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You may need an organ transplant if one of your own organs has failed. This can happen because of illness or injury. When you have an organ transplant, doctors remove an organ from another person and place it in your body.

The organs that can be transplanted include

People who need an organ transplant often have to wait a long time for one. Doctors must match donors to recipients to reduce the risk of transplant rejection. This is when the recipient's body turns against the new organ, causing it to fail. People who have transplants must take drugs the rest of their lives to help keep their bodies from rejecting the new organ.

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Resolved Question: Official guidelines for organ transplantation? (Thu, 24 Nov 2011 11:10:32 GMT)
Where can I found the official guidelines for organ trasplantation in the US health care? Any links?
Resolved Question: What are the pros and cons of having a transplant, specifically a lung transplant? (Fri, 08 Jul 2011 00:48:25 GMT)
My friend is currently very unwell and is on the lung transplant list. We both have the same illness which inevitably leads to having to have a lung transplant if you want to live. My health is currently alot better then my friends as she has this illness much worse then me, but some day in the future I too will be in this position and it's made me think about organ donation and transplants. What do you think the pros and cons are? I know if she does get one it will give her a new life and
Resolved Question: Can someone Pls proofread my essay and give tips?!?!? (Wed, 08 Jun 2011 10:33:46 GMT)
Im more of a math guy but here you go. Thanks in advance! What is Stem Cell Research? Is it Right? What is Stem Cell Research? Stem Cell Research is a relatively new technology that takes primitive human cells and develops them into almost any of the 220 variety of cells in the human body, including blood and brain cells. The reason why I am doing my I-Search Report on this topic is because I have always had a special interest on this subject and have researched it numerous times. Since I know
Resolved Question: Organ transplantation and presumed consent? (Sun, 22 May 2011 12:18:10 GMT)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/cartoon/2008/nov/18/organ-donation-nhs-health-cartoon?INTCMP=ILCNETTXT3487 What do you think this cartoon means? Are you with or against presumed consent? (GET A DONOR CARD - SAVE LIVES) Yes it does. You're organs will be no use to you after you die. It's like being buried with your money.
Resolved Question: I don't believe organ transplantation should be allowed... should it be included in health reform bill? (Mon, 08 Mar 2010 04:54:29 GMT)
Only serious answers, please!!!
Resolved Question: Good speach on animal testing/vivisection? (Sun, 07 Feb 2010 11:24:29 GMT)
Ladies and gentleman of the audience, I am here to present the controversial topic of vivisection which is also better known as animal testing. The definition for this in ‘the Collins English dictionary’ is ‘Vivisection: the act of cutting open live animals for medical research’. As gruesome as this may sound I am here to contribute my own opinion. I am for animal testing. This is not because I don’t care about animal’s feelings or lives, but because I strongly agree that human life outweighs
Resolved Question: Jehovah's Witnesses: about blood transfusions.? (Tue, 15 Dec 2009 19:02:08 GMT)
Since the Watchtower Track Society (WTS) prohibits the use of blood transfusions, why does it permit the infusion of albumin, clotting factors, and gamma globulins, all of which are components of human blood and are derived from human blood? Since Acts 15:29 clearly refers to the old Jewish law of not EATING blood (Gen 9:4, Lev 3:17, Deut 12:16), and since the WTS has changed its teachings on other major health related issues like vaccinations, organ transplantations, and its opposition to ton
Resolved Question: Diagnosed with Hepatitis C Virus then a week later diagnosed with Cirrhosis, what should I do? (Sun, 25 Oct 2009 13:47:51 GMT)
Hi, my fiancée has been diagnosed with Hepatitic C Virus (PCR: 75000). A week later we headed to a doctor who diagnosed her with Cirrhosis. The doctor said that it's not in the advanced stage. I read about the topic and understood that it's a serious disease and it's survival rate is too low. I also learned that in the very advanced stage the only option a patient has left is the liver transplantation procedure, which of course requires a donor with a healthy organ. Can a donor donate only a p
Resolved Question: Why do people say heart transplants "save lives"? (Fri, 24 Apr 2009 12:35:06 GMT)
A study published in BMJ followed all patients listed for a heart transplant in Germany in 1997 and found NO DIFFERENCE IN SURVIVAL RATES between those who actually received a heart transplant and those who did not. The NHS website has a page on the cost-effectiveness of transplants. The whole article is about kidney transplants. They don’t say a word about the cost-effectiveness of any other kind of transplant. I’m unable to find any data at all on the matter on either the US Health Resourc
Resolved Question: Why do people say heart transplants "save lives"? (Fri, 24 Apr 2009 12:23:57 GMT)
A study published in BMJ followed all patients listed for a heart transplant in Germany in 1997 and found NO DIFFERENCE IN SURVIVAL RATES between those who actually received a heart transplant and those who did not. The NHS website has a page on the cost-effectiveness of transplants. The whole article is about kidney transplants. They don’t say a word about the cost-effectiveness of any other kind of transplant. I’m unable to find any data at all on the matter on either the US Health Resourc
Resolved Question: Can anyone give me a rational, non-emotional opinion on Falun Gong and their persecution in China? (Mon, 23 Mar 2009 03:45:39 GMT)
