Monthly Archives: July 2011

By Amanda Kahan / WBTV Charles Okeke was known as the man without a heart. This is big blue.  Charles was hooked up to it night and day for 600 days. Charles’ heart failed when his own antibodies attacked it, … Continue reading →

An urgent request: contact your congressmen and urge them to get behind this bill.  It is one thing to post a comment about how unfair – and how it is a waste of taxpayer dollars – to not cover anti-rejection … Continue reading →

By Tom Kisken, tkisken@vcstar.com / Ventura County Star The tan and white capsules that allow 19-year-old Matthew Kinney to live a normal life with a transplanted kidney lay on his kitchen table in a paltry cluster. “Five, 10, 15 …,” … Continue reading →

The Hindu Around 60 million people worldwide have chronic kidney disease and many need dialysis or transplants. But thanks to a vital breakthrough, patients’ own kidney cells collected from urine can now be reprogrammed to make these procedures redundant. Such … Continue reading →

By Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times/For the Booster Shots blog More than 20,000 of the roughly 82,000 people waiting for a kidney transplant in the United States have the odds stacked against them because they are what doctors call “HLA … Continue reading →

By Cynthia Thuma /  The Sun Sentinel In athletics as in life, Jill Morton has never been one to give in to adversity. The same tenacious, unyielding spirit that helped her win championships as a youth on the tennis court … Continue reading →

By Taunya English / Newsworks African-Americans are nearly four times more likely than white Americans to develop kidney failure. That means tens of thousands of black Americans are waiting for a transplant and relying on dialysis while they wait. Most go … Continue reading →

By Jeanne Whitehead / Canadaeast News service RIVERBANK – The Cruickshank family is back home in Kings County after a landmark month. On June 17, at Victoria General Hospital in Halifax, Arthur Cruickshank received a kidney donated by his son, … Continue reading →

I urge you to send an email to your congressional representatives and include a link to this editorial which appeared in the Ventura County Star.  Do it NOW.  Andy The Ventura County Star The situation is illogical, shocking and infuriating … Continue reading →

The Sexhill Observer TEARS flowed when Eric Douglin of Bexhill Giants basketball fame married the woman whom he credits with saving his life. As he made his speech having tied the knot with Mandi Chillery, Eric, 48, admitted he was … Continue reading →