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• 1 in 5 Hospitalized NYC COVID-19 Patients Needed ICU Care
• 1 in 5 Patients on Kidney Dialysis Say No to COVID-19 Vaccine: Study
• 1.5 Million Kids Worldwide Lost Parent or Other Caregiver to COVID-19
• 12 Steps to the Best Holiday Gift: Health
• '6 Stages' Approach Might Help Families Coping With ADHD
• 69 vs. 70: Bias Against Older Organ Donors May Be Costing Lives
• Adult Children Far More Likely to Be Estranged From Dad Than Mom
• Air Pollution Takes a Toll on Your Kidneys
• Are At-Home 'Learning Pods' the Right Fit for Your Family?
• Are Immune-Compromised Kids at Greater Risk From COVID-19?
• As Holidays Return to Normal, Here's How to De-Stress
• Babies Might Trigger Brain Changes in New Dads
• Birth Order, Family Size May Affect Heart Health
• Blood Donors' Gender Doesn't Affect Outcomes for Recipients
• 'Boomerang Kids': When an Adult Child Moves Back Home
• Brazil Study Shows Climate Change's Deadly Impact on Kidneys
• Caring for Elderly Loved Ones During a Holiday Lockdown
• CDC Advisors to Discuss 3rd COVID Vaccine Dose for Immunocompromised
• Celebrating Mother's Day When Your Mom Has Alzheimer's
• Child Care Stresses, Hunger Are Harming U.S. Families During Pandemic
• Child's Cancer Doesn't Raise Parents' Divorce Risk, Curb Plans for More Kids: Study
• Coffee Is Kind to Your Kidneys
• Common Gout Drug Is Safe in Patients With Kidney Issues
• Companion Drug Might Help Prevent Kidney Complications of Lupus
• Condition Affecting Kids With COVID-19 Remains Very Rare, Heart Group Says
• Cool Storage Could Keep Lungs Ready for Transplant Longer
• Could You Help Prevent a Suicide? Know the Warning Signs
• COVID Antibody Treatment Is Safe, Effective in Transplant Patients
• COVID May Worsen Kidney Injury, Study Finds
• COVID Vaccine Advised for Alzheimer's Patients, Their Caregivers
• COVID Vaccines May Still Leave Organ Transplant Recipients Unprotected
• COVID Vaccines Safe for Organ Transplant Recipients: Study
• COVID-19 Can Cause Scarring of Kidneys: Study
• COVID-19 Can Damage Lungs So Badly That 'Only Hope' is Transplant
• COVID-19 Deaths Have Already Left 1.2 Million Americans Grieving
• COVID-19 Has Taken a Toll on Organ Donation
• COVID-19 Takes Heavy Toll on Kidneys
• CRISPR Therapy Fights Rare Disease Where Protein Clogs Organs
• Cycling During Dialysis? It Might Help Patients
• Debunking Myths About Organ Donation
• Demand for Liver Transplant Rises Sharply Among Older Americans
• Despite Pandemic's Toll, Many Older Adults Don't Have Living Wills
• Dialysis Patients Have Weaker Response to COVID Vaccine: Study
• Do You 'Wolf Down' Your Food? Speedy Eaters May Pack on More Pounds
• Do Your Genes Up Your Odds for Alcoholism? One Factor Cuts the Risk
• Doctors Report That Kidney Grown in Pig Worked in a Human
• Doctors Transplant Gene-Modified Pig Kidneys Into Brain-Dead Patient
• Doctors Transplant Kidneys to Children Without Need for Immune-Suppressing Drugs
• Donating Portion of Your Liver to Someone in Need Is Safe, Life-Saving: Study
• Double Lung Transplants Save Lives of Sickest COVID Patients
• During the Holidays, Help Protect the Elderly from Falls
• Early Dialysis Doesn't Improve Outcomes With Acute Kidney Failure
• Early On, Many Seniors Were Unfazed by Coronavirus Warnings, Study Finds
• Eat These Foods, Your Kidneys Will Thank You
• Energy Drink Habit Led to Heart Failure in a Young Man
• Even a Little Lead in Drinking Water Can Harm People With Kidney Disease
• Even 'Modest' Drop in Kidney Function Might Harm Young Adults: Study
• Failing Kidneys Could Bring Higher Dementia Risk
• Family Structure Influences Teen Delinquency
• Family Ties Help Young Adults With Type 1 Diabetes Flourish
• Feds Propose Overhaul of U.S. Organ Transplant System
• Fewer Adults With ADHD Have 'Excellent' Mental Health
• Financial Struggles Can Be Tough on Families, And Tough to Explain to Kids
• Flu Shot Might Help Ward Off Severe COVID
• Food Banks Save Needy Families Up to $1,000 Per Year
• For Cancer Patients, Holiday Season Can Be a Stressful Time
• For Many Cancer Patients, Diagnosis Brings Psychological 'Silver Lining'
• Furry Friends: 1 in 10 Older U.S. Adults Has Adopted a 'Pandemic Pet'
• Getting His Life Back: Regaining Strength After a Triple-Organ Transplant
• Give Others Help, Get Back Health Benefits: Study
