The Medical Minute: Six Organ Donation Facts Knock Down Six Myths

HERSHEY, Pa. — Right now, more than 100,000 people in the U.S. ? nearly two times the population of Harrisburg ? are waiting for organ transplants. Doctors helped 42,887 of them last year, up 3.7% from 2021. Donated kidneys, hearts, and livers helped them survive what was once incurable ? old death sentences like heart failure, lung cancer, and cirrhosis […]

 

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