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New heart helps Loren Vinal return to music, life he loves featured image
New heart helps Loren Vinal return to music, life he loves
Rebecca Bromelkamp
December 29, 2025

For Loren Vinal, the holidays have always carried a gentle kind of magic. Loren's hometown of Corning, New York, and his winters on Jekyll Island,[...]

Miracle Patient Overcomes Unique Challenges to Receive Double Lung Transplant featured image
Miracle Patient Overcomes Unique Challenges to Receive Double Lung Transplant
Joel Streed
May 14, 2014
She Was Born with Two Holes in Her Heart and No One Knew featured image
She Was Born with Two Holes in Her Heart and No One Knew
Joel Streed
April 30, 2014
‘Giving Back, Like My Donor Did for Me’ featured image
‘Giving Back, Like My Donor Did for Me’
Joel Streed
April 23, 2014
Twin Sisters Share Many Things in Life, Including New Lungs featured image
Twin Sisters Share Many Things in Life, Including New Lungs
Joel Streed
April 3, 2014
Patient Honors Her Liver Donor and Faith in New Book featured image
Patient Honors Her Liver Donor and Faith in New Book
Joel Streed
March 26, 2014
A New Chapter: Life After My Liver and Kidney Transplant featured image
A New Chapter: Life After My Liver and Kidney Transplant
Joel Streed
March 18, 2014
From the Alaskan Woods to Top of the Transplant List featured image
From the Alaskan Woods to Top of the Transplant List
Joel Streed
January 15, 2014
Living Donors Help Family Members Battle Kidney Disease featured image
Living Donors Help Family Members Battle Kidney Disease
Joel Streed
December 19, 2013
Boo Maddox takes on H1N1, dialysis, and complications on his way to a successful kidney transplant featured image
Boo Maddox takes on H1N1, dialysis, and complications on his way to a successful kidney transplant
Joel Streed
December 12, 2013
Identical Twins Share Genetic Makeup, and a Kidney featured image
Identical Twins Share Genetic Makeup, and a Kidney
Joel Streed
November 25, 2013
The Decision to Save a Stranger’s Life featured image
The Decision to Save a Stranger’s Life
Joel Streed
November 20, 2013
Sister’s Kidney for Little Brother featured image
Sister’s Kidney for Little Brother
Joel Streed
November 11, 2013

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