After his life was upended by a debilitating illness, a young man from Montreal and his family are making a public plea in hopes of finding a compatible kidney donor. Julian Zadrozny, 25, knew something was wrong when he began experiencing “really bad leg cramps” and other painful symptoms. “I wasn’t able to sleep through … Read more
WASHINGTON — People who volunteer to donate a kidney face an even lower risk of death from the operation than doctors have long thought, researchers reported Wednesday. The study tracked 30 years of living kidney donation and found that by 2022, fewer than 1 of every 10,000 donors died within three months of the surgery. … Read more
A medical team in London, Ont., has achieved a Canadian first: a groundbreaking technique that boosts the viability of donor organs. This breakthrough offers new hope for transplant patients by significantly increasing the pool of available organs, potentially saving countless lives. The technique, called abdominal normothermic regional perfusion (A-NRP), works by pumping blood to abdominal … Read more
Maryam De Groef says she and her husband moved countries often and would always apply to be organ donors wherever they lived, but they never could have imagined having to consider that for their children. Their nine-year-old daughter, Zeynah, died suddenly last spring after going into cardiac arrest following an unexpected allergic reaction. She was … Read more
