Transplants News and Photos

Robot Use In US Surgeries Increases Exponentially, FDA Reviews Spike In Reported Malfunctions

Tue, April 09 2013 11:28am - Source: WNEW

The biggest thing in operating rooms these days is a million-dollar, multi-armed robot named da Vinci, used in nearly 400,000 surgeries nationwide last year — triple the number just four years earlier.

Transplant Guidelines Too Late for Md. Rabies Victim

Sun, March 24 2013 4:36pm - Source: WNEW

Experts say a Maryland man who died last month of rabies might have been spared under transplant recommendations that hadn't yet been published when he got a kidney from an infected donor in 2011.

Cob the builder

Sun, January 27 2013 2:18am - Source: The Sun - London - UK

A BUILDER who became a top baker after two organ transplants believes he owes his success to his mystery donor.

Transplants changed our personalities

Sat, January 05 2013 2:19am - Source: The Sun - London - UK

MARK Cahill has just made medical history as the first man in Britain to have a hand transplant.

Doctors Beginning To Retransplant Organs From Living Patients

Thu, April 26 2012 1:42pm - Source: WNEW

It turns out you can recycle just about anything these days — even kidneys and other organs donated for transplants.

Cheney undergoes heart transplant

Tue, April 03 2012 5:42pm - Source: Daily Express - London - UK

Former US vice president Dick Cheney has been released from hospital 10 days after undergoing a heart transplant.

Bacteria fear over organs solution

Thu, March 29 2012 6:25pm - Source: Daily Express - London - UK

The solution used to preserve most donor organs in the UK could be contaminated with bacteria, the Government has said.

Heart transplant for Dick Cheney

Sun, March 25 2012 1:29am - Source: Daily Express - London - UK

Girl, 6, 'is youngest to get quadruple transplant'

Tue, March 13 2012 7:44pm - Source: The Sun - London - UK

Angela Bushi was the first child to undergo a combined liver, kidney and pancreas transplant.

New kidney donor technique 'works'

Thu, March 08 2012 3:13pm - Source: Daily Star - London - UK

A woman has spoken of her joy after becoming the world's first patient to receive a donor kidney treated with a new warming technique.

YACHT – Shangri-La

Mon, February 20 2012 4:03pm - Source: All Things Go

As a native Los Angeleno, I have a strong affection for any song that mythologizes my hometown.

Organ donor boost options pondered

Mon, February 13 2012 12:36pm - Source: Daily Star - London - UK

Restarting the hearts of people who have recently died should be one of the options considered for boosting the number of organ donors, according to a new report.

WAZU: Murder 1

Thu, February 02 2012 1:19pm - Source: Insomnia Radio: Indie Music Network

Brooklyn-based Australian transplants WAZU have released their first self-titled EP on Anti-Language Recordings.

Woman gets dropped heart transplant

Wed, January 25 2012 6:07am - Source: Daily Express - London - UK

Medics drop heart to be used for transplant operation

Thu, January 12 2012 6:36pm - Source: The Sun - London - UK

THIS is the moment butterfingered medics DROPPED a donor heart just yards from where a life-saving operation was about to be performed.

We want a hairdo like Wayne Rooney

Fri, December 30 2011 3:34am - Source: The Sun - London - UK

HAIR transplants for men have soared since footie idol Wayne Rooney had work done on his balding bonce.

Why I gave my kidney to a child I'll never meet

Tue, December 20 2011 12:14am - Source: Daily Express - London - UK

You are risking your life for a stranger.

Spice up your life

Tue, November 22 2011 2:33am - Source: Daily Express - London - UK

Make this a staple of your spice cabinet.

The crazy world of Silvio Berlusconi

Thu, November 10 2011 9:01am - Source: Daily Express - London - UK

With his business background Berlusconi posed as a champion of Western free-market economics.

Ethan Zohn, 'Survivor' Star, Says His Hodgkin's Lymphoma Has Returned: What Is It?

Thu, November 03 2011 6:31pm - Source: The Huffington Post - Entertainment

"Survivor" star Ethan Zohn has announced that his Hodgkin's lymphoma has returned, according to news reports.

TVD Recommends: Dr. Dog at Beachland Ballroom, 11/02

Wed, November 02 2011 5:56pm - Source: The Vinyl District

Cleveland's Beachland Ballroom and Tavern really hit the nail on the head with the shows this week.

My life partner

Mon, August 29 2011 2:29am - Source: The Sun - London - UK

MIRACLE man Peter Jarman was facing death from kidney failure � until his fianc�e proved a perfect donor match.

A Tribe Called Quest Reunite On Screen, But Tensions Still Flare

Wed, July 13 2011 11:36am - Source: The Huffington Post - Music

Actor Michael Rapaport has reunited A Tribe Called Quest – on movie screens, at least.

My life was saved twice by father and son team

Mon, July 04 2011 11:08pm - Source: Daily Express - London - UK

He was lovely, the kind of person you instinctively trust.

Gregg Allman Never Thought Twice About Death Before Liver Transplant, Playing Allman Brothers Hepatitis C Benefit Gig

Tue, June 21 2011 4:16pm - Source: Spinner

The Allman Brothers Band are performing a benefit concert at New York's famed Beacon Theatre on July 27 that they've dubbed "Tune In to Hep C Presents the Allman Brothers Band" (Tickets go on sale Wed., June 22).