Life is tough if you are waiting for a transplant organ. Whether it’s a kidney, a lung, or a heart.
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Organ Transplants
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John Najarian, Abdominal Transplant Surgeon
The first successful kidney transplant was performed in 1954 by Dr. Joseph Murray, which put Murray on the path to receiving the Nobel Prize. Dr. Thomas Starzl transplanted the liver 13 years later, and then Dr. Christian Barnard performed the first heart transplant that same year.
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Kidney Transplant Criteria
I just read an article (that is now being broadcast from newspapers, radio, and TV- remember, this post was written weeks ago) that really ticked me off. Supposedly, it is good science. And, it may be- as long as we get (as Paul Harvey used to say) “the rest of the story”.
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Caveat Emptor?
If you’ve been reading my blog for more than a few months, then you know that I am a strong proponent for the use of stem cells to improve our health.
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Dead as a doorknob?
The last few blogs we discussed planning for the end of our lives. Because we never have a clue when that may come. (Here’s the first post on the series– and here’s the last. Five in total.)
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Lassos at the ready?
This question- or is that this argument- comes up for discussion routinely. Why are we not transplanting more organs? How can we more adequately provide organs across the USA? Other countries of the world?
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How long will this take?
Back when I was hot to finish the development of my artificial kidney, a group of patients at Kings County Hospital got together and started one of the very first advocacy groups for folks with a disease. The National Association of Patients on Hemodialysis. From those 6 patients in 1969, who were undergoing dialysis thrice weekly for 12 to 18 hours at a clip (digest that fact for a minute), they involved other patients looking to brainstorm and seek out better alternatives- and changed their name to the American Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP).
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Organ Donor
This is not going to be a happy blog. Because we have been let down- big time.
I had known, since I was a young man, that I was not allowed to donate my organs, should I reach an untimely (or timely) death. My religion forbids the defilement of a corpse. Until 1986, when the Chief Sfardi Rabbi (Ovadya Yosef) issued a proclamation…It would be permissible to donate one’s organs to save another’s life- actually, it was an honor for the dead. (The principles are called Pikuach Nefesh [the obligation to save someone in peril] and Kavod Hamet [honoring the dead].). You may not recognize how radical this was- it turned 5000+ years of tradition and rabbinic rulings on its head.
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