Kidney Association in call for organ donor registryIrish ExaminerThe number of organ donations and transplantations in Ireland would increase significantly if the Government were to set up an organ donation registry, it has been claimed. The Irish Kidn…
A Vision for All to SeeThe MissourianJanice Smith, Maryland Heights, can still remember how isolating her life had become before she had cornea transplant surgery in both of her eyes several years ago. She couldn't see well enough to read, watch TV…
Students march in support of organ donor campaignOttawa Citizen… of students marched to Parliament Hill on Friday to mark Ottawa's first Hélène Campbell Day, honouring the 20-year-old Barrhaven woman whose struggle with idiopathic lung fibrosis…
Cybergrass Bluegrass Music NewsPickin' For Phil Sunday at The ParamountCybergrass Bluegrass Music NewsUpon rounds of chemotheraphy his condition was thought to be under control and he was to enter a stem cell transplant program but a new drug that …
Liver Cancer Patients Less Likely to Die on Transplant ListDoctors LoungeLiver transplantation candidates with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) have significantly lower 90-day odds of waitlist removal due to clinical deterioration or death compared to no…
CTV.caOrgan donation champion honoured by Lt.-Gov.CTV.caA young woman who has helped tell Canadians about the importance of organ donation was honoured by Lt.-Gov David Onley on Friday. Onley presented Helene Campbell, 20, with the Lieutenant Governor&…
New Data Demonstrates DIFICLIR(TM) May Offer Benefits for Cancer Patients, who …MarketWatch (press release)Clostridium difficile Infection in Cancer Patients and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Recipients. Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther. 2010; 8 (10)…
White urges organ donationOlney Daily Mail – Press MentorDuring the press conference in the OCC Banquet Room, the crowd also heard from those who have been or are being affected by the organ donor program. Bev Wodtka, of Effingham, spoke about her son&…
Nile Therapeutics to raise $1.4 million in stock saleSan Francisco Business Times (blog)Nile is focused on cenderitide, its lead drug candidate, meant to treat heart failure. Joshua Kazam is president and CEO of Nile. He took the top job at the company…
Blood donation camp heldGreaterKashmir.comSrinagar, Mar 30: All Hospital Development Fund (HDF) health employees organized a daylong blood donation camp at JLNM Hospital Rainawari under the supervision of its president Mir Nisar Ahmed. Around 30 donors…