21. Medical College Of Wisconsin Healthlink Topics: Transplants/Organ Donations Specialists offering the latest news and information on organ transplants. http://healthlink.mcw.edu/organ-transplants/

Search Articles: search tips Please Take the HealthLink Survey Receive HealthLink via email! Subscribe now >> List all articles under Transplants/Organ Donations alphabetically or by date Transplants/Organ Donations Latest articles on Transplants/Organ Donations Starved for Oxygen: The Sickle Cell Crisis In people with sickle cell anemia, red blood cells become stiff and form a half-circle, or "sickle" shape that can't squeeze through small blood vessels. Instead, they stack up and stop the oxygen-carrying blood from reaching organs and tissues. Pulmonary Hypertension a Major Risk for Adults with Sickle Cell One area of study for researchers in the sickle cell program at the Blood Research Institute is pulmonary hypertension, a condition that affects nearly one third of adults with sickle cell disease. Body Donation Gives the Gift of Knowledge to Med Students Students work with donated bodies throughout the semester; the donors are honored in a memorial service at the end of the year. Hepatitis C Treatment is Slowly Improving the Odds "The time period when most people became infected with hepatitis C was between 1970 and 1985," says Dr. Jose Franco. "The patients who were infected many years ago are now getting very sick." Newer treatments, though effective, can't help them all.

22. Transplants Surgeons More Caution With LivingRelated Liver transplants. Articles on transplants http://www.janis7hepc.com/Transplants.htm

Home Transplant Articles Page One History of Adult Transplantation Page Two Waiting for a Transplant What Position Am I on the Waiting List? Managing Life and Health While Waiting for a Transplant (from medscape) ... Report From Dallas AASLD 2001(Transplantation) Page Three Support Groups (Listed by State) Links to Transplant Stories and Support Sites Page Four How to Calculate a MELD Score: Questions and Answers For Patients and Families About MELD and PELD End Stage Liver Disease Page Five Physical symptoms - Varices,Itching,Encephalopathy,Ascites Nursing Care Priorities for the Patient with ESLD Medications and Complications (New) Page Six Living Liver Donation FAQ Living Donor Liver Transplantation Outcome of split-liver transplantation Surgeons More Caution With Living-Related Liver Transplants Articles and Research : Transplants Two Great Forums to visit http://forums.delphiforums.com/livertransplant/start http://forums.delphiforums.com/liverfailure Find liver transplant survival rates for centers in your area, compare transplant programs, view policies and more at

23. Hair For Less Hair transplant surgery clinic in Toronto. Features costs, benefits and alternative treatments for women's and male pattern baldness. http://www.hairforless.ca

24. Kidney And Liver Transplant Hospital, Bone Marrow Procedur With Liver transplants there are both Cadaver donor and live partial donor transplants. The Kidney transplant section can give http://rdre1.inktomi.com/click?u=http://www.liver4you.org&y=0207C9534ABFADD8

25. CNN - Umbilical Cord Blood Could Replace Blood Marrow Transplants - October 20, Umbilical cord blood could replace blood marrow transplants. Derek Kuhs, Some ofthe complications of bone marrow transplants, particularly one called graft vs. http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH/9810/20/cord.blood/

MAIN PAGE WORLD ASIANOW U.S. ... news quiz CNN WEB SITES: TIME INC. SITES: Go To ... Time.com People Money Fortune EW MORE SERVICES: video on demand video archive audio on demand news email services ... pagenet DISCUSSION: message boards chat feedback SITE GUIDES: help contents search FASTER ACCESS: europe japan WEB SERVICES: Umbilical cord blood could replace blood marrow transplants Derek Kuhs October 20, 1998 Web posted at: 8:33 p.m. EDT (0033 GMT) From Reporter Louise Schiavone WASHINGTON (CNN) An experimental procedure to use umbilical cord blood instead of bone marrow to treat immune diseases is gaining attention from doctors and patients. Derek Kuhs, 7, has spent much of his life in the hospital due to a rare immune system genetic disorder called chronic granulomatous disease, or CGD. "His white cells can't kick certain types of bacteria and fungi, so he's always open to life-threatening infections," said his mother, Gloria Kuhs. She and her husband are pinning their hopes on a transplant of umbilical cord blood. The cord blood, about 3 to 4 ounces taken from a mother's placenta shortly after childbirth, contains stem cells, the building blocks of all blood cells.

