Ethan Zohn Is 'Getting Better' After Cancer DiagnosisGather Celebs News ChannelUnfortunately, in September, Zohn learned that the cancer had returned in his chest, and is now undergoing a newer, more aggressive combination of pharmaceutical the…
Fundraiser raises $35000 for Milford boy battling cancerMilford-Orange BulletinThe boys' father, Steve Macdonald, said Gavin had a stem-cell transplant at Yale-New Haven Hospital recently and was confined to an isolation room for four months as a p…
Labourer's family gives gift of life to 3Times of IndiaThe parents of a 27-year-old labourer donated his organs so that three patients-two with kidney failure and one with liver failure-could lead normal lives. The youth, Shailesh Katkar, fell from…
Thermo Fisher Scientific Introduces New Personal NanoDrop UV-Vis SpectrophotometerSelectScience.net (press release)The new instrument is small enough to fit in a drawer, but powerful enough to help accelerate life science workflows related to sequencin…
Obama Administration to People Needing Bone Marrow Transplants: Drop DeadOpenMarket.orgLast year an estimated 13000 patients died from brain death and only 8000 families said yes to donation. Even if all 13000 families said yes there would have only be…
ABC7Chicago.comHeart failure less likely in tall menABC7Chicago.comJanuary 19, 2012 (WLS) — New research suggests tall men are less likely that shorter ones to develop heart failure. The finding in the American Journal of Cardiology does not prove tha…
Pringle Fined Written by: GRNSWThedogs.com.auMr Pringle pleaded guilty to a charge under Greyhound Racing Rule 83 (2) (a) in that he presented Buck Fever for the race in question not free of a prohibited substance as the urine sample taken from the gre…
Hospitals follow different normsHindustan TimesNormally, HLA typing, a test to match body tissue, is used to determine the relationship between the donor and recipient. Sometimes among siblings there is no match even though they have same parentage. In…
3 patients get second life with organs of brain-dead manTimes of IndiaNEW DELHI: An 11-year-old boy suffering from end-stage renal failure and at least two other critical patients admitted in various city hospitals with organ failure received a gift of…
The Star-Ledger – NJ.com (blog)Mike Markey: Teacher, Coach and Organ Donation Recipient speaks out on awarenessThe Star-Ledger – NJ.com (blog)A simple notation on one's driver's license can make an individual an organ donor in the event of that…