Penn State Health expert debunks six myths about organ donation

Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.
Right now, more than 100,000 people in the U.S. – nearly two times the population of Harrisburg – are waiting for organ transplants.

Doctors helped 42,887 of them last year, up 3.7% from 2021. Donated kidneys, hearts and livers helped them survive what was once incurable – old death sentences like heart failure, lung cancer and cirrhosis of the liver. Read more in News Medical Life Sciences.