May 25, 2017 Man who received new penis 'one of the happiest patients' "He is certainly one of the happiest patients we have seen in our ward,” Seeker quotes Dr. Andre van der Merwe as saying.
May 24, 2017 Woman on desperate search to find doctor who will operate on son with rare disease A New York mother has turned to her son’s legion of Facebook supporters in hopes of finding a doctor who will operate on him as the 20-year-old battles a disease so rare that it isn’t named.
May 22, 2017 Surgeons plan to use hepatitis-infected hearts to slash wait for a transplant After early success transplanting hepatitis C-infected kidneys, University of Pennsylvania researchers now plan to try using infected hearts in transplants.
May 22, 2017 Veteran paratrooper donates kidney to Army pal A veteran paratrooper who hadn’t seen his Army pal in 16 years stepped forward last week to save his life after seeing a Facebook post about his failing health.
April 27, 2017 Transplant recipient survives cancer and heart failure to compete in Ironman triathlons Derek Fitzgerald competed in nine Ironmans—with someone else's heart.
April 25, 2017 Utah man initially denied lung transplant over pot use dies after complications, family says A Utah man who was initially denied a lung transplant after a hospital found traces of marijuana in his system died on Saturday, in the Pennsylvania hospital that agreed to accept his case.
April 20, 2017 Family of quadriplegic mother who chose to come off life support meets organ recipient The family of a 40-year-old mother who chose to come off life support after an accident left her critically injured met one of the recipients of her organs Wednesday, nearly a year after she made the selfless decision.
April 18, 2017 Wife provides husband with life-saving partial liver donation Two years ago, Jennifer Ragaini watched as a liver disease slowly ate away at her husband Matthew, whose weight at one point dropped to just 100 pounds.
April 14, 2017 Rod Carew's new heart, kidney came from ex-Baltimore Raven Konrad Reuland Baseball Hall of Famer Rod Carew received a heart and kidney from an organ donor in December 2016.
April 13, 2017 Family says hospital wouldn't give teen lung transplant over pot When a teen in Utah was denied a lung transplant necessary to save his life because he had smoked pot a few days prior to coming down with the flu, his family cried foul, reports KSL.