• Give Your Family the Gift of Regular Exercise
• Giving Back: Once a Lung Transplant Recipient, Now a Surgical Nurse
• Going Easy on Yourself Is Key to Parenting Through the Pandemic
• Good Outcomes From First 5 Years of Uterus Transplants, But Concerns Remain
• Grandmother's Brain In Sync With Her Grandkids': Study
• Halloween Can Be a Scary Time for People With Dementia. Here's How to Help
• 'Have a Sweet': Grandma's Treats Threaten Kids' Teeth
• Having Even a Cousin or Grandparent With Colon Cancer Raises Your Risk: Study
• Having Someone Who'll Listen May Be Good for Your Aging Brain
• Health Care Workers More Likely to Catch COVID at Home, Not Workplace
• Heart Transplant Successful in Young Man Who Survived Severe COVID-19
• 'Heart-in-a-Box' Can Be Lifesaving, Matching Up Distant Donors With Patients
• Heart's Electrical Signals Changed in First Pig-to-Human Cardiac Transplant
• Hearts From Drug Abusers Can Be Used for Transplants
• Hearts From Obese Donors Still Safe: Study
• Heartsick: When Loved One Is in ICU, Spouse's Health Risks Rise
• Helmetless Bikers Ride 'Donorcycles,' Organ Transplant Experts Warn
• High Blood Pressure May Affect More Pregnant Women Than Thought: Study
• Hispanic, Black Americans on Dialysis Face Higher Risks for Dangerous Infections
• How Divorce Harms Kids, and How to Lessen That Harm
• How Easily Does Coronavirus Spread at Home?
• How to Be a Living Liver Donor
• How to Help Someone Dealing With Depression
• How to Keep Kids Resilient in a Strange Holiday Season
• Immunocompromised? Why the COVID-19 Vaccine Might Still Protect You
• Implant Can Warn Weeks Early That Transplanted Organ Will Be Rejected
• Improved Pig-to-Human Kidney Transplants Mark a Major Advance
• In a First, Scientists Grow Human Kidneys Inside Pigs
• In Breakthrough Transplant, Man Receives Genetically Modified Pig Heart
• In Primate Study, Antibody Treatment Prevents Organ Rejection After Transplant
• Innovative Kidney Donor 'Voucher' System Is Saving Lives
• It's a Win-Win When a Child With Autism Gets a Shelter Cat
• Keeping Harmony in the Family During Coronavirus Pandemic
• Keeping T-Day Kitchens Safe for the Whole Family
• Kidney Damage Another Consequence of 'Long COVID,' Study Finds
• Kidney Disease Is Tougher on Men Than Women, and Researchers Now Know Why
• Kidney Failure Often a COVID-19 Complication
• Kidney Transplant Patients at High Risk of Fatal COVID-19: Study
• Kidney Transplant Safe When Organ Donor Has COVID: Study
• Kidney Trouble Greatly Raises Odds for Fatal COVID-19
• Kidneys Might Affect Mental Status As You Age
• Kidneys' Resilience May Depend on Your Gender, Study Finds
• Kids of Heavy Drinkers Face Multiple Threats to Health
• Later School Start Times Boost Parents' Health, Too
• Life-Saving Organ Transplants Plummet During COVID-19 Crisis
• Liver Cirrhosis Much More Deadly for Black Americans
• Liver Transplants From Donors Who Overdosed Rose During Pandemic
• Loneliness Continues to Rise for Americans Under Lockdown
• Losing a Sibling a Common Tragedy in Poorer Nations, Study Finds
• Loss of a Twin Linked to Risk for Mental Illness
• Love in the Time of Coronavirus: Couples Feel the Strain of Lockdown
• Man Who Received First Pig Heart Transplant Has Died
• Many Blood Cancer Patients Get Little Protection From COVID Vaccine
• Many 'High Priority' Patients Aren't Getting Put on Kidney Transplant Lists
• Many Hospitals Ignore Directives of Organ Transplant Waiting Lists: Study
• Many Kidney Failure Patients Regret Starting Dialysis
• Many Kids Separated From Families at U.S. Border Suffer PTSD
• Many Recovering COVID Patients Show Signs of Long-Term Organ Damage
• Many U.S. Homes Too Cramped to Stop COVID-19's Spread
• Medicare's Penalties for Poor-Quality Dialysis Centers Aren't Helping: Study
• Money Not a Good Measure of Your Self-Worth
• More College-Educated Women Are Having Children Outside of Marriage
• More Evidence COVID Shots Less Effective for People With Weak Immune Systems
• More Kids With Autism May Be Doing Well Than Thought
• Most Kidney Patients OK With Getting Text Reminders on Care
• Most Parents Say Their Kids Aren't Thankful Enough: Poll
• Need a New Liver? Your Survival Odds May Depend on Race
• New Approach Allows Safe Transplant of Kidneys Tainted by Hepatitis C
