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Living donor dad saves Long Island boy’s kidney, sparking a heartwarming family bond
health1 month ago

Living donor dad saves Long Island boy’s kidney, sparking a heartwarming family bond

A 13-year-old Long Island boy with a congenital ureterovesical junction obstruction faced kidney failure until Tim Fitzpatrick, a local dad who learned of the case, volunteered to donate a kidney. After testing confirmed a match, the minimally invasive donor nephrectomy and the four‑hour transplant were performed on March 23 at NYU Langone. Elias Manolis is now recovering with a normal kidney function and will need lifelong immunosuppression, while the two families have formed a close bond and look forward to staying connected.

via CBS News|
#health#kidney-transplant#living-kidney-donation
Hawaii Kidney Gift Sparks Call for More Living Donors
health1 month ago

Hawaii Kidney Gift Sparks Call for More Living Donors

Hawaii marks National Donate Life Month with Dwight Otani receiving a kidney from his son Mitchell, spotlighting the urgent need for living donors as kidney waitlists grow, plus a UH medical student’s willingness to donate bone marrow to strangers; doctors note most kidneys come from deceased donors, but healthy living donors remain vital and urge sign-ups.

via Honolulu Star-Advertiser|
#donate-life-month#hawaii#health
Consciousness May Linger After Death, Prompting a Reconsideration of What 'Dead' Really Means
science3 months ago

Consciousness May Linger After Death, Prompting a Reconsideration of What 'Dead' Really Means

A Telegraph-derived report presented at AAAS suggests death is a process and that consciousness may persist for hours after circulatory death. Anna Fowler’s review of over 20 studies indicates some patients recall surroundings during complete heart stoppage, challenging the idea that the brain immediately and permanently ceases activity. The findings raise ethical questions about organ donation practices and advocate redefining death as a staged, negotiable process rather than a single moment, with potential updates to US death definitions.

via Yahoo|
#consciousness#death#death-definition
Spain performs world’s first face transplant from an assisted-dying donor
health3 months ago

Spain performs world’s first face transplant from an assisted-dying donor

A Barcelona hospital, Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, completed the world’s first face transplant using tissues from a donor who had legally chosen medically assisted death; a surgical team of about 100 specialists performed the complex operation to reconstruct facial tissue for a patient with severe infection-related damage, enabling partial functional recovery. The donor had consented to donate post-mortem donation following MAID, allowing careful matching and preparation; the patient will require ongoing immunosuppressive therapy and long-term follow-up to monitor graft function and rejection risk, with ethical and legal protocols observed.

via Euronews.com|
#face-transplant#health#medically-assisted-death
South Korean Author Baek Se-hee Passes Away at 35
obituary7 months ago

South Korean Author Baek Se-hee Passes Away at 35

Baek Se-hee, a South Korean author known for her bestselling memoir on depression, has died at 35. Her book, which highlighted mental health issues and the human desire for simple joys like eating tteokbokki, gained international acclaim and sold over a million copies. She donated her organs to save five lives, and her work continues to inspire hope and open conversations about mental health. Tributes have poured in from her readers and the literary community.

via BBC|
#baek-se-hee#memoir#mental-health
Scientists Develop Universal Kidney Compatible with All Blood Types
health7 months ago

Scientists Develop Universal Kidney Compatible with All Blood Types

Scientists have developed a 'universal' kidney that can potentially be accepted by any blood type, which could significantly reduce transplant waiting times and save lives, by using enzymes to strip away blood type markers from donor kidneys. The research, tested in a human model, marks a major step toward more flexible and accessible organ transplants, although challenges remain before human trials.

via ScienceAlert|
#blood-type-compatibility#health#kidney-transplant