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At any one time, over 100,000 people across the country are waiting for life-saving organ transplants. On average each day, 18 of them die. Every 10 minutes another person is placed on the transplant waiting list. There are simply not enough organs to meet the demand. Over half the people waiting for an organ transplant in Ohio live in Northeast Ohio, but the region falls below the state average when it comes to the number of people registered as donors.
In mid-January, ideastream will launch multimedia coverage on radio, television and the web focused on organ donation, transplantation and stories about people and families who give life… and others who receive it.
“LifeGiving: Transplant Stories” will air January 13-21 on WVIZ/PBS and 90.3 WCPN with additional content on the stations' websites. On 90.3 WCPN, the topic will be extensively discussed during Morning Edition on January 14 and 17-21, and The Sound of Ideas® on January 18 and 19. The WVIZ/PBS locally-produced special will air Thursday, January 20 at 8pm with additional television coverage on the January 13 episode of Applause and January 21 episode of Feagler & Friends.
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Chapter 1: Introduction and Process
Understand the process of organ donation starting with one family’s decision to donate the organs and tissue of a deceased loved one and ending with another case that shows the implant of a new set of lungs into a 58-year old recipient.
Chapter 2: Living Kidney Donation
Follow two brothers-in-law into the operating room as one donates a kidney to the other.
Chapter 3: Fighting Rejection
See the challenge all transplant patients face to suppress the immune system enough so the body won’t reject the new organ.
Chapter 4: Conclusion
A wrap-up with family members and patients who both gave and received gifts of life.
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Transplant: A Gift for Life
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Posted January 21, 2011
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Posted January 21, 2011
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Posted January 20, 2011
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Posted January 20, 2011
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Patient Postcard: Andrea’s Story
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Posted January 19, 2011
Andrea Coleman, a school teacher from New York, offers her reflections about receiving a double lung transplant at the Cleveland Clinic.
The Risks of Donation
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Posted January 19, 2011
A kidney donated to a save a loved one, a friend or even a stranger is a precious gift. But it isn't made without risks.
Frank’s Donation
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Posted January 19, 2011
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Transplants: Who Chooses, Who Pays?
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Posted January 18, 2011
Patients in need of organ transplants are in for a life-changing experience in more ways than one.
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Posted January 18, 2011
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Life Giving Nursing
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Posted January 18, 2011
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Organ Donation: Late Congresswoman Leaves Lasting Legacy
Regional News Stories
Posted January 17, 2011
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Making Sure a Kidney’s a Good Fit
Be Well
Posted January 14, 2011
We take a look at the complicated transplant step of cross matching.
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Applause
Posted January 13, 2011
An Opera Singer who lost her voice and got it back, filling Astaire and Rodgers' big shoes and aerial photography.
Transplant History
Regional News Stories
Posted January 13, 2011
Organ transplants are so common, that it's easy to forget how revolutionary they once were.
Resources for LifeGiving Transplant Stories
Be Well
Posted January 12, 2011
Resources related to the LifeGiving Transplant Stories coverage.
The Green Chair
Be Well
Posted January 11, 2011
The Green Chair encourages Ohioans to register as organ, eye and tissue donors.
CBS Sports: Chris Henry’s Legacy Lives On
Be Well
Posted January 11, 2011
CBS Sports presents a look at those who benefited from Chris Henry's organ donation.
LifeGiving Transplant Stories - Coming in January
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Posted December 22, 2010
See the power of second chances, and how surgery is just the beginning.
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