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John and Stacy Reiser joke that their life is like a Hallmark movie — a classic boy meets girl, falls in love and gets married. Except in this Hallmark movie, the girl also saves the boy’s life.
Mayo Clinic RochesterOver 100,000 people in the U.S. are waiting for an organ transplant. If you’ve never considered organ donation or delayed becoming a donor because of possibly inaccurate information, here are answers to some common organ donation myths and concerns.
Mayo Clinic RochesterMayo Clinic ArizonaMayo Clinic FloridaSix of the 11 Mayo Clinic hospitals across the organization, including Mayo Clinic Rochester, Arizona, and Florida, received earned five stars for Overall Hospital Quality from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)—the best score possible. The national average is 3 of 5 stars.
Mayo Clinic ArizonaMayo Clinic RochesterMayo Clinic FloridaSix of the 11 Mayo Clinic hospitals across the organization, including Mayo Clinic Rochester, received earned five stars for Overall Hospital Quality from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)—the best score possible. The national average is 3 of 5 stars.
Mayo Clinic RochesterMayo Clinic has been ranked the No. 1 hospital in the nation for the seventh consecutive year in U.S. News & World Report’s 2022–2023 “Best Hospitals” rankings. U.S. News & World Report first published state rankings in 2012, with Mayo Clinic in Rochester ranked No. 1 in Minnesota since the beginning.
Mayo Clinic RochesterThe risk of major complications for people who donate a kidney via laparoscopic surgery is minimal. That is the conclusion of a 20-year Mayo Clinic study of more than 3,000 living kidney donors. Only 2.5% of patients in the study experienced major complications, and all recovered completely.
Mayo Clinic ArizonaMayo Clinic RochesterMayo Clinic FloridaCancer, infections and heart disease pose the greatest risk to kidney transplant recipients―not organ rejection―according to a recently published Mayo Clinic study. Researchers discovered that recipient death due to factors other than organ rejection is the leading cause for transplanted kidney loss. Only 1 in 4 transplanted kidney losses were caused by organ rejection.
Mayo Clinic RochesterIf you’re a kidney transplant patient, your chances of living a longer life are improving, according to a recent review published in The New England Journal of Medicine.
Mayo Clinic ArizonaMayo Clinic RochesterMayo Clinic FloridaMore than 12,000 people in the U.S. are on the national waiting list to receive a donor liver and about 1 in 5 patients, approximately 2,500 people, will die or become too sick before an organ becomes available. The Mayo Clinic explains living liver donation and who is eligible.
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