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NEWS ABOUT: dialysis

dialysis stories: 5 news summaries

 Natalie Cole: 
 'I Need a Kidney' 

Singer gets dozens of offers after Larry King interview

Apr 1, 09 6:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - Natalie Cole told CNN's Larry King last night that she needed a kidney—and had dozens of offers flood in before the show was through. "There are some great human beings out there. That's all I can say," said the singer, who has been on dialysis three days... More »

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kidney • kidney failure • hepatitis C • dialysis • Natalie Cole

OPINION

Live Kidney Donors Should Be Encouraged, Not Doubted

Activist seeking organ gets help from friends

Mar 27, 09 11:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - When Frances Kissling learned she needed a kidney transplant, she took a step most people in her situation never do: She asked dozens of friends and colleagues if they would be willing to donate. "I was bowled over by how people responded," the Catholic feminist activist writes for... More »

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health care • organ donor • kidney transplant • donor • organ donation • transplant list • dialysis • Frances Kissling • Anna Quindlen

Horse Whisperer Writer Poisoned by Mushrooms

Author and family recovering after eating varieties they'd picked

Sep 3, 08 12:24 PM CDT
(AP) - The author of the best-selling novel The Horse Whisperer is recovering in a hospital after eating poisonous mushrooms he and his family picked during a holiday in Scotland, his agent said yesterday. Nicholas Evans, his wife, her sister and the sister's husband received dialysis treatment because the mushrooms included the... More »

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Scotland • poison • book • mushrooms • dialysis • Nicholas Evans

 Racial 'Transplant Gap' Persists 

Blacks more prone to kidney disease, get just 19% of transplants; many factors at play

Jul 8, 08 12:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - Financial struggles and difficulty finding donors—as well as an unclear “transplant gap”—make African Americans less likely to get kidney transplants than whites, the Chicago Tribune reports. Many remain on dialysis, making daily life harder and increasing the risk of death. “You can explain most of... More »

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health care • organ donor • kidney • kidney transplant • African-Americans • dialysis

 Ailing bin Laden
 Mere Months
 From Death? 

Terror mastermind succumbing to kidney disease, CIA claims

Jul 2, 08 2:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - Terror leader Osama bin Laden is dying from kidney disease, according to a CIA analysis of the medications he has been taking, reports Time.The world's most wanted terrorist likely has no more than 12 months to live, and may already be teetering on the brink of death, according to... More »

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CIA • counterterrorism • Osama bin Laden • kidney disease • al-Qaeda • 9/11 attacks • dialysis • Hellfire missile

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