The story of medicine in Pittsburgh has included huge chapters on the growth of transplant surgery. Livers, hearts, kidneys and lungs — all of these are the critical organs people need to survive.

When people sign up to be organ donors, they often think about hearts, lungs and kidneys. But there’s another part of that decision that can quietly change — and even save — many more lives: tissue ...

Most of us want to make the world a better place. Fortunately, there’s a simple, powerful way to do just that: becoming an organ donor. That reminder feels especially meaningful as we observe ...

Florida woman honors late son's legacy as lifesaving donor during National Donor Day ...

Heart survivor Garen Armstrong and Shamrock Roofing join the American Heart Association to drive organ donation ...

Media contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Donate LifeSM is the national brand for the cause of ...

Curpri Sanders went through a rollercoaster of emotions during a month that held both the happiest and saddest moments of her life. While eagerly awaiting the arrival of her first baby in 2018, she ...

A man whose life was saved and a woman whose grandson's heart saved a vet with weeks to live shared their stories at a Taunton donor awareness event.

GREENSBURG, Pa. — In August, Cassidy Gamble got the phone call from her dad’s girlfriend she didn’t want to receive. “There were paramedics there, and they were doing CPR,” Gamble recalled. Her dad, ...

There are about 1,300 Coloradans who are waiting for a live saving transplant. There are 10's of thousands more people who need a tissue transplant each year. Tissue transplants help those suffering ...

With the aim of restoring female hormone cycles for pediatric cancer survivors, a team of University of Michigan researchers ...

Valentine's Day also marks National Donor Day, a time to raise awareness about organ, eye, and tissue donation. Each year the ...