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Your Healthy Family: Weight Loss and Organ Transplants Play Video
August 7, 2012 1:06 PM
An overweight man was told he couldn't get a kidney transplant because he tipped the scales at 300 pounds. He had to lose weight to save his life. Here's more in today's Your Healthy Family. Eventually, doctors in Cincinnati came up with a radical solution. They performed weight... more » -
How to become an organ donor
October 6, 2011 7:14 PM
A spokesperson for the Donor Alliance says currently there are around 2,200 patients awaiting a life saving organ transplant in Colorado. Nationwide, the number jumps to 112,000 people. If you would like to become an organ, eye and tissue donor you can register online by clicking here . more » -
Former psychiatrist sentenced in transplant scam
May 27, 2010 5:36 PM
A former psychiatrist accused of duping seriously ill people out of $400,000 with false promises of organ transplants in the Philippines has been sentenced in New York to more than 15 years in prison. U.S. District Judge David Hurd also ordered Jerome Feldman to repay $2 million to the... more » -
Denver couple starts nonprofit for organ donors
April 26, 2010 1:05 PM
A Denver couple who faced the need for a kidney transplant have launched a nonprofit to help the families of organ donors. Valeria and Errol Vermont started Divine Journey after their daughter donated a kidney for Valeria and they became aware of the costs associated with being a donor. Recovery... more »
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