Mar 09
2010
Dorry Segev, MD, PhD, was featured in a March 9th, 2010, US News & World Report article that reported on the conclusion of a study on the health risks and mortality associated with kidney donation. Dr. Segev found that kidney donors live as long as, or longer than, non-donors, even though the risk of death from the operation is 3.1 per 10,000 donors. After a year, however, a kidney donor’s risk of dying becomes lower than a non-donor’s, one speculated reason being that a donor cares more about his health when he only has a single kidney left. Dr.…
READ MORE
BACK TO TOP
© 2000-2013 American Federation for Aging Research. All rights reserved.
55 West 39th Street, 16th Floor, New York, NY 10018 | Phone: (212) 703-9977 | Toll-free: (888) 582-2327 | Fax: (212) 997-0330 | E-mail: info@afar.org
STAY CONNECTED