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15 hrs ago | Philly.com

Phila. family fights lung-donor rule for dying girl

For the parents of Sarah Murnaghan, 10, who is dying of cystic fibrosis at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, the bottom line seems heartbreakingly simple: She should be offered the first suitable lungs that become available, whether the donor is a child or adult.

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Related Topix: Philadelphia, PA, Newtown Square, PA, Medicine, Health

Fri May 24, 2013

WTVR Richmond

#HelpTuckerBreathe: Henrico man gets double lung transplant

And a few weeks ago, Gordon's friend started a social network fundraiser to help raise money for his transplant costs.

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Related Topix: Health, Richmond, VA

Courier-Tribune

Needed: Double lung transplant - and $10,000

Unlike recent stories of lung transplants that The Courier-Tribune has done on area residents Patti Benedict and David Allred, who have battled cystic fibrosis for the better part of their lives, Baldwin began having lung problems when she was in her mid-30s. "I had smoked since I was 12 or 13 years old," she said.

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Related Topix: Health, Randolph County, NC

Lake Elsinore Valley News

Bikers unite to raise funds for double lung transplant procedure

From left: Steve Wolcott with his wife, Beatrice Wolcott, Monica Wagner and Mike Wagner at the Bike Night fundrasing event held for Beatrice at the Wi... A least 200 people attended the fundraising event held for Beatrice Wolcott at the Wine and Beer Garden in Old Town Temecula on Thursday, May 16, 2013... Beatrice Wolcott took an emotional moment ... (more)

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Related Topix: Health, Temecula, CA

CBS Local

Area Doctor Working On Ways To Get More Lungs For Transplant

A local transplant doctor is trying to raise awareness to the need for suitable lungs to save patient's lives.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health

NutraIngredients-USA

Malnutrition in hospital: Avoidable ... but not a priority?

The majority of older patients admitted to hospital are malnourished or at risk of becoming malnourished.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Nutrition, Life, Food, Kidney Cancer, Health

Thu May 23, 2013

The Advocate

New Orleans businessman David Voelker died Tuesday

David Voelker, a New Orleans businessman who took on a prominent role in state rebuilding efforts after Hurricane Katrina, died Tuesday of complications following a lung transplant.

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Related Topix: New Orleans, LA, Health, Non-Profit, Hurricane, Natural Disasters

Circulation

Transplantation for Idiopathic Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension:...

Lung transplant and heart-lung transplant represent surgical options for treating medically refractory idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension .

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Related Topix: Health, Kidney Cancer, Science, Computer Science

ABC11

Family continues to experience miracles

A woman with cystic fibrosis, who survived childbirth and a double-lung transplant five years ago, is living proof that miracles can happen not once, but twice.

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Related Topix: Health, Nags Head, NC, Lymphoma

Wed May 22, 2013

CiteULike

Posttransplantation calcineurin inhibitor-induced hemolytic uremic...

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Related Topix: Kidney Cancer, Health, Cyclosporine (generic), Neoral, Medicine

CiteULike

Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura associated with everolimus use in a renal transplant patient.

International urology and nephrology , Vol. 43, No. 2. , pp. 581-584, doi:10.1007/s11255-010-9755-2 Thrombotic microangiopathy in renal transplantation generally develops during treatment with calcineurin inhibitors.

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Related Topix: Nephrology, Medicine, Urology, Kidney Cancer, Health

Stanford

Film about twin sisters' double lung transplants and battle against ...

" The Power of Two ," a documentary offering an intimate look at the lives of twin sisters Anabel Stenzel and Isabel Stenzel Byrnes and their battle with cystic fibrosis , will be available on the web for viewers in the United States tomorrow through June 30.

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Related Topix: Health, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA

Star Tribune

REVIEW: "My Foreign Cities,' by Elizabeth Scarboro.

"Here was the trouble with navigating cystic fibrosis: no one we knew had been there, no one could tell us what to do.

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Related Topix: us Travel, Travel, Health, Entertainment

Sun May 19, 2013

Stanford

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A full workout in just seven minutes? Science says so! : Don't have time to hit the gym? Try this high-intensity, seven-minute workout.

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Sat May 18, 2013

WHNT-TV Huntsville

Family Seeks Help To Get Son Life Saving Surgery

On June 26, 1996, Lynn and Fitzgerald McQueen welcomed their son Gerald into the world.

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Related Topix: Health

Patch.com

Cranston Woman Breathes Easier after Double Lung Transplant

A Cranston woman was nearing death just a few months ago, but she's now breathing a little easier after a double lung transplant recently.

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Related Topix: Health

Fri May 17, 2013

Seaway News

Veterans of the war on Cystic Fibrosis, young and old, unite

When Bobby Richer was coming out of the fog of a surgery that had stretched well past 14 hours he knew just two things - he was alive, and he could feel the touch of his mother's hand on his arm.

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Related Topix: Health

Wed May 15, 2013

Globe and Mail

Everyone can be a superhero by donating an organ

The Essay is a daily personal piece submitted by readers. Have a story to tell? See our guidelines at tgam.ca/essayguide . There are no bathrooms in heaven.

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Related Topix: Health, Lung Cancer, Medicine

Patch.com

Cranston Woman Breathes Easier after Double Lung Transplant

A Cranston woman was nearing death just a few months ago, but she's now breathing a little easier after a double lung transplant recently.

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Related Topix: Cranston, RI, Health

Tue May 14, 2013

Warwickonline.com

Resident needs support after life-saving lung transplant

COMFORT FROM A FRIEND: Kayla Gilbert is resting comfortably with her precious pup Owen James in North Carolina following a living donor lung transplant in January.

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Related Topix: Health, North Carolina, Duke University