Bat mitzvah gifts bring joy to kids at community centreMontreal GazetteBut doctors were just starting to use bone-marrow transplantation to treat leukemia. It was an arduous procedure, one that kept him in hospital for months, but he recovered and went…
Less than a year after the operation, Mrs Wederell was dead, killed by cancer which her family are certain came from the donated lungs
Helen Bell (right) donated a kidney to Barb Spaulding. Seen at Spaulding’s Morrisville home on Monday, October 22, 2012. / GLENN RUSSELL/FREE PRESS Would you sacrifice part of your body to help someone?
Rise in women heart patients – The Times of IndiaTimes of IndiaVISAKHAPATNAM: Although men are believed to be prone to heart diseases, nowadays, women in their 40s and 50s are increasingly falling victims to cardio vascular problems. Twenty-three-year-…
Development of a surgical safety checklist for the performance of radical …7thSpace Interactive (press release)Methods: This review describes the development of an evidence- and experience-based surgical checklist aimed at imrproving the perioperativ…
Larne TimesMandy backs organ donation opt-out schemeLarne TimesAnd Mandy, who runs Ladybird Daycare Nursery at LEDCOM industrial estate, has now given her backing to a proposed new organ donation system, which would mean people would have to opt out if…
Organ donation cards at RTODeccan HeraldCommissioner of Traffic department, K R Srinivas, said organ donation has not gained popularity due to lack of awareness. He said annually 1.5 lakh people are killed in accident and several lives could be saved i…
Avid swimmer Lam Yin-tsun has been discharged from hospital – three months after a heart transplant saved the teenager’s life.
Liver transplants expensive but 95% life-savingTimes of IndiaLUCKNOW: Three years ago, 48-year-old Rajesh Puri underwent a liver transplant after he was detected with chronic hepatitis C with cirrhosis of liver. He was diagnosed with the disease in 200…
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OH teen organ donor to be honored in Calif. parade
London Madison Press LUCAS, Ohio (AP) — A 16-year-old Ohio car crash victim whose donated organs saved three lives will be honored with a floral portrait in the Tournament of Roses Parade on New Year’s Day. The Mansfield News Journal reports that Shelby Cooper, of Lucas … |