waiting for lungs, 72 children. sara is one of those. 880 children are waiting for a kidney. and 478 children are awaiting a liver. and when you look at adults, and let s again focus on lungs here, 1,614 adults are waiting for a lung. and, again, 72 children are waiting for a lung. if you look at all of this in the big picture, more than 118,000 americans are waiting for an organ. and many of them will die without it. many of them do die without that organ. that s why lung donors are so important. so important to sign that organ donor card and give your organs if, you know, god forbid in a car accident or something, sign that card so your organs can be useful to someone like sara. just a point in case here, i really wish her i hope it goes well for that family. but it s very brave of her mother to bring it to the country s attention, really. and i think it shows you what happens when you become sort of an active and powered patient.
scientist the process but perhaps there is a opportunity to look at the system. i personally believe that i personally believe that there is a, should be based system, there is a need based system. the problem for example, in this case those statistics indicate that there was only two lung donors in her age range, six to 10, between january and february of this year. and only one of those set of lungs was transplanted. and that . martha: they re arguing she should be eligible for an adult lung, a adult not in as dire imminent need should not be on the list above her. that it is age discriminatory to even have that cuttoff for under 12. i understand that and that s a legitimate question to ask. i agree with that. but the allocation system has been very effective since it was revised in 2005 and in fact, more people have been transplanted under
him 06 days in the slammer. the department of natural resources charged him and his wife of illegal possession of a white tailed deer. the couple claims they didn t know they were breaking the law when they nursed the deer back to health. they plan to fight the charge. you might see smokers make bad lung donors. oregons tather organs taken fro who puffed a pack a day for 40 years is likely safe. the chances are you or someone you know snores. according to the snoring center nearly half of all americans are affected by disruptive snoring at some point in their lives. if it is you, listen up. a scary new study says that snoring actually increases the risk of heart attacks more than smoking. joining us with what you need to know is dr. david samati. so snoring it s not just disruptive or annoying it can have significant health effects.