Teen helps bring light to organ donationWelland TribuneOlivia Hubert had already signed up to be an organ donor and was trying to encourage others, before she learned her grandmother required new lungs. “I didn't really see any reason not to. It&…
DOCTORS believe a pioneering transplant technique that cleans and reconditions donor lungs could save the lives of many patients.
Kent General and Milford Memorial receive awards for heart-failure patient careSmyrna-Clayton Sun TimesBy Kaitlyn McAvoy Bayhealth has earned an award from the American Heart Association for its treatment of patients with heart failure. The "Get W…
Experimental treatments use an antibody to guide a toxic chemotherapy agent to cancer cells, limiting the toxin’s attack to the cancer and minimizing side effects.
Calgary alderman spreads word about organ donationMetroNews CanadaBy Katie Turner By Katie Turner Metro Calgary Metro/Katie Turner Ald. Shane Keating was handing out information pamphlets on organ donation Wednesday at Olympic Plaza. Organ donation is …
Organ donationCalcutta TelegraphNew Delhi, May 30 (PTI): AIIMS, the country's nodal centre engaged in encouraging voluntary organ donation, plans to take the help of Facebook in its mission. The move will create awareness, Arti Vij, chief of the Or…
Daily NewsExim Bank to conduct blood donation driveDaily NewsEXIM Bank Tanzania, led by its board of directors, will hold a blood donation exercise tomorrow at the bank's headquarters to supplement efforts by the Tanzania blood bank as the bank mar…
Best friend: Richmond woman taken off life support after motorcycle wreckPalladium-Item“She was declared brain dead yesterday evening (Tuesday), which when doctors declare brain death, that is considered your time of death, so her death certificate w…
Doctors in Newcastle are leading the way in transplant technology. The scientists at Newcastle University have developed a technique of washing lungs to make more donor organs useable. After successful trials at the Freeman Hospital the method is now b…
While one family is rejoicing over the heart transplant that gave their son a second chance at life, another is mourning after their son's sudden death.