Read more organ donation stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/27247/organ-donation.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 18:38:20 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/61862/japanese-law-prevents-boys-life-saving-transplant.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA Japanese law prevents 11-year-old Hiroki Ando from receiving the heart he so desperately needs, CNN reports. Ando suffers from cardiomyopathy and will likely die—as his sister did 5 years ago—without a heart transplant. But the minimum age for organ donations in Japan is 15. "This stipulation has...http://www.newser.com/story/61862/japanese-law-prevents-boys-life-saving-transplant.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 14 Jun 2009 16:35:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/54553/live-kidney-donors-should-be-encouraged-not-doubted.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWhen Frances Kissling learned she needed a kidney transplant, she took a step most people in her situation never do: She asked dozens of friends and colleagues if they would be willing to donate. "I was bowled over by how people responded," the Catholic feminist activist writes for Salon—she...http://www.newser.com/story/54553/live-kidney-donors-should-be-encouraged-not-doubted.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 27 Mar 2009 11:20:20 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/54324/richardson-lives-on-through-donated-organs.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNatasha Richardson’s death had the tiniest sliver of a silver lining: Her family donated her organs, the New York Post reports. “Doctors spent six hours harvesting all her organs. Some patient is going to wake up in the recovery room and start reciting Shakespeare,” said a source. But a family...http://www.newser.com/story/54324/richardson-lives-on-through-donated-organs.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 25 Mar 2009 9:23:33 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/50869/1-of-4-uk-liver-transplants-go-to-alcoholics.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNearly one quarter of those receiving liver transplants in the UK are heavy drinkers, prompting a fiery debate over the allocation of organs to alcoholics, the Guardian reports. In the past decade, as waiting lists have lengthened, transplants for heavy drinkers have spiked 60%—a trend the mother of one...http://www.newser.com/story/50869/1-of-4-uk-liver-transplants-go-to-alcoholics.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 15 Feb 2009 9:22:29 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/49723/docs-remove-donor-kidney-through-vagina.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDoctors in Maryland removed a kidney from a donor through the vagina in what they believe to be the first operation of its kind, the Baltimore Examiner reports. The procedure reduced the 48-year-old donor’s pain and recovery time compared with more traditional methods. “We are all about trying to reduce...http://www.newser.com/story/49723/docs-remove-donor-kidney-through-vagina.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 03 Feb 2009 15:08:10 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/47376/hubby-wants-kidney-back-in-divorce.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA doctor is demanding that his soon-to-be ex-wife return his donated kidney—or at least the $1.5 million he says the transplant is worth—as the pair divvy up their assets in a divorce, Newsday reports. Richard Batista says his wife jumped into bed with her physical therapist just...http://www.newser.com/story/47376/hubby-wants-kidney-back-in-divorce.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 08 Jan 2009 8:40:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/45614/docs-detail-near-total-face-transplant.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCleveland Clinic officials say the woman who underwent the most comprehensive face transplant yet exhausted conventional options before agreeing to the risky 22-hour procedure in which 80% of her face was replaced with a cadaver’s. The unnamed patient lacked a nose or palate and couldn’t eat or breathe without a...http://www.newser.com/story/45614/docs-detail-near-total-face-transplant.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 17 Dec 2008 14:29:22 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/28355/nyc-plans-organ-recovery-ambulance.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNew York City is planning a “rapid-organ-recovery ambulance” that would collect the bodies of victims of sudden deaths to be used for organ transplants, hoping to ease a pressing need for donors, the Washington Post reports. But the idea has sparked controversy among health and bioethics experts, concerned over what...http://www.newser.com/story/28355/nyc-plans-organ-recovery-ambulance.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 24 May 2008 10:45:04 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/23940/docs-pull-off-6-kidney-swap.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIn a procedure that took 13 hours and involved more than 100 medical personnel, Johns Hopkins Hospital pulled off the US' first six-way kidney transplant, the Baltimore Sun reports. Six donors provided six patients with working organs in Saturday's so-called "domino" procedure. All 12 were listed in good condition yesterday;...http://www.newser.com/story/23940/docs-pull-off-6-kidney-swap.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 09 Apr 2008 13:23:34 CDT