I've tried to look up the Falun Gong on yahoo! answers several times, but most questions/answers seem to be along the lines of "China is evil!" or "Falun Gong is evil!" I want cool-headed answers, please no ranting about China's human-rights record or allegations of torture and live transplantation of Falun Gong practitioners. I've read enough about that already. My own research on the topic gives me the idea that although China may have legitimate reasons to fear and punish the Falun Gong,
Resolved Question: Brain Death: Is That Dead Enough? (Fri, 03 Oct 2008 00:58:31 GMT)
It is now considered by the medical profession and supported by legal and some ethical consensus that if a person's entire brain is dead, the person is dead. The reason is that if the entire brain is destroyed, there is absence of spontaneous breathing and expected cessation of heartbeat soon. It is on the basis of this concept that all life support treatments which the patient may have had in place before brain death has been established can be removed because the patient is now dead. It also
Resolved Question: Will You Go Ahead, Buy An Illegal Immigrant A New Liver ? (Wed, 23 Apr 2008 23:27:03 GMT)
It's your choice. Instead of leaving your money to your children, leave your money to somebody else's child who's in the country illegally, and is in need of an organ transplant. Feel free to pay what the LA Times' Anna Gorman reports is the price:The average cost of a liver transplant and first-year follow-up is nearly $490,000, and anti-rejection medications can run more than $30,000 annually, according to the United Network for Organ Sharing, which oversees transplantation nationwide.People
Resolved Question: dont pay attention to this!? (Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:44:56 GMT)
Organ and Tissue Transplants Modern techniques of medical transplantation—surgically removing a diseased or malfunctioning kidney, heart, or other organ, and replacing it with a healthy organ from a donor—has brought new life and new hope to patients who, just a few generations ago, would have died. But the practice has also raised significant ethical questions. One such question centers on the cold reality of supply versus demand: At any moment, there are upwards of 150,000 people in the worl
Resolved Question: Would the Mexican government stand for illegal aliens on its soil demanding such entitlement? (Mon, 14 Apr 2008 21:21:16 GMT)
The open-borders entitlement mentality has only grown deeper since the last time this issue went national with the case of Jessica Santillan. The ideologues who believe that America should be the medical welcome mat to the world have prevailed. Via the Los Angeles Times: Ana Puente was an infant with a liver disorder when her aunt brought her illegally to the U.S. to seek medical care. She underwent two liver transplants at UCLA Medical Center as a child in 1989 and a third in 1998, each paid
Resolved Question: my ex KNOWINGLY gave me herpes...? (Sat, 22 Mar 2008 20:08:21 GMT)
...and didn't tell me until 3 months into the relationship.i am immunosuppressed due to organ transplantation and she knew that before we even KISSED,yet thought nothing of telling me that she has an STD and who knows what else.besides all of the other really bad things she did,the herpes-thing is the most troubling,and i was wondering if what she did is illegal? it's starting to affect my health,not to mention my personal life(dating),and to be honest has just left a very bad taste in my mout
Resolved Question: organ donor hiv unreal? (Wed, 23 Jan 2008 20:26:45 GMT)
With HIV and HCV By Michael Smith, Senior Staff Writer, MedPage Today Published: November 14, 2007 Reviewed by Zsofia Szep, MD; Infectious Diseases Division, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. CHICAGO, Nov. 14 -- A single transplant donor has left four recipients infected with HIV, the first such case in more than 20 years, officials here said. And, in what is apparently the first case of two viruses being transmitted by a transplant at the same time, all four recipients
Resolved Question: Why doesn't YA Health have a sub category for organ transplants? (Sun, 18 Mar 2007 17:02:44 GMT)
There are almost 100,000 people living in US with organ transplants are they not entitled to representation on Yahoo Answers? There are also about 100,000 people waiting for organ transplants,are they not entitled to a forum on Yahoo Answers? There are thousands of people who aren't aware of organ transplantation and many thousands more who would like information about how to become an organ donor or how to get an organ donor card . Should they be denied the ability to readily find this inform
Resolved Question: What healths careers are involved in organ transplantation? (Mon, 06 Nov 2006 23:46:17 GMT)
I have this question due tomorrow for my biomedical technology class. I was wondering if anyone knew what health careers are involved in organ transplantation?
Resolved Question: Does Islam permit organ donation like eyes, liver etc from a living or a dead person? Is use of orgns allowed? (Wed, 01 Nov 2006 18:30:34 GMT)
Does Islam permit a person to will that his organ(s) be used through transplantation to others after his death? Is it permissable to a Muslim to use organs donated by others to save his own life or in expectation of improving his own chances of survival or improve his health and well being? Please provide references from the Quran or from authentic (Saheeh) Ahadees (Traditions of the Prophet, PBUH).
Resolved Question: If an alcoholic person stop drinking for five months he can have access to the organs waiting list? (Wed, 25 Oct 2006 04:05:09 GMT)
My friend's husband is an alcoholic person and he needs an organ transplantation...I told her he do not have access to the waiting list because of his health condition and adiction. She told me that her doctor told her he have to be clean for five months for having access to the waiting list. Is that true?

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