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Experts debate best way to encourage more organ donors
Story :: WY :: USA | 4 days ago
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EDT June 15, 2013 The story of the 10-year-old girl in Philadelphia who recently got a lifesaving lung transplant has drawn attention to the need for more organ donors. The case of the 10-year-old girl in Philadelphia who needed a transplant with
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Court hearing on hold over lung transplant rules
Philadelphia :: PA :: USA | 5 days ago
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A court hearing over organ donation rules is on hold after the Pennsylvania girl at the center of the lawsuit received a lung transplant. Ten-year-old Sarah Murnaghan is recovering after receiving adult lungs this week at Children's Hospital of
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10-year-old recovering after receiving adult lungs
San Luis Obispo :: CA :: USA | 5 days ago
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by NBC News Updated: Jun 13, 2013 3:14 PM (NBC News) The little girl who made national headlines after winning a fight to get on the adult lung transplant list has spent her first day with a new set of lungs. Sarah Murnaghan's surgery was a success,
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New lungs buy time but don't cure cystic fibrosis
Columbus :: OH :: USA | 6 days ago
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The 10-year-old Pennsylvania girl who fought for a lung transplant has a difficult journey ahead. The transplant isn't a cure for her cystic fibrosis, and new lungs don't tend to last as long as other transplanted organs. But it can extend life by
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US girl in surgery for lung tra...
Washington :: DC :: USA | 6 days ago
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A 10-year-old American girl whose dire need for a lung transplant catapulted her into the political spotlight has learned a donor has been found and is going into surgery, her mother said yesterday...The Pennsylvania girl, who is critically ill with
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Organ recipient has a sporting chance
Stockholm :: Sweden | 6 days ago
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He Xin is looking forward to taking part in the 19th World Transplant Games in South Africa in July. It will be the second time the 53-year-old has competed, and she hopes she will emerge victorious from the biennial event as she did in 2011. She
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Federal judge orders lung transplant for 10-year-old girl
MSNBC's Tamron Hall is reporting that a 10-year-old Pennsylvania girl has been approved by a judge to receive a life-saving lung transplant. In fact, the child is undergoing surgery at this moment (1 p.m. Chicago time). Sarah
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BREAKING NEWS: Girl at Center of Transplant Fight Prepped for Surgery
Chop :: Ukraine | 7 days ago
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Published June 12, 2013 FoxNews.com Sarah Murnaghan, the 10-year-old Pennsylvania girl dying of cystic fibrosis, is receiving her long-awaited lung transplant. According to a Facebook post from Sarah's mother, Janet, the family received word this
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'I proved all those people wrong'
Peoria :: AZ :: USA | 7 days ago
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CNN Films' "Girl Rising" documents extraordinary girls and the power of education to change the world...ET June 16 on CNN. (CNN) -- What's the one thing you would tell girls about education? Think carefully about your answer; after all, it can be the
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Transplant group rejects lung rule changes, but creates system to hear cases- Dying girl intubated as she awaits lung transplant
Pittsburgh :: PA :: USA | 8 days ago
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The national organization that manages organ transplants rejected making emergency rule changes Monday for children under 12 who are waiting on lungs, but created a special appeal and review system to hear such cases. The executive committee of the
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