January 8, 2010
Gary Coleman has reportedly been hospitalized.
Los Angeles (WiredPRNews.com) – Gary Coleman, the former star of the 1980s sitcom Diff’rent Strokes has reportedly been admitted into a hospital in Los Angeles. As reported by the Associated Press (AP), Coleman was hospitalized to undergo tests after complaints of feeling ill.
The actor, 41, has undergone two kidney transplants […]
July 9, 2009
A Maryland doctor recently completed an eight-way kidney transplant, the first in history.
Press Release Service - Wired PR News – A surgeon in Maryland has reportedly performed the largest multiple kidney donation ever completed. As reported by the Associated Press (AP), Dr. Robert Montgomery, Johns Hopkins Hospital chief surgeon, and physicians from four hospitals in […]
June 27, 2009
An Arlington mother gives a kidney to her young daughter, suffering from a rare disease.
Wired PR News – An Arlington mother has donated a kidney to her young daughter, who was born with a rare disease and expected to need a transplant since birth. As reported by CBS 11 News, Beth McLean a Cook Children’s […]
March 13, 2009
A chain of living kidney donors results in 10 lives saved over the course of a year.
Wired PR News – A kidney donation to a stranger by a man in Michigan has set off a chain reaction that some say might lead to increased survival rates for a larger number of those in need of […]
February 5, 2009
Doctors remove the donated kidney of a woman via her vagina.
WiredPRNews.com – In an unusual surgical procedure, a woman’s kidney was removed through her vagina so that it could be given to her niece. As reported by the Associated Press (AP), Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine surgeons performed the surgery Thursday, and expressed hope […]
December 12, 2008
Wired PR News.com – The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has decided to give the toughest labeling to prescription bowel cleansing drugs. As reported by the Associated Press, the announcement was made on Thursday that prescription drugs used for pre-colonoscopy bowel cleansing, Visicol and OsmoPrep, would be given the black-box warning to caution users of […]
