Northwestern School of Medicine: First-of-Its Kind Program Makes Organ Transplants More Accessible to Disadvantaged Black Americans
September 11, 2024
September 11, 2024
CHICAGO, Illinois, Sept. 11 (TNSres) -- Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine issued the following news release:
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More than 50 patients have received kidney and liver transplants through the program
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Black people in the United States are almost four times more likely to develop kidney failure and experience heart failure compared to white Americans, but they are much less likely to receive lifesaving transplants. In 20 . . .
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More than 50 patients have received kidney and liver transplants through the program
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Black people in the United States are almost four times more likely to develop kidney failure and experience heart failure compared to white Americans, but they are much less likely to receive lifesaving transplants. In 20 . . .