• New Approach to Transplants Could Boost Supply of Donor Hearts
• New Lease on Life for Two Lung Cancer Patients After Pioneering Double-Lung Transplant
• Obesity Can Raise Odds for Post-Surgical Complications
• Old Age No Bar to Successful Heart Transplant, Study Finds
• On Father's Day, Give Dad Tips to Keep Healthy
• On Waitlist for Liver Transplants, Women Die More Often Than Men
• Opioids After Dental Work May Be Dangerous
• Organ From Live Donor Best When Child Needs New Kidney
• Organs Donated by People Who Had COVID Are Safe: Study
• Pandemic Causing Havoc for Kids With ADHD
• Pandemic Changed Families' Eating Habits, for Good and Bad: Poll
• Pandemic Has Depression, Anxiety Rates Among Youth Climbing Worldwide
• Pandemic May Be Affecting How Parents Feed Their Kids
• Pandemic May Have Created a 'Baby Bust,' Not Boom
• Parents Feel the Strain as Pandemic Adds New Role: Teacher
• Patients With Sickle Cell Disease Often Overlooked for Life-Saving Kidney Transplants
• People on Dialysis Face Higher Death Risk After Hurricanes
• People on Immune-Suppressing Meds Fare Equally Well With Severe COVID
• Pig Hearts Successfully Transplanted Into 2 Brain-Dead Patients
• Poll: 1 in 3 Parents Pick Holiday Gathering Over COVID Safety
• Pregnancy Raises the Risk for Kidney Stones
• Race Affects Outcomes for Young Heart Transplant Patients
• Rare But Dangerous Form of Eating Disorder Could Run in Families
• Red Cross Warns of Severe Blood Shortage
• Saline IV Drip Just as Good as Pricier Options in Hospital ICUs: Study
• Schools, Day Care Not a Big Factor in Kids Getting COVID: Study
• Scientists Create Synthetic Mouse Embryo With Brain, Beating Heart
• Scientists Devise Way to Keep Donor Hearts Viable Longer
• Scientists Restore Some Function to Pig Tissues 1 Hour After Death
• Severe Illness in a Child Takes Big Toll on Parents, Siblings: Study
• Sibling Bullying Carries Long-Term Mental Health Costs
• 'So Happy:' World's First Hand/Face Transplant Patient Doing Well
• Some Donor Livers Keep Working for 100 Years: Study
• Spanish Spoken at Home? It Won't Slow Youngsters Learning English: Study
• Spit Test: Saliva Alerts Babies to Close Relationships
• 'Stay at Home' Orders Are Stressing U.S. Families, Survey Shows
• Still Feeling Nervous About Holiday Gatherings? Survey Finds You're Not Alone
• Stopping Common Heart Meds Could Be Risky for Kidney Patients
• Study Casts Doubt on 'Early Warning' System for Kidney Patients
• Study Confirms It: Kids Keep Harried Moms From Exercise
• Study Will Track Coronavirus in Kids, Their Families
• Surgeons Perform Transplant of Gene-Tweaked Pig Heart Into Second Patient
• Survey Finds Many Adults Don't Want Kids -- and They're Happy
• Talking Points: People Rarely End Conversations When They Want To
• Talking to a Loved One About a Move to Assisted Living
• The Family Cat Could Be Good Medicine for Kids With Autism
• There May Be a Better Way to Allocate Precious Donor Lungs for Transplant
• Thinking of Donating a Kidney? New Data Shows It's Safe
• Third Vaccine Dose Can Help Shield Transplant Patients From COVID
• Too Many Sugary Sodas Might Harm Your Kidneys
• Type 2 Diabetes in Teens Can Bring Dangerous Complications in 20s
• U.S. Birth Rates Continue to Fall
• U.S. Kidney Transplant Outcomes Are Improving
• Vegetarian Diet Could Help Fight Off Disease: Study
• Virus Found in Pig Heart Transplanted Into Man Who Later Died
• 'Walking Miracles': Born With Lungs Reversed, They Suffered Until Getting Double-Organ Transplants
• Weekly Injected Drug Could Boost Outcomes for Patients With Type 2 Diabetes
• What Happens to Your Kidneys as You Age?
• What Will Summer Camp Look Like This Year?
• When Kidney Transplant Fails, Trying Again Is Best Option: Study
• When Parents, Grandparents Don't Agree on Childrearing Choices
• Wildfire Pollution Puts Kidney Patients at Risk
• Will Pandemic Produce a Summer Baby Boom?
• With Holidays Ahead, COVID Boosters a Must for People With Weak Immune Systems
• Woman Receives 3-D Printed Ear Transplant Made of Human Cells
• Woman With Severe COVID-19 Gets Life Saving Double-Lung Transplant
• Workouts Boost Health of People With Kidney Disease
• You, Your Family and Cancer: How Genetic Counseling Works
• Your Wrist Could Give Clues to Future Health
• You're More Likely to Maintain Social Distance If Your Friends Do: Study