26. TRANSPLANTS ARE MIRACLES IN PROGRESS Story about one man's recovery from multiple myeloma. http://www.greatattitudes.com/transplant-miracles.htm

TRANSPLANTS ARE MIRACLES IN PROGRESS We must still understand that we are dealing with CANCER and not a common cold, so, there are discomforts and challenges, but they are manageable. You may lose your taste buds, your hair and some dignity, but you regain time and a whole bunch of fresh, virgin stem cells that are collected from your own body and then put back. Here is my spin on how my wife and I have worked with Myeloma, (and a spinal operation), and continue to do so everyday. We had the Transplant and came out the other side just fine; I am walking, carrying golf clubs, working out in a gym, eating, drinking and living a very happy, and probably, a higher quality of life than before. There is GREAT living after Chemo, Radiation, Hickman lines, Stem Cell Transplants and all of the other stuff you might experience. Establish a GREAT, POSITIVE ATTITUDE and sincere TRUST that you CAN get through it and you will. Only you can really believe and help you . Others can support you, but whatever you think in your own mind is the most important.

27. NHLBI, Heart And Heart-Lung Transplants Facts About Heart and HeartLung transplants. Contents. home within2 weeks. Why are transplants done? A transplant is considered http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/other/hrt_lung.htm

HOME SITE INDEX CONTACT US TIPS ... Publications Facts About Heart and Heart-Lung Transplants Contents Introduction What happens during a heart-lung transplant? Why are transplants done? Who can have a transplant? ... Where can I get more information on transplants? Introduction In the three decades since the performance of the first human heart transplant in December 1967, the procedure has changed from an experimental operation to an established treatment for advanced heart disease. Approximately 2,300 heart transplants are performed each year in the United States. In 1981, combined heart and lung transplants began to be used to treat patients with conditions that severely damage both these organs. As of 1995, about 500 people in the United States and 2,000 worldwide have received heart-lung transplants. There have been two main barriers to increasing the number of successful operations. In 1983, the first barrier to successful transplantationsrejection of the donor organ by the patientwas overcome. The drug cyclosporine was introduced to suppress rejection of a donor heart or heart-lung by the patient's body. Cyclosporine and other medications to control rejection have significantly improved the survival of transplant patients. About 80 percent of heart transplant patients survive 1 year or more. About 60 percent of heart-lung transplants live at least 1 year after surgery. Research is under way to develop even better ways to control transplant rejection and improve survival.

28. NHLBI, Heart And Heart-Lung Transplants Facts About Heart and HeartLung transplants. This reproducible factsheet provides concise and accurate information for the general http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/other/h_hl_tnp.htm

HOME SITE INDEX CONTACT US TIPS ... Publications Facts About Heart and Heart-Lung Transplants This reproducible fact sheet provides concise and accurate information for the general public, patients, and health professionals on heart and heart-lung transplants. A transplant is the replacement of a patient's diseased heart or heart and lungs with a normal organ(s) from someonecalled a donorwho has died. 4 pages. NIH Publication No.: 97-2990. You may obtain the document in the following ways: View online (in formats below) [Web (HTML) document, 20 K] [PDF document, 88 K, need Acrobat Reader to review] Information for visitors using screen readers Information about PDF Printed Copies Order online Order by telephone, fax, or mail Price Information Single copy Free Each additional copy 25 copies 100 copies HOME SEARCH ACCESSIBILITY SITE INDEX ... CONTACT US Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

29. CNN.com - Kidney Transplants And Donated Organ Distribution - October 17, 2000 CNN http://www.cnn.com/2000/HEALTH/mayo/10/17/kidney.transplants/index.html

