Items Tagged ‘kidney transplant’
June 14, 2019
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights for June 14, 2019
CNN, Changing your meat-eating habits could mean a longer life, study suggests by Jacqueline Howard — The study provides “valuable and informative” data regarding the associations of red meat with poor health outcomes, said Dr. Heather Fields, an internal medicine specialist at Mayo Clinic in Arizona, who was not involved in the research. “We’ve also […]
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June 7, 2019
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights for June 7, 2019
Associated Press, Companies report progress on blood tests to detect cancer by Marilynn Marchione — …It’s not clear what evidence the U.S. Food and Drug Administration would require to consider for approval. Sometimes tests can be sold through looser lab accreditation pathways rather than by seeking FDA approval. Grail and Thrive already have larger studies […]
Tags: ADHD, AI, alzheimer's disease, Anna-Maria Kellen, apps, April Poolman, artificial Intelligence, Battle of the Badges, Bea Farmer, BJ Farmer, blood donation, Breast Cancer
May 10, 2019
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights for May 10, 2019
New York Times, In This Doctor’s Office, a Physical Exam Like No Other by Carl Zimmer — To scientists like Michael Snyder, chair of the genetics department at Stanford University, the future of medicine is data — lots and lots of data. He and others predict that one day doctors won’t just take your blood […]
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May 3, 2019
KAAL For months we have been telling you the story of ABC 6 News Chief Photographer Chad Corey and his need for a new kidney. He spent nearly a month last fall in the hospital after both his kidneys started to fail. After nearly a year, he finally got the call he’s been waiting for. […]
Tags: Chad Corey, Chris Douglas, KAAL, kidney transplant
April 5, 2019
2 years after donating kidney, 74-year-old Jacksonville do-gooder will take Katie Ride
Florida Times-Union by Beth Reese Cravey This year’s Katie Ride is the 15th and Sharp, who retired from a multistate CSX career in 1999, has taken part in all but two. He has also run in all 42 River Runs and is a longtime blood and platelets donor. In addition, he volunteers two days a […]
Tags: Carroll Sharp, Florida Times-Union, Katie Ride, kidney transplant, organ transplant
February 21, 2019
Jacksonville woman saves husband’s life with donated kidney
First Coast News by Lindsey Boetsch Feb. 14 is Valentine’s Day but it’s also National Donor Day. So it’s only fitting to share a love story about one woman who saved her husband by giving him the gift of life. “You have my kidney,” joked Latasha Edwards. “You can’t go anywhere.” Twenty years ago, she […]
Tags: First Coast News, kidney transplant, Latasha Edwards, National Organ Donor Day, Steven Edwards
February 21, 2019
Woman donates kidney to stranger, benefits from city of Tucson leave policy
Arizona Daily Star by Mikayla Mace About 100,000 people are on the kidney transplant wait list across the country, said Dr. Caroline Jadlowiec, Fairchild’s surgeon at the Mayo Clinic’s transplant center in Phoenix. Every year, about 30,000 people are added. More than 1,800 people in Arizona are waiting for a kidney, according to the Organ […]
Tags: Arizona Daily Star, Dr. Caroline Jadlowiec, kidney donation, kidney transplant
January 17, 2019
This couple divorced. Then she gave him her kidney.
Washington Post by Cathy Free After 21 years of marriage, Bill Henrichs and Mary Ziegler — once high school sweethearts — concluded that they were no longer a good match. The couple amicably divorced in 1995 and went their separate ways, but they continued to see each other at their kids’ school and sporting events. […]
Tags: Bill Henrichs, Dr. Andrew Bentall, kidney transplant, Mary Ziegler, Washington Post
January 4, 2019
Mayo Clinic in the News Weekly Highlights for January 4, 2019
USA Today, Need a new diet this new year? Here’s out to pick one and stick with it by Brett Molina — Focus on small changes at first: Angie Murad, a wellness dietitian with the Mayo Clinic Healthy Living Program, said the key to choosing a diet is making sure it’s sustainable. One way to […]
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December 20, 2018
Kidney donor now on mission to help save even more lives
News4Jax by Mary Baer A St. Johns County man who served in the Marine Corps, then gave of himself as a kidney donor, is now on a mission to get others to help someone who needs a hand. While Nicholas Flores’ organ donation helped save another’s life, he believes it had a profound impact on […]
Tags: Alison Ecklund, Christine Schneider, kidney transplant, Mayo Clinic Transplant Center, NewsJax4, Nicholas Flores