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Kasich stays execution of Akron child killer so organ donation request can be …
Akron Beacon Journal “Organ donation occurs following brain death and the organs are maintained on a ventilator. When a prisoner is executed, the oxygen stops flowing, the heart stops beating, the blood stops flowing.” Phillips made his unprecedented request after the … Death-row inmate wants to donate his organsCBS News |
Todd Christensen, Raiders star, NFL Pro Bowl receiver, dies at 57 during liver … – Vancouver Sun
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Todd Christensen, Raiders star, NFL Pro Bowl receiver, dies at 57 during liver …
Vancouver Sun A five-time Pro Bowl selection and two-time Super Bowl winner, Christensen died from complications during liver transplant surgery Wednesday. He was 57. Christensen’s son, Toby Christensen, said his father died at Intermountain Medical Center near his … |
Baby Boy Born After Brain-Dead Mother Kept Alive Three Months – LifeNews.com
Baby Boy Born After Brain-Dead Mother Kept Alive Three MonthsLifeNews.comThe tumor then hemorrhaged, causing brain death. A mother of a two year-old son, Torres was 17 weeks pregnant at the time of her collapse. Doctors told her husband, Jason, that th…
Girl, 6, dies in India a week after getting liver plant – UPI.com
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Girl, 6, dies in India a week after getting liver plant
UPI.com KOCHI, India, Nov. 13 (UPI) — Financial contributions from around the world helped an Indian girl get a liver transplant but failed to save her life with Delna Augustine dying Wednesday. The 6-year-old’s body rejected the donated organ, Gulf News … |
Former Raiders TE Todd Christensen dies at 57 – GazetteNET
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Former Raiders TE Todd Christensen dies at 57
GazetteNET Former Raiders tight end and five-time Pro Bowler Todd Christensen died from complications during liver transplant surgery. He was 57. Christensen’s son, Toby Christensen, said his father passed away Wednesday morning, nov. 13, 2013, at Intermountain … Former Raiders tight end, Pennsylvania native Todd Christensen dies from liver …The Express Times – LehighValleyLive.com Todd Christensen dies at 57; record-setting NFL tight endLos Angeles Times Todd Christensen, Record-Setting Tight End, Dies at 57New York Times Washington Post (blog) –USA TODAY all 122 news articles » |
Ronald Phillips, Killer Who Wants To Donate Organs, Has Execution Delayed By … – Huffington Post
Ronald Phillips, Killer Who Wants To Donate Organs, Has Execution Delayed By …Huffington PostA spokeswoman said the department moved swiftly to evaluate the request but determined it was not equipped to accommodate pre- or post-execution organ donati…
Ohio delays child killer Ronald Phillips' execution to study organ donation – NBCNews.com
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Ohio delays child killer Ronald Phillips’ execution to study organ donation
NBCNews.com By Tracy Connor, Staff Writer, NBC News. The governor of Ohio has delayed the execution of convicted child killer and rapist so he can study the prisoner’s last-minute request to donate his organs. Ronald Phillips was due to receive a lethal injection … |
WHAM show in Surprise features recycled art – YourWestValley.com
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WHAM show in Surprise features recycled art
YourWestValley.com Second place, a unique piece titled “Organ Donor,” made from old piano and organ pieces, went to Linda Stahl. Third place went to Phyllis Stringer, who made her signature Indian head vase into a fun vase. Connie Whitlock, WHAM president, said the … |
Low-Dose Therapy for Burkitt's Passes Muster – MedPage Today
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Low-Dose Therapy for Burkitt’s Passes Muster
MedPage Today Investigators examined two similar regimens: standard dose-adjusted EPOCH-R (DA-EPOCH-R) for HIV-negative patients and short-course therapy with a double dose of rituximab (SC-EPOCH-RR). Patients treated with DA-EPOCH-R continued therapy for … NIH study finds low-intensity therapy for Burkitt lymphoma is highly effectiveEurekAlert (press release) Low-intensity chemo works for Burkitt’s lymphomaThe Oncology Report Low-intensity EPOCH-R regimen effective in immunodeficiency-associated …Healio |
Ohio execution stayed while state weighs allowing organ donation – Reuters
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Ohio execution stayed while state weighs allowing organ donation
Reuters CLEVELAND (Reuters) – Ohio Governor John Kasich on Wednesday stayed the execution of convicted killer Ronald Phillips to assess whether Phillips’s non-vital organs or tissues can be donated to his mother or possibly others. Phillips, 40, was scheduled … |