New Blog 1: Liver Transplant List

Friday 12 October 2012

Liver Transplant List

Nineteen people die every day in the United States waiting for a kidney transplant, most waiting 7 to 9 years. The team at MatchingDonors.com is working hard to make sure that doesn't happen by finding altruistic living organ donors for people needing kidney transplants.MatchingDonors has become the most successful nonprofit organization that is finding living altruistic organ donors for patients needing transplants. The MatchingDonors.com website can get over 1.5 million hits in a month.You can always call us to give you references of past and present patients that you can talk to about their great success with MatchingDonors.com.Chronic Liver damage affects up to 20% of our population. It has many causes - viral infections (Hepatitis B and C), toxins, genetic, metabolic and autoimmune diseases.Recently the onset of liver disease has also been linked to diabetes and obesity, two health problems which are increasing significantly in Australia.Liver cancer, which is often caused by chronic liver damage, is one of the fastest growing diseases in our community. The rate of liver cancer in Australia has increased four-fold in the past 20 years. Sadly this trend is expected to continue.An increased understanding of the liver diseases that lead to cancer and chronic liver failure is essential in bringing forth new treatments.