Chabad.orgMurder or Compassion?Chabad.orgA Harvard ad hoc committee solved the problem by crafting the term brain death. This criterion stops short of calling the patient dead; it merely states that the brain stem has ceased to function. But it did not…
Tire BusinessKal Tire founder Tom Foorde, 89, succumbs to heart failureThe ProvinceFoord died Thursday in Vernon of a heart failure, just a month shy of his 90th birthday. He is survived by five children, including son Robert, now president of Kal Tire…
CBC.caOrgan donation advocate takes first steps following double lung transplantWinnipeg Free PressTORONTO – An Ottawa woman whose high-profile pitch for organ donation has tugged at celebrity heartstrings took a big leap foward Saturday in her own per…
BBC NewsNumber of Scots on Organ Donor Register hits record highBBC NewsA total of 2025400 people had put their names forward for the NHS Organ Donor Register as of 31 March – almost 40% of the population. However, 600 people are still awaiting life-sa…
Organ donation ads effective at DMVUPI.comWEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., April 14 (UPI) — Michigan officials said a cost-effective way to increase organ donor registrations is to provide print ads at driver's licensing facilities in the state. The study, p…
Organ donation run pays tribute to Opelousas teensKATC Lafayette NewsThis morning people gathered by the hundreds to honor the gifts of Sarah Jarrell, Morgan Adams and so many others at the 11th Annual Caliente 5K Run for Their Lives hosted by Casa Ole…
TopNews Arab EmiratesOttawa woman takes her first steps after double transplantVictoria Times ColonistBy Chloe Fedio, Postmedia News April 14, 2012 1:40 PM Helene Campbell underwent lung transplant surgery in Toronto on Good Friday. The 20-year-old Bar…
Juhu accident: Second girl dies, her family donates organsHindustan Times"A team of three specialists confirmed the brain death of Nimisha Mane. As per norms we counselled the family and informed them about organ donation. The family agreed and do…
Death for a life: inside the donor dilemmaThe Guardian AUThe real bottleneck, in Bendorf's assessment, is that relatively fewer Australians are treated in intensive care units right through to the point of brain death – when no activity can be dete…
Ads for organ donation effective at DMVUPI.comWEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., April 14 (UPI) — Michigan officials said a cost-effective way to increase organ donor registry is to provide print ads at driver's licensing facilities within the state. The study…