Organ-donation flap can&#39;t sway parents
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A Montrose couple grieving the loss of their son said Thursday they have had no second thoughts on their decision to donate his organs, even as allegations flew this week
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Extremely obese adults in need  of a kidney transplant appear to wait longer for a donor organ  than their thinner counterparts do, a study has found.
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An 11-month-old Japanese boy smiled and laughed in his mother's arms Friday as doctors talked of his progress from a six-organ transplant, an operation done here because children's organ donations are banned in Japan.
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Every day, more than 15 people die in the United States while waiting for a lifesaving organ that never comes. At this very moment in New England, two babies under the age of 1 year old need livers.
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In what's being called a major advance in organ transplants, doctors say they have developed a technique that could free many patients from having to take anti-rejection drugs for the rest of their lives.
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Lifesharers is trying to settle the competition for organs in a fair way: before you get one, you should be willing to give one
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Very obese people who need a kidney transplant are far less likely to get one than normal weight people, and when they do, their wait is an average of a year to 18 months longer, a new study found.
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Sperm donors should not worry that losing their anonymity will lead to offspring turning up on the doorstep and demanding they play a major part in their lives, according to new research.
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Kidney exchanges are helping doctors shorten transplant waiting lists, but they also pose serious challenges.
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THURSDAY, Nov. 11 (HealthDayNews) -- Openly identifying sperm donors doesn't seem to lead to problems for the donors or their biological children, according to a U.S. study in the most recent issue of Human Reproduction.
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What you learn about people â and yourself â when you need them to donate an organ.
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Parents who broached the subject of death with a child dying of cancer had no regrets about their choice, while some who hid the truth were sorry for not having the discussion, researchers report.
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An American scientific study shows that artificial hearts can keep heart-transplant candidates alive before the donor organ is available and it also helps prolong their life after transplant.
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When most of today&#39;s parents were growing up, the common wisdom about television viewing was not to sit too close to the screen or youâd go blind.
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Children who do not conform to gender norms are being supported in their choice by parents and doctors.
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When Dr. Robert Wachter&#39;s wife underwent surgery in October to donate a kidney to a friend, her chief anxiety, he said, was &quot;the possibility that she might be killed by a medical mistake.
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The love in his eyes is almost tangible as kidney donor Jeffrey Molaolwa relaxes in his 10-year-old daughter Patience&#39;s ward in Red Cross Children&#39;s Hospital.