The family of a 35-year-old mother of two is raising awareness about a rare, yet potentially fatal condition – water intoxication. Over the Fourth of July weekend, Ashley Summers and her family spent their time ...
Dr. Aji Djamali, Maine Medical Center’s Chair of the Department of Medicine, recently donated his kidney to one of his former patients. Ever since he began studying in medical school, he wanted to “walk the ...
The last time Maria Clark was in the presence her 25-year-old son was nearly two years ago, but when she met 14-year-old Jean Paul Marceaux she could feel her son was right there with her. ...
Jaelyn Kinchelow is hoping her story of being given a second chance will raise awareness about organ donation. The 24-year-old recently received a heart transplant after suffering a heart attack 10 years earlier. Initially Kinchelow ...
The teenager who died after being hit by a car while trick or treating has been identified as 15-year-old Wyatt Lobato by his family. Lobato had just got his permit to drive and like all ...
A mom has rejected the offer of a kidney donation from her husband so her 2-year-old daughter can one day benefit from it instead. Bec Vallee was diagnosed with kidney disease when she was 11 ...
After his death on May 4, Cecil Lockhart set a record. He became the United States’ oldest organ donor, according to the Center for Organ Recovery & Education (CORE). The 95-year-old’s liver was recovered shortly ...
One of the best things any person can do is register as an organ donor. An estimated 114,000 people in the United States are waiting on the transplant list for a life-saving organ, and 20 ...
His kidneys saved the lives of two children in South Carolina and his liver saved the life of a child in Virginia.
Paul and Meagan Sobolik, from New Hampton, Iowa, had to deal with one of the most difficult things a family could possibly go through. On April 19, their daughter Cora began experiencing problems breathing. When the ...