Jennifer’s Healthy Heart
By Jennifer F. “I was diagnosed at age 37 with dilated cardiomyopathy and systolic heart failure. A normal ejection fraction is between 55-70%. My ejection fraction (ef) was 30%. I […]
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“YOUR KIDNEY IS CALLING,” Jazmin’s life-saving alert
Published Oct. 21, 2025 Meet Jazmin Evans — a brave fighter and inspiring health advocate! Chronic kidney disease affected most of Jazmin’s young adult life. Diagnosed during her senior year […]
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“An Organ Donor Saved Me. My Son Saved 4 Others.”
– Legendary Hip-Hop Artist Philadelphia Freeway
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Two mothers joined by grief, gratitude and the gift of life
Brittney loves everything about the Donor Dash. She loves the enthusiasm, the costumes and most of all, the opportunity to honor her daughter Addison. The Moore family lost Addison days […]
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Emma’s Transplant Journey
Ready to Cheer Thanks to a New Heart
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Kidney Recipient Dylan Contreras Cherishes New Lease on Life
Dylan Contreras likes to say he has two birthdays. One is the day he was born. The second is the day he received his life-saving kidney transplant.
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Women who met during liver transplant 35 years ago reunite
By Stephanie Stahl PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Katherine Strickland and Anna Fischman had liver transplants as babies 35 years ago. On Friday, the women were back together again for the first […]
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Philadelphia woman receives new kidney years after her daughter donated
Althea Fogle understands the importance of organ and tissue donation as the mother to a donor hero and the recipient of a life-saving kidney transplant
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Heart transplant recipient becomes world-traveling gold-medal athlete
By Matt Iadonisi via 6abc PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (WPVI) — “I would not believe, at 67, I’m still like, doing the long jump,” said Janet Dennis. Dennis never considered herself a very […]
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