Jessica Gonzales was just 27 when she was diagnosed with lupus, an autoimmune disease that is more prevalent among both African Americans and Latinos and can lead to organ failure. […]
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Published August 2026 When your health begins to slip away, you realize something powerful: Ain’t no worries until you’re worried about your health. Kendall Brunson knows this reality well. After […]
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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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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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– Legendary Hip-Hop Artist Philadelphia Freeway
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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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Ready to Cheer Thanks to a New Heart
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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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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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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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