Aug. 28, 2024 12:33 PM EDT
WASHINGTON (AP) — People who volunteer to donate a kidney face an even lower risk of death from the operation than doctors have long thought, researchers reported Wednesday.
The study tracked 30 years of living kidney donation and found that by 2022, fewer than 1 of every 10,000...
Jul. 13, 2024 13:20 PM EDT
Two years ago, doctors were by the hospital bed of Dutch rower Marloes Oldenburg asking if she wanted to donate her organs in case the risky surgery they were about to perform on her didn’t go well.
She had just been airlifted to a hospital with her back broken into multiple places...