Blog Posts
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Facebook Helping Find Organ Donors
- 3rd Jan 2012
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Early on when Facebook was created it was used to find old friends and stay in contact with people we care but didn’t necessarily have time to call or meet. Nowadays it is used to save people’s lives. Social media have expanded their role and now it goes beyond imagination. Patients waiting for organ transplant now turn toward Facebook in order to increase their pool of potential organ donors. Most of the living donors are giving one of their kidneys.
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The Fastest Way to Get a Kidney Transplant.
- 28th Dec 2011
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Have you ever heard of a paired exchange? It may also be known as a kidney swap. The whole process is fairly easy to understand and allows patients to receive a kidney transplant within a year instead of waiting the traditional 2 to 4 years. First of all, the patient in need of a new kidney should have a family member or somebody willing to give his organ directly to him. It is called a living donor. A perfect match