Read more liver transplants stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/27250/liver-transplants.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 18:58:37 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/68980/jobs-takes-stage-at-apple-event-talks-health-ipods.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPerhaps as much speculation has surrounded the possible attendance of Apple CEO Steve Jobs at the company’s product event today as what the event will actually be about. The first question is answered, Bloomberg reports: Jobs has made his first public appearance since having a liver transplant during a 5....http://www.newser.com/story/68980/jobs-takes-stage-at-apple-event-talks-health-ipods.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 09 Sep 2009 13:00:17 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63126/apple-jobs-is-back-part-time.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagApple co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs is back at work after a five-and-a-half-month medical leave, during which he received a liver transplant. Jobs, 54, is working from Apple's Cupertino, Calif., headquarters "a few days a week" and working from home the remaining days, an Apple spokesman said today.http://www.newser.com/story/63126/apple-jobs-is-back-part-time.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 29 Jun 2009 13:13:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62725/steve-jobs-is-a-bald-faced-liar.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSteve Jobs’ life was in danger before his liver transplant, and he “straight-out” lied about it, writes Dana Blankenhorn for ZDNet. In a January letter, Jobs said he had a “nutritional problem”; that letter “was a lie from beginning to end.” Now, Apple admits its founder got a transplant because...http://www.newser.com/story/62725/steve-jobs-is-a-bald-faced-liar.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 24 Jun 2009 14:24:03 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62663/liver-transplant-hospital-bullish-on-jobs-prognosis.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA Tennessee hospital has confirmed that Steve Jobs received a new liver there earlier this year, reports the Memphis Commercial Appeal . The Apple boss "is now recovering well and has an excellent prognosis," said officials at Methodist University Hospital Transplant Institute, who issued a press release with Jobs' permission. They...http://www.newser.com/story/62663/liver-transplant-hospital-bullish-on-jobs-prognosis.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 24 Jun 2009 6:43:29 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/48167/jobs-mulls-liver-transplant.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWith rumors rampant, Steve Jobs is considering a liver transplant. The Apple CEO’s announcement Wednesday that he’ll take a leave of absence to deal with his apparently deteriorating health has the rumor mill working 24/7, but he professes ignorance. Reached by phone, he asked a Bloomberg reporter, “Why don’t you...http://www.newser.com/story/48167/jobs-mulls-liver-transplant.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 16 Jan 2009 16:41:02 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/46968/rich-foreigners-jump-list-for-brit-organs.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDespite dire organ shortages for ailing British patients, the livers of 50 UK donors were sold to foreigners for nearly $110,000 each, the Times of London reports. Forty patients from Greece and Cyprus—as well as others from non-EU nations including Libya, the UAE, China, and Israel—received liver...http://www.newser.com/story/46968/rich-foreigners-jump-list-for-brit-organs.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 04 Jan 2009 12:49:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/28895/japanese-mob-boss-gave-100k-to-ucla.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSuspected Japanese mob boss Tadmasa Goto donated $100,000 to UCLA just months after getting a liver transplant there, the Los Angeles Times reports. Goto was treated in 2001, a year when 186 people died waiting for livers in the LA area alone. The school has confirmed Goto’s donation, but...http://www.newser.com/story/28895/japanese-mob-boss-gave-100k-to-ucla.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 31 May 2008 16:01:45 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/28794/4-japanese-gangsters-get-ucla-liver-transplants.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFour Yakuza gangsters, including one of Japan's most powerful crime bosses, had liver transplants at UCLA Medical Center between 2000 and 2004, the Los Angeles Times reports. Organs were particularly scarce in those years, with over 100 people on the waiting list dying each year. There is no indication that...http://www.newser.com/story/28794/4-japanese-gangsters-get-ucla-liver-transplants.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 30 May 2008 4:21:57 CDT