health Editions myCNN Video ... Feedback CNN Sites CNN CNN Europe CNNfn CNNSI myCNN CNNfyi AllPolitics Languages Search CNN.com CNNSI.com CNNfn.com The Web HEALTH TOP STORIES New treatments hold out hope for breast cancer patients MORE TOP STORIES Thousands dead in India; quake toll rapidly rising Israelis, Palestinians make final push before Israeli election Davos protesters confront police MORE ... MORE MARKETS 4:30pm ET, 4/16 DJIA NAS SPORTS Jordan says farewell for the third time ... LOCAL EDITIONS: CNN.com Europe change default edition MULTIMEDIA: video video archive audio multimedia showcase ... more services E-MAIL: Subscribe to one of our news e-mail lists Enter your address: DISCUSSION: chat feedback CNN WEB SITES: CNNfyi.com CNN.com Europe AsiaNow Spanish ... Korean Headlines TIME INC. SITES: Go To ... Time.com People Money Fortune EW CNN NETWORKS: CNN anchors transcripts Turner distribution SITE INFO: help contents search ad info ... jobs WEB SERVICES: Kidney transplants and donated organ distribution FROM Kidney transplants and donated organ distribution: Organ banks in the United States generally have offered organs for transplants first locally, then regionally, and then nationally. In 1998, however, U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Donna Shalala ordered the transplant organ distribution system changed so that organs went to the sickest people first, no matter where they lived. The order has yet to take effect, and Louisiana and Wisconsin have filed court actions to overturn the rule.

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31. CNN.com - Transplants And Personal Responsibility - March 5, 2001 CNN http://cnn.com/2001/HEALTH/03/05/ethics.matters/index.html

MAIN PAGE WORLD U.S. WEATHER ... ABOUT US CNN TV what's on show transcripts CNN Headline News CNN International ... askCNN EDITIONS CNN.com Asia CNN.com Europe set your edition Languages Spanish Portuguese German Italian Danish Japanese Korean Arabic Time, Inc. Time.com People Fortune EW Transplants and personal responsibility by Jeffrey P. Kahn, Ph.D., M.P.H. Director, Center for Bioethics University of Minnesota Whenever we face shortages of particular types of medical care we need to decide how best to allocate those scarce resources. Nowhere is this more acute than in our decisions about who should receive organs for transplant, particularly for life-saving transplants. The problem becomes especially prickly when there aren’t enough organs to go around and some patients need transplants because of their lifestyle or behavior. For instance, the need for a liver transplant can be caused by a variety of factors: congenital problems, disease or, most controversially, by unhealthy habits such as drug and alcohol abuse. In fact, the majority of liver transplants are for Hepatitis C infection (often a result of intravenous drug use) and alcoholic liver disease. To address the issue of personal responsibility, many transplant programs require that potential recipients of liver transplants be drug- and alcohol-free for a specified period of time before transplant. This requirement often includes the drug methadone, a treatment for heroin addiction. But a recent article published in the Journal of the American Medical Association presented data that requiring a methadone-free period may actually encourage renewed drug use among liver transplant recipients. So how far should we take personal responsibility when it comes to receiving organ transplants? Should smokers be denied heart or lung transplants? Should drinkers be denied liver transplants?

32. CNN.com - Prisoners And Transplants - February 4, 2002 CNN http://cnn.com/2002/HEALTH/02/04/ethics.matters/index.html

MAIN PAGE WORLD U.S. WEATHER ... ABOUT US/HELP CNN TV what's on show transcripts CNN Headline News CNN International ... askCNN EDITIONS CNN.com Asia CNN.com Europe CNNenEspanol.com CNNArabic.com ... set your edition Languages Spanish Portuguese German Italian Korean Arabic Japanese Time, Inc. Time.com People Fortune EW InStyle Business 2.0 Prisoners and transplants by Jeffrey P. Kahn, Ph.D., M.P.H. Director, Center for Bioethics University of Minnesota A heart transplant performed on a prison inmate in California is creating a debate about whether prisoners deserve access to any and all medical care, and whether they should receive equal access to extremely scarce resources, such as organs for transplants. As the prison population in the U.S. ages, demand for health care services will increase, just as it does in the rest of the population. The combination of high rates of chronic diseases that affect the kidneys and liver, and an aging prison population mean that more prisoners will need transplants to survive. But should such scarce resources be offered to those who forfeit their rights as convicted criminals? How much health care should prisoners receive, and should their priority be different than those who are not incarcerated? A right to health care?

