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Results 1 - 4 of 4 for Life expectancy
  1. Improving organ donation for all | NIH MedlinePlus Magazine 
    ... a kidney transplant, you will double your remaining life expectancy compared to staying on dialysis. We've even shown substantial survival benefit and improvement in quality of life in older transplant recipients. Today, we're doing ...
    https://magazine.medlineplus.gov/...improving-organ-donation-for-all - MedlinePlus Magazine
  2. Comfort care for kids and their families: A mother’s story | NIH MedlinePlus Magazine 
    ... years of caring for a child with limited life expectancy, these were two of the more meaningful and pivotal people I had the opportunity to work with," Barbara says. They were open ... eventual end of life. "They helped us consider and define our goals ...
    https://magazine.medlineplus.gov/...d-their-families-a-mothers-story - MedlinePlus Magazine
  3. Meet the Director: Griffin P. Rodgers, M.D., National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases | NIH ... 
    ... number of symptoms, including pain frequency, and increasing life expectancy. But it doesn’t actually cure the disease. ...
    https://magazine.medlineplus.gov/...nd-digestive-and-kidney-diseases - MedlinePlus Magazine
  4. Is a widely available cure for sickle cell disease on the horizon? | NIH MedlinePlus Magazine 
    ... pain anymore." - Kirti Dasu In the U.S., the life expectancy of a person with the disease is now ...
    https://magazine.medlineplus.gov/...ckle-cell-disease-on-the-horizon - MedlinePlus Magazine