paying for anti-rejection drugs after 36 months, one...

Liver transplant woman flies to Singapore (ABC via Yahoo!7 News)

Yahoo! News Search Results for organ transplant — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:55:30 +0000

A 24 year old Perth woman facing death unless she receives a liver transplant is flying to Singapore today to prepare for the operation.

75—year—old grandma is Singapore’s oldest living organ donor (Channel NewsAsia via Yahoo! Singapore News) SINGAPORE: A 75—year—old grandmother has become Singapore’s oldest living organ...
Windpipe Op Woman Has Organ Grown In Arm (SkyNews via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News) A woman whose windpipe was crushed in a car crash...
Woman has windpipe transplant that was grown inside her ARM (Daily Mail: World News) In a ground breaking operation, surgeons implanted the windpipe from...
Tragic End For Transplant Campaigner Jessica (SkyNews via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News) A woman whose campaign for awareness during a four-year wait...
75—year—old grandma is Singapore’s oldest living organ donor (Channel NewsAsia via Yahoo! Philippines News) SINGAPORE: A 75—year—old grandmother has become Singapore’s oldest living organ...

US FDA committee recommends approval of Bristol’s belatacept for kidney transplant patients (PharmaBiz)

Yahoo! News Search Results for organ transplant — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 03:36:28 +0000

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company announced that the US Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Cardiovascular and Renal Drugs Advisory Committee has voted 13 to five to recommend approval of belatacept, a selective co-stimulation blocker, for the prophylaxis of acute rejection in de novo kidney transplant patients.

FDA: Proposed Kidney Transplant Drug Less Effective In Women (Nasdaq) WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- A proposed Novartis drug for kidney-transplant patients...
Viron gets US patents for organ transplant & arthritis drug candidates (PharmaBiz) Viron Therapeutics Inc., a biotechnology company pioneering the development of...
Kidney Drug Plan Divides Transplant And Dialysis Supporters (Medical News Today) The New York Times: "A Congressional proposal to help pay...
‘Chain’ Links Kidney Patients With Donors (WCCO Minneapolis – St. Paul) There are nearly 83,000 Americans waiting for a kidney transplant....
Drug side effects a key factor in reduced quality of life for kidney transplant patients (EurekAlert!) ( Wiley-Blackwell ) Researchers surveyed 55 patients who had received...

V’land man, daughter doing well after transplant (Daily Journal)

Yahoo! News Search Results for organ transplant — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:54:03 +0000

VINELAND -- A father and daughter who shared a kidney donation also shared the same thought the day after the organ transplant.

My wife’s kidneys gave life to others, then my daughter was saved by a transplant…that’s why I back organ donation (Daily Mail: World News) Three people die every day waiting for a healthy organ....
Woman given third kidney transplant (Daily Telegraph) A woman who was the youngest baby ever to have...
Daughter to be remembered in flowers (Middletown Times Herald-Record) KINGSTON — Kingston resident Hazelee Moultrie has been selected by...
Every day is a blessing after heart transplant: Jasmine hopes daughters won’t suffer same ordeal (New York Daily News) Confined to the cardiac unit at Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital for three...
Organ transplants for patients with HIV on the rise (Wisconsin State Journal) Tony Cunning, infected with HIV for at least 20 years,...

Public can weigh in on organ donation bill (Peoria Journal Star)

Yahoo! News Search Results for organ transplant — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 03:53:49 +0000

A public hearing is scheduled for 3 p.m. Tuesday in Springfield to receive comment on state Sen. Dale Risinger's bill to establish a presumed consent policy for organ donation in Illinois.

Transplant survivor strives for overhaul (Peoria Journal Star) The irony didn't escape Flo Berry. At one of the...
NA unanimously passes organ transplant bill (Dawn) Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, Speaker Fehmida Mirza and members...
Organ Transplant Bill tabled (The Hindu) NEW DELHI: The government on Friday introduced in the Lok...
Patient wants to inform public about organ donation (Tifton Gazette) TIFTON — A local woman who needs a kidney said...
Call For British Public To Show Their Support For Organ Donation (Medical News Today) An NHS roadshow takes to the streets this week to...

The Power of Two

3/10/10 March Update

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