Older kidney transplant patients should more often consider live donors

Almost half of kidney transplant candidates older than 60 who are put on the waiting list for a deceased-donor organ will die before getting a transplant, according to new findings from the University of Florida, Cleveland Clinic and Case Western Reserve University.

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<p><a href="http://www.physorg.com/news165071497.html">Older kidney transplant patients should more often consider live donors</a></p> <p>Almost half of kidney transplant candidates older than 60 who are put on the waiting list for a deceased-donor organ will die before getting a transplant, according to new findings from the University of Florida, Cleveland Clinic and Case Western Reserve University.</p>