Professional golf takes stamina and training to get to the top of the sport. While it might not be as rough and tumble as other sports, to be able to walk a good pace for several days running, to hit those balls far and with great accuracy, and to keep the mental fitness to stay on track – these are all part of being an athlete.
So, what does a pro golfer do if he finds that he’s not quite so strong anymore, he can’t walk as far and he can’t hit the ball as hard – and he’s only 28 …read more

I remember reading somewhere that someone who needs a kidney transplant would rather live with an older one with lots of mileage than die with their younger malfunctioning one. This rings very true to me. After all, if the kidney still works, why should age of the donor be a factor? Plus, with the extreme organ donation shortage we experience across the world, we shooting ourselves in the foot by eliminating an entire group of potential donors, just because of their age.
When matching organs, particularly kidneys, there is a rule of thumb that doctors like to work with and that’s …read more

You’d think it would be a bad idea to transplant a heart from a donor infected with hepatitis C. But apparently, it’s considered acceptable if the heart transplant recipient is older or already infected with the hepatitis C virus.
A new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association has found that regardless of the recipient’s original health status, a heart transplant from a hepatitis C positive donor results in lower survival for the recipient.

16.9% of recipients of virus-tainted hearts died after one year as compared to 8.2% of those who received non-infected hearts
25% of hepatitis C-infected heart recipients …read more