Aug 8, 2019 | News, Press Releases
Once a housewife of a pro basketball player in Europe, Roxanne Watson attended college, went into retail sales, and joined the executive management team. She discovered she had a knack for turning around failing locations. “Every place I went, I always had one...
Jul 30, 2019 | News, Press Releases
This information has been provided by OPTN and is presented by NFT as a public service. The OPTN is seeking feedback on initiatives impacting organ donation and transplantation in the U.S. The public comment period for the proposals below will be open from August 2,...
Jul 25, 2019 | News, Press Releases
JULY 9, 2019 / NEWS RELEASE / Cleveland Clinic: For the first time in North America and the second time worldwide, Cleveland Clinic delivered a baby (shown above) from a uterus that was transplanted from a deceased donor. “We couldn’t have asked for a better outcome....
Jul 10, 2019 | News, Press Releases
On Wednesday, the White House announced an aggressive goal to reduce the number of Americans with end-stage renal disease. The goal is to decrease the number of Americans suffering with this disease by 25% by the year 2030. End-stage kidney disease, also called...
May 22, 2019 | News, Press Releases
I was in the prime of my life when I almost died. I had no medical problems before all of this. I didn’t know that it was going to happen. I am currently an Emergency Medicine physician-in-training. I was going to be done with training this year, and then I was going...
Apr 22, 2019 | News, Press Releases
By: Joseph P. Hillenburg There are currently almost 2,000 children on the organ transplant waiting list in the United States, with many more children on waiting lists in other countries. In 2011, my son, Ben, was one of those children. His life started just like...
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