The latest smoking trend, known as vaping, has left many individuals with numerous illnesses and side effects. With the latest news release of a young teenager needing a double lung transplant within one year of vaping, it is easy to see that there is a health crisis on the rise. As a matter of fact, […]
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Betty Huart had liver cancer, and she needed a transplant. However, a hepatitis C-infected organ was the only option. Why would a doctor implant a hepatitis C-infected liver in someone who was already fighting for their life? Image Source Stepping into Uncharted Waters The practice of medicine is just that, a practice. When Dr. James Burton
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Robert Chelsea was 68 years old when a drunk driver hit his car as he was on his way home from a church near Los Angeles, California. The accident caused an explosion that left him with third-degree burns over 60 percent of his body and face. It also disfigured his face, leaving him with no
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Urea Cycle The urea cycle disorders are a step-by-step biochemical process that our bodies use in order to get rid of specific waste. The body has to break down proteins on a regular basis. The proteins may come from certain foods or from older cells that must be replaced. Whenever the body breaks down protein,
They Grew A New Face For This Teenage Girl On Her Chest At age five, this girl from a small fishing village in China was horribly and tragically disfigured in a fire. Doubly tragic, she was unable to get optimal care during the brief window in which grafts are normally done. Twelve years later, she
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Man Wore Sandwich Board for A Year to Find Kidney Donor for Dying Wife By Divya Shree Edited By Stephanie Dawson An American man, Larry Swilling, sets an inspiring example of true love. This South Carolina couple is so happy together that they don’t want to live without each other. Mr. Swilling promised his lovely
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Lindsay Ess is a Texas fashion graduate and double hand transplant patient, who lost her hands and legs, when a blockage in her small intestine resulting from Crohn’s Disease led to an infection that turned her extremities into dead tissue five years ago. She had said before that she could understand and accept the fact
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Every 10 minutes someone is added to the National Transplant Waiting List. Every donor can on average save up to 8 lives. Every day an average of 79 people receive organ transplants and 18 people die waiting for transplants. The gap between organ donors and people on the transplant waiting list continues to widen. Check
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