The film, “End the Wait,” follows two Georgia men whose kidney transplant journey inspired a nationwide push to save lives.

The "rapid recovery with extended ultraoxygenated preservation" (REUP) technique, which does not require pre-implant donor ...

Steve Soltys was just 24 years old when he was first diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes in 1990. At first, Soltys said, dealing with the chronic autoimmune disorder that keeps a person’s body from ...

Wellness Wednesday is sponsored by Intermountain Health. Sometimes doing everything right isn’t enough. Erika Morton was only 35 when she learned she needed a new liver. She was athletic and ...

Organ transplants are an incredible way for people to ensure their final act in life is to help others. The first organ donation took place in 1954 when a kidney was successfully transplanted. Since ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The transmission of tuberculosis from a donor organ to a transplant recipient may result in spread of the bacteria outside of the lungs, leading to a wide-spread infection, ...

Four adults developed breast cancer after receiving vital organs from a donor. Four adults in the United Kingdom developed breast cancer after receiving vital organs from a single donor -- three of ...

EIGHT NEWS AT TEN. FOR ALL OF YOU GUYS TO KNOW HOW MUCH CLOSURE THIS GIVES ME AND AN OTHERWISE ABSOLUTELY HORRIBLE WORLD. YEAH, IT WAS HEARTBREAKING. AND EMOTIONAL REUNION. A GROUP OF DONOR RECIPIENTS ...

For the first time on May 4th, surviving family members of organ donor Anthony “Tony” Mather met one of four organ recipients who benefitted from his donation. Mather’s heart now belongs to local ...

The Gift of Life Marrow Registry's 15th annual Steps for Life 5K in South Florida will feature a heartwarming introduction ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Instead of a moment of silence, a different type of organ donor walk brought applause and cheers inside the halls of the Trager Transplant Center. Thursday afternoon, Alyssa ...

Although it’s of vital importance that parents and donors be adequately counseled before using a donor or donating, all too often, research demonstrates this is not the case. One 2013 published study ...