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Nashville Teacher Donates Kidney to Ailing 14-Year-Old Student 10-14-2008 5:46 pm   -  WSMV Nashville

WSMV: No one knew his teacher at the Youth Life Learning Center was secretly undergoing testing to see if he was a match for his student. Through the testing, he found out he was a positive match.

Bionic Hero Saves Stranger’s Life With Kidney 06-25-2008 4:07 pm   -  WBZ-TV

Karl Chapin has a new chapter in his interesting life story. He volunteered to give a complete stranger one of his organs.

Kidney Snatcher: Cops in Nepal Arrest Indian Doctor Who Took Organs From Poor 02-10-2008 12:22 pm   -  Reuters

"I have not committed any crime!"

Team of Doctors Serve Wealthy by Yanking Kidneys From 500 Poor Laborers 01-31-2008 7:37 pm   -  AP

Some of the surgeries took place at gunpoint.

Ex-Surfing Champ Defends Trip to Phillipines to Buy Kidney From Live Donor 12-04-2007 7:28 am   -  BBC News

"You stick to your moral argument, but I'm not prepared to sit down, lie down and play dead."

Kidney Donor Show a Hoax, Folks 06-01-2007 4:43 pm   -  Sky News

Presenters have revealed that 'Big Donor Show,' on which a woman allegedly dying of a brain tumor would donate a kidney to one of three contents, was a hoax intended to raise public awareness of the need for organs.

Outrage Over Reality Show with Woman’s Kidney as Prize 05-30-2007 8:48 am   -  Australia 7 News

A Dutch television station has sparked outrage with its plans to air "De Grote Donor Show," on which three contestants vie over the kidney of a 37-year-old woman with an inoperable brain tumor.



Live From The Blogosphere!

UK's NICE To Lift Ban On Kidney Cancer Meds // Pharmalot
A ban on drugs that can give kidney cancer patients many months of extra life is going to be lifted, The Guardian reports. At least two, and possibly all four, of the medicines that had previously been deemed too expensive to prescribe ...

Complications of Kidney Failure Treatments | Kidney Health Care
Information about possible complications of kidney failure treatments.

Information about kidney stone removal blog -- Kidney Stone Relief ...
Kidney stone removal can be performed in a non-invasive way rather than kidney stone surgery and then you can adopt a pattern of life that will help with kidney stones prevention, it is not really a cure for kidney stones but rather ...

Eating Fish May Prevent Kidney Decline in Diabetics
(OrganicJar) Research is now discovering that eating fish at least twice a week, reduces the incidence of kidney disease in patients with diabetes by more than 75%. This is according to the American Journal of Kidney Diseases. ...

Prostate Problems | Kidney Health Care
Information about prostate problems including benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) and prostatitis.

Medical News Today: Kidney Function Discovery Sheds Light On ...
The researchers looked at two disorders of kidney function - iminoglycinuria and hyperglycinuria. These disorders, first described 50 years ago, are conditions where large amounts of individual amino acids (the building blocks of ...

Kidney Community Emergency Response: CNN: An unusually destructive ...
KCER is the leading authority on emergency preparedness and response for the kidney community by providing organization and guidance that seamlessly bridges emergency management stakeholders and the ESRD community nationwide. ...

Our Life With Kidney Cancer
3. Go to the Kidney Cancer Association web site and download their free book "We Have Kidney Cancer". 4. Most important of all; don't give in to your disease. Determine you will do all you can to survive. Information links are below. ...

Doc Searls Weblog · This girl needs a kidney
Hi my name is jason, Im 20 years old and very athletic I dont do drugs or drink and I am considering donating a kidney but Im nervous and wondering what kind of compensations would be involved with a transplant? ...

The Volokh Conspiracy - "Singapore to Compensate Kidney Donors":
Singapore is to allow compensation for kidney transplants and for eggs. A government proposal has been approved by a bioethics committee and legislation will be introduced early next year. The committee declared that reimbursement for ...









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