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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,[...]

After successful kidney transplant, retiree is ‘Living the Dream’ featured image
After successful kidney transplant, retiree is ‘Living the Dream’
Joel Streed
December 1, 2012
Novel treatment leads to liver transplant for bile duct cancer featured image
Novel treatment leads to liver transplant for bile duct cancer
Joel Streed
November 29, 2012
Coming full circle: Sharing a message of hope featured image
Coming full circle: Sharing a message of hope
Joel Streed
November 28, 2012
Father, son travel 3,000 miles for a kidney transplant featured image
Father, son travel 3,000 miles for a kidney transplant
Joel Streed
November 25, 2012
Mexican man grateful for normal life after liver transplant featured image
Mexican man grateful for normal life after liver transplant
Joel Streed
November 25, 2012
Double-lung transplant leaves man breathing easy featured image
Double-lung transplant leaves man breathing easy
Joel Streed
November 24, 2012
Heart transplant puts Mia Welch back in the dance featured image
Heart transplant puts Mia Welch back in the dance
Joel Streed
November 24, 2012
A new beginning: Woman with rare disorder gets life back after stem cell transplant featured image
A new beginning: Woman with rare disorder gets life back after stem cell transplant
Joel Streed
November 21, 2012
Mayo Clinic’s 185th Heart Transplant Patient and her “Chocolat” featured image
Mayo Clinic’s 185th Heart Transplant Patient and her “Chocolat”
Joel Streed
June 21, 2012
Tweeting the #KatieRide, Raising Awareness featured image
Tweeting the #KatieRide, Raising Awareness
Joel Streed
May 16, 2012
Saving Lives by Recruiting Marrow Donors featured image
Saving Lives by Recruiting Marrow Donors
Joel Streed
May 7, 2012
My Path to Becoming an Organ Donor featured image
My Path to Becoming an Organ Donor
Joel Streed
April 17, 2012

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