By Caitlin Hagan
CNN Medical Associate Producer
Live kidney donation is a safe, effective procedure that poses little risk for the premature death of the donor, reports a new study in the Journal of the American Medical Association. That's welcome news to the more than 106,000 people on the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) transplant list [...]
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A study of over 80,000 American live kidney donors found they were likely to live just as long as people who have two healthy kidneys and that the procedure carries very little medical risk. You can read about the landmark study by... Post Profile
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