HealthJockey.comTenofovir, leading HIV medication, linked with risk of kidney damageMedical Xpress(Medical Xpress) — Tenofovir, one of the most effective and commonly prescribed antiretroviral medications for HIV/AIDS, is associated with a significant…
Portadown TodayHealth chief signs donor card – and Mark knows what it meansPortadown TodayKidney transplant patient Mark Dobson (front right) looks on as Roberta Brownlee Brownlee, chair of the Southern HSS Board, signs the organ donation register. Als…
Derryn Hinch to sing for organ donation awarenessHerald SunThe "human headline" will team up with five other organ transplant recipients in a performance by The Transplants to raise awareness of organ donation. Liver transplant recipient Hinc…
NBAD organises four blood donation drivesJordan DirectionsThe National Bank of Abu Dhabi (NBAD), the Number One Bank in the UAE, organises its eighth annual blood donation drive in Abu Dhabi, Al Ain, Dubai, and Sharjah. The Blood Donation Drives are pa…
BBC NewsBMA calls for radical action to tackle organ shortageOnMedicaA BMA report has suggested that patients who have been declared dead using brain stem tests could be electively ventilated to ensure their organs are of use in transplant surgery. It …
The GuardianOrgan donor boost options ponderedThe Press AssociationThe BMA said all these options could boost donor rates in the current "opt-in" system, where people are asked to join the organ donor register. The BMA remains in favour of an…
Norwich Evening NewsHellesdon man leads organ donor appealNorwich Evening NewsThe number of people added to the organ donor register in the county last year fell to 14978 from 16066 in 2010. The significant fall, disclosed by health minister Anne Milto…
Norfolk Eastern Daily PressHellesdon man leads organ donor appealNorfolk Eastern Daily PressThe number of people added to the organ donor register in the county last year fell to 14978 from 16066 in 2010. The significant fall, disclosed by health minis…
TuoitrenewsRed Spring campaign eases blood shortageViet Nam NewsSpeaking at the opening of the largest annual voluntarily blood event held at the My Dinh National Stadium yesterday, Doan paid a compliment to donors and thanked them for their good deeds…
Daily MailMysterious illness kills thousands in Central AmericaFox NewsZapata, a who worked as a sugar cane cutter for 20 years at the San Antonio sugar plantation, died three days later of chronic kidney disease on Jan. 26 at age 49.AP Print Email Sha…