Man-made heart gets a bovine boostTimes of IndiaScientists have long searched for a durable artificial heart that can work as efficiently as the one supplied by nature. Now Carmat, a company based in Paris, has designed an artificial heart fashioned in…
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I’m an organ donor, see my wristband
Telegraph.co.uk Surveys show that 90 per cent of people support organ donation, yet only 31 per cent of the population is on the donor register, despite a government initiative in 2006 to increase the number. The UK, with 13 donors per million people, has one of the … BMA backs ‘opt-out’ organ donation schemeGP online Opt-out organ donation in Wales: a model for Australia?HealthCanal.com Stretford and Urmston MP helps to raise awareness of organ donation for …Messenger Newspapers This is Plymouth –Daily Echo –BBC News all 40 news articles » |
Skin donation yet to take root in Tamil NaduTimes of IndiaThe concept of skin donation, popular in the northern states, is yet to take off here. Since the inception of the organ donation programme in Tamil Nadu in 2008, only one skin donation has been …
Liver Failure Via Acetaminophen OD Tied to Worse OutcomesDoctors LoungeMONDAY, July 15 (HealthDay News) — Long-term survivors of acute liver failure report lower quality of life compared with the general population, while survivors of acetaminophen ov…
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Facebook Launches Organ-Donation Tool
AllFacebook This morning’s big announcement by Facebook Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg and Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg on ABC News’ “Good Morning America” involves organ donation. “GMA” anchor Robin Roberts, sporting a … |
The Burden of Liver Disease IncreasesPR Newswire (press release)The work of our members has been at the forefront of liver transplantation and has laid the foundation for the development of drugs used to treat patients with viral hepatitis. The most re…
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Safe air should be there for all of us to share
Scoop.co.nz (press release) Engineer Amitabh Pande, who had been involved in consulting for implementation of Kyoto Protocol related systems in the Asia-pacific region, rues that, “India is at the bottom of a list of 132 countries when it comes to air quality. … According to … |
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County Clerk Organ Donor Foundation Reaches $4 Million
The Chattanoogan Hamilton County Clerk Bill Knowles, one of the founding board members of the Tennessee County Clerks Organ Donor Awareness Foundation, announced the foundation has reached the $4 million mark in donations since its inception in 1996. “Mr. Knowles … |
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Is sugar really toxic?
Salon Sugarcane cultivation spread to India, where by 500 BC people had learned to turn bowls of the tropical grass’s juice into crude crystals. From there sugar traveled with … In studies with animals and people by Kimber Stanhope of the University of … |
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French national’s organs harvested
The Hindu In the past four years of the State government launching the cadaver transplant programme, quite a few foreigners have received organs from Indian donors. Djealatchoumy’s was the rare instance of organ donation by a foreign national, an official said. |