33. Bone Marrow And Stem Cell Transplants For Childhood Cancer Bone Marrow and Stem Cell transplants. transplantation in children. MenuBone Marrow and Stem Cell transplants. Childhood Specific Information http://www.cancerindex.org/ccw/guide2bm.htm

Home Site Map Cancer Types Treatments ... About Bone Marrow and Stem Cell Transplants Menu Treatments Transplantation In memory of Yossi who had a BMT at age 9yrs for leukaemia. This is his picture depicting the transplant. Picture reproduced by kind permission. Overview There are many different types of blood cell, but they all develop from stem cells. Most of these stem cells are found in the bone marrow (the soft inside part of the bone), although some are found in the blood (peripheral blood stem cells). Chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy damages normal cells as well as cancer cells. At high doses the bone marrow may be damaged or destroyed, and the patient may not be able to produce the necessary blood cells. In a Bone marrow transplant (BMT), marrow containing healthy stem cells is infused to replace those damaged by the high dose therapy, so that the patient can produce blood cells again. Alternatively a peripheral blood stem cell transplant (PBSCT) may be given. While blood is not as rich in stem cells as bone marrow advances in transplantation mean that PBSCT ("stem cell rescue") is increasingly being used in the treatment of certain cancers. There are 3 types of transplant: Allogenic transplants are where marrow is donated by another person;

34. ThinkQuest : Library : Modern Miracles: Organ Transplants Mordern Miracles Organ transplants, is an interactive site developed for studentsby ThinkQuest Team 28000. . This homepage uses frames. http://library.thinkquest.org/28000/frames.html

Index Medicine Modern Miracles: Organ Transplants "Modern Miracles: Organ Transplants" provides a comprehensive overview of organ transplantation and donation. This web site focuses on commonly transplanted organs and tissues, the history of organ transplantation, new advances and technologies, and topic-specific concerns and issues. Other features including surveys, quizzes, a discussion forum, and user-submitted transplant stories, which enhance the site while promoting participatory learning. Languages: English. Visit Site 1999 ThinkQuest Internet Challenge Awards Platinum Languages English Students Lars Kim Salisbury Composite High School, Sherwood Park, Canada Coaches Del Taylor Elk Island Public Schools, Sherwood Park, Canada Mahmoud Bahnassy Mahmoud Farouk Bahnassy, Alexandria, Egypt Ulf Nielsen Mikro Vfrkstedet A/S, Odense M, Denmark Want to build a ThinkQuest site? The ThinkQuest site above is one of thousands of educational web sites built by students from around the world. Click here to learn how you can build a ThinkQuest site.

35. Face Transplants No Longer Science Fiction CNN http://cnn.com/2002/HEALTH/11/27/face.transplant.reut/index.html

36. An Answer To The Transplant-Organ Shortage? Jeff Getty AP/Wide World Photos, Many crossspecies transplants, known as xenotransplantsmust overcome the ferocious attack of a little-known part of the http://whyfiles.org/007transplant/

Can We Transplant Organs From Animals? Should Pigs and Primates Give Us Their Livers, Hearts, and Kidneys? Feb. 13, 1996: In the two months since Jeff Getty was given cells from the bone marrow of a baboon, his health has improved. But the transplant apparently failed few if any baboon immune cells remain alive in his body. Want to read more about this last-ditch effort to help Getty beat AIDS Meanwhile, with the demand for organs outstripping the supply , scientists are looking at pigs and primates as potential sources of organs: Jeff Getty AP/Wide World Photos Many cross-species transplants, known as xenotransplants must overcome the ferocious attack of a little-known part of the immune system. Is this even possible Did you know that pig livers saved the life of a man with deadly hepatitis What's the downside of cross-species transplants? What are some ethical implications of these transplants? What do you think of xenotransplantation? Want to see the credits and factcheckers for this issue?

37. CNN.com - Live-donor Liver Transplants Carry More Risks Than Thought - Feb. 27, CNN http://cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/02/27/liver.transplants.ap/index.html

The Web CNN.com Home Page World U.S. Weather ... Special Reports SERVICES Video E-Mail Services CNNtoGO SEARCH Web CNN.com Live-donor liver transplants carry more risks than thought Story Tools (AP) Adult liver transplants that use partial organs taken from live people carry a higher-than-expected 1-in-7 chance of serious complications for the donor but a lower risk of death than doctors thought, a study says. The controversial live-donor procedure involves giving the donor's right liver lobe, the larger one, to the transplant recipient. Each lobe grows to the size of a full liver in about six weeks. The first detailed study of the increasingly common operation found just one donor death in 449 such transplants done in the United States from 1997 through late 2000. Fourteen percent of donors, however, had serious complications such as major infections and the need for rehospitalization, another operation or a blood transfusion, according to doctors at Columbia University. "The risk of (donor) death is less than people thought. The risk of problems is probably more than people thought," said Dr. Robert S. Brown Jr., medical director of Columbia's Center for Liver Disease and Transplantation. With roughly 1,000 U.S. live-donor adult liver transplants done to date, two other donor deaths have been reported, one a suicide.

