Gay men blood donation ban liftedThe Press AssociationA lifetime ban on blood donation by men who had had sex with another man was put in place in the UK in the 1980s as a response to the spread of Aids and HIV. But following a review by the Advisory C…
10000 pledge to donate organsIndian ExpressLudhiana: More than 50 people die due to brain death every month in various hospitals of Ludhiana. “Their organs can be donated for a good cause and hardly anyone is aware that death is of two types, brain d…
Congestive heart failureABC OnlineCardiac arrest is one of the commonest reasons for cardiac arrest. Researchers suggest that it may be possible to fix the genes in the heart muscle to get the heart going again. The transcript of this program will be a…
Circ: Newer LVAD costs drop but miss effectiveness markCardiovascular Business3 in Circulation: Heart Failure, but it still fails to meet the standard threshold for being a cost-effect therapy. Nonetheless, the cost reductions obtained in a short windo…
BioWorld Online (blog)Medical Progress Is RealBioWorld Online (blog)“Results of Liver Transplantation in a Large Cohort of more than 100 HIV Infected Patients.” When did HIV patients start getting liver transplants? I thought, and then I had someth…
BBC NewsPresumed consent organ donation to be Welsh law by 2015BBC NewsCurrently people have to opt to join the NHS organ donor register if they want to donate their organs and tissues after death. Glyn Davies, Conservative MP for Montgomeryshire, said…
Ecumenical council holds blood donation activity for veteransPhilippine Information AgencyFr. George Ricafort, council secretary said each council member concurred to conduct a worthwhile cause like blood donation to help people in need of blood and ex…
Columbus Ledger-EnquirerStrength through support: Parents share stories of children's battles with cancerColumbus Ledger-EnquirerWaiting to see if Blake's stem cell transplant was a success. Waiting for good news. Photos special to Ledger-Enqui…
DBNA to hold blood donation drive tomorrowThe Borneo PostKUCHING: Dayak Bidayuh National Association (DBNA) Kuching Rural branch will be holding a blood donation drive at its headquarters in Jalan Kumpang, off Jalan Ong Tiang Swee here tomorrow. The ev…
Alarm at proposal to scrap dead donor ruleBioEdge“Cardiac death” (DCD) could be reversible and “brain death” is not always verifiable. They realise that scrapping the “dead donor rule” (DDR) will seem ghoulish to the public. For this reason…