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ca.style.yahoo.com
An effort to remedy harm from a race-based kidney test helps Black patients seeking transplants
WASHINGTON (AP) -- An unprecedented effort to reverse the effects of a racially biased medical test that blocked or delayed Black people from getting kidney transplants seems to be working.
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More organs are being donated after the heart stops, not brain death. Policies are changing, too | CNN
The vast majority of organ donations once came from people who were brain-dead. Now they're increasingly coming from people who died when their heart stopped beating, a major shift that can boost transplants but also raises public confusion, researchers reported Thursday.
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More organs are being donated after the heart stops, not brain death. Policies are changing too
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The vast majority of organ donations once came from people who were brain-dead. Now they're increasingly coming from people who died when their heart stopped beating, a major shift that can boost transplants but also raises public confusion, researchers reported Thursday.
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Surgeons keep man alive without lungs, paving new path to transplant
Ava Cooper, an 11-year-old heart transplant recipient, and her family discuss their initial reactions to the news, and life since the procedure took place on 'Fox & Friends.
