For Some in Need, Facebook Is Route To New Kidney

News Factor Network | Donna Gordon Blankenship, Associated Press

Facebook and other social media sites are quickly becoming a go-to place to find a generous person with a kidney to spare, according to the people asking for help and some national organizations that facilitate matches. The United Network for Organ Sharing says more and more people are being matched up by social media sites.

Here's another reason for holdouts to join the social media site Facebook: It's a great place to find a kidney.

Between the children's photos and reminiscences about high school, more and more pleas for help from people with failing kidneys are popping up. Facebook and other social media sites are quickly becoming a go-to place to find a generous person with a kidney to spare, according to the people asking for help and some national organizations that facilitate matches.
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