More Than One Sexual Partner? You May be an Elevated Risk Donor
New guidelines proposed that would label organ donors who have had more than one sexual partner in the last 12 months as risky are for the benefit of patients receiving the organs and would not halt or ban donations. Read more.

Survival and Complications Vary Widely at Kidney Transplant Centers
For the first time, kidney patients can find the best kidney transplant centers based on survival rates, kidney rejections and complications after transplantation, thanks to Konnectology, a web-based service that evaluates success at all 246 U.S. kidney transplant centers. Read more.

Transplant Patients Want a Role in Liver Quality Decisions
According to a study published in the December issue of Liver Transplantation, patients awaiting liver transplantation would like to be involved in decisions about organ quality and the level of risk they are prepared to tolerate. Read more.

Mayo Clinic Makes Kidney and Pancreas Transplant Available to HIV-Infected Patients
Mayo Clinic in Florida is now offering kidney and pancreas transplants to HIV positive patients with advanced kidney disease and diabetes. Evidence is now solid that HIV-positive patients have the same favorable outcome in terms of patient and allograft survival as non-HIV positive organ transplant recipients, says Mary Prendergast, MD, a kidney specialist whose focus is the care of patients who receive kidney and pancreas transplants. Read more.

Pregnancy After Kidney Transplant Has Risks, But Can Succeed
Most women with chronic kidney disease or kidney failure who must go on dialysis -- more than 90 percent, by some accounts -- face a devastating reality: the loss of fertility. But it's not necessarily permanent, if a women receives a transplant. Read more.

Norman Smith: Cancer Patient Taken off of Liver Transplant List Because of Medical Marijuana Use
63 year-old Norman Smith, who was diagnosed with inoperable liver cancer in 2009, was placed on the transplant list at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center last year as his only hope of survival. But in February, he was removed from the list for taking medical marijuana that was prescribed to him by his oncologist. Read more.

Legislature Passes Revisions to Facilitate Organ Donation Process
Taiwan's legislature on Tuesday passed legal revisions that allow the consent of organ donors to be recorded on their National Health Insurance (NHI) cards, a move to help facilitate the process of organ donation. Read more.

Myrtle Beach Chamber President Donates Kidney
Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce President Brad Dean donated his kidney Monday in the first four-way kidney transplant at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, NC. Read more.

State Plans TN model for Cadaver Donation in Maha
Taking a leaf our of Tamil Nadu's health program, the state government will soon roll out a plan to boost cadaveric organ donation in Maharashtra. Read more.