Living donors sometimes find themselves unable to find affordable—or any—health insurance after donation.  Some insurers are claiming that the donation is equivalent to a preexisting medical condition and either reject an application outright or offer coverage with a very steep premium, according to an article in the April 18, 2011 Washington Post. People who already [Sign in to read the full article...]

An Oregon death row inmate is mounting an aggressive behind-the-bars campaign to donate his organs after he’s executed.  Christian Longo says he wants to do more to take responsibility for killing his family and dumping their bodies in coastal bays nearly a decade ago than simply accepting execution by lethal injection, msnbc.com reported. Longo said [Sign in to read the full article...]

A new test for heart transplant rejection that relies on simple blood tests rather than invasive and risky cardiac biopsies conventionally used to detect rejection has been developed by researchers at Stanford University.  The test allows earlier intervention to prevent rejection which is experienced by 40% of heart transplant patients in the first year after [Sign in to read the full article...]

In the latest research to test the concept of an artificial pancreas for the management of type 1 diabetes, British researchers report they were able to improve blood sugar control and reduce the risk of danger low blood sugars overnight, HealthDay News reported. An analysis of pooled data showed that the overall time that plasma [Sign in to read the full article...]

Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, IL, believes it is the first organization in the US, and perhaps the world, to have five employees to donate organs to complete strangers with no strings attached, commonly referred to as Good Samaritan donors.  In addition, two other employees have donated kidneys to “casual acquaintances” and also asked [Sign in to read the full article...]