38. 'Chromosome 6': A Tale Of Intrigue, Apes And Organ Transplants Review says Chromosome 6 is fascinating from a medical perspective, but gives it only 2 out of 4 stars. http://www.lubbockonline.com/news/050897/chromoso.htm

'Chromosome 6': a tale of intrigue, apes and organ transplants By Guy Powers Knight-Ridder Newspapers - (KRT) A roundup of recent books: Four stars represents the reviewer's highest recommendation. Organ transplants once considered risky now are almost routine. But the odds against a perfect genetic match are astronomical, and until that hurdle is overcome, no organ transplant is a sure thing. In Robin Cook's ''Chromosome 6'' (Putnam, $24.95), a researcher has discovered a way to reduce the rejection rate to zero through genetic engineering - not in humans, but in apes. The result is an animal ''double'' whose organs are immediately available for ''harvest.'' The process is illegal, immoral in the eyes of animal rights activists, and highly attractive to sick people with lots of money. Which is good for GenSys, a company long on greed and short on scruples. It establishes a laboratory in Equatorial Guinea, an impoverished African nation willing to ignore improprieties in exchange for a steady cash flow. Animals are procured. Enhanced breeding takes place, fortified with human DNA. The creatures are then isolated on an island, awaiting the inevitable surgeon's knife. At first, all goes well. Profits snowball. Then mobster Carlo Franconi is assassinated just before testifying for the Feds. His body is then stolen from the New York City morgue. When it resurfaces, the head, hands and liver are missing. A pair of NYC forensic pathologists are determined to find out how and why Franconi disappeared.

39. Howstuffworks "How Organ Transplants Work" Today, organ transplants are relatively simple procedures, yet thousands ofpeople die every year waiting for their turn. How Organ transplants Work. http://science.howstuffworks.com/organ-transplant.htm

ComputerStuff AutoStuff ElectronicsStuff ScienceStuff ... PeopleStuff Top Subjects Cholesterol Dieting Nicotine Sleep ... Tattoos Sponsored By: Categories Diseases and Conditions Drugs Fitness Health Care ... Online Pharmacy Explore Stuff Lidrock.com Big List of Articles Get the Newsletter Search HSW and the Web Search Google Main Health Health Care How Organ Transplants Work by Tom Harris Table of Contents Introduction to How Organ Transplants Work The Screen, the List and the Match Getting on the List The Surgery Living with a New Organ Acute Rejection Improving the System Lots More Information Shop or Compare Prices Sixty years ago, scientists were on the cusp of a revolutionary scientific breakthrough. In the preceding decades, researchers had had some success transplanting organs in animals, and there had even been a few failed attempts at human organ transplants. Numerous studies showed that human organ transplantation was feasible, and that it would be enormously beneficial to thousands of patients, but nobody had been able to make it work. Success finally came in the early 1950s, when several

40. Hair Transplants, This Is My Story On How To End Hair Loss Provides information on hair transplantation from a patient's perspective. http://www.hair-transplants.org/

Home How I got my Real Hair back How Hair Transplants Works ... Hair Transplant Network. Hair transplants do work Hair transplants and propecia helped me beat hair loss! Hair transplant surgery finally works! Before hair transplant surgery After hair transplant surgery My hair transplant stopped hair loss and beating baldness was like watching a miracle. In the process of fighting baldness, I've learned what it takes to beat hair loss using hair transplants, propecia, and minoxidil. That's what I'm here to share my story with you - knowledge on how to beat baldness and stop hair loss on your own turf (or bare spot). Visit the site http://www.hairtransplantnetwork.com and find a great surgeon and Hair Loss Research at www.hair-loss-info.com The Hair Transplant Network is an excellent resource for researching hair transplants, finding top hair transplant surgeon in your area, sharing advice with others, and viewing dozens of "Before and After" photos! (Much better resource than even this site :-) Contact me (Pat) or The Shapiro Medical Group To call the Shapiro Medical Group Directly Call 1-800-843-1989 or 952-926-0000 top of the page Return Home All images and patients of Hair transplant surgery have given their express permission to have their images featured on this site.

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