Fremantle DockersAFL and all 18 AFL Clubs to support DonateLife Week – fremantlefc …Fremantle DockersThe AFL, all 18 AFL Clubs and the Australian Government are pleased to announce a joint partnership to support DonateLife Week 2017.AFL players to pr…
South Florida Caribbean News |
Improved kidney transplant policy helps African-American candidates
South Florida Caribbean News RICHMOND, VA – Improvements in national kidney transplant policy have evened the rates at which African-American transplant candidates receive kidneys from deceased donors, according to data from United Network for Organ Sharing(UNOS). |
Daily Mail |
Doctors are trashing kidneys that could keep people alive | Daily …
Daily Mail US doctors are discarding donor kidneys that could keep people alive for years over ‘unfounded’ fears that they don’t meet federal standards, a new report … Study: Doctors discarding healthy kidneys that could save lives …Gephardt Daily |
Hong Kong Standard (press release) |
Special place awaits organ donors
Hong Kong Standard (press release) Families of deceased organ donors can now apply to have the ashes of their loved ones scattered at the Tseung Kwan O Memorial Garden. Under the “Big Love Benefactor” program – aimed at encouraging organ donation – a commemorative plaque will also … |
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Family donates brain-dead son’s organs, give new lease of life to 3
Times of India His parents came to terms with the situation and expressed their willingness for organ donation soon after. The procedure of organ retrieval was conducted by a team of doctors at ABMH. His liver and two kidneys were transplanted into three patients … |
Ross-Shire Journal |
Black Isle transplant hope mum welcomes organ donation ‘opt-out’ proposal
Ross-Shire Journal Dr Calum MacKellar, the organisation’s research director, noted there had been no increase in the number of transplants from deceased donors in Wales since its opt-out system was introduced. And more people in Scotland than anywhere else in the UK … |
Michigan friends say kidney donation will bring them closer | The …Modesto BeeAnna Kaschner, 37, received a kidney from a deceased individual in 2009.Kidney transplant drawing friends closer – Detroit NewsThe Detroit Newsall 2 news articles »
International News NetworkMany discarded kidneys can prolong lifeInternational News NetworkThe study also suggests that even kidneys that showed poor biopsy results, and which were collected from deceased donors, were more efficient in prolonging life …
6abc.com |
Matches Made in Heaven: 8 patients involved in kidney swap meet …
6abc.com A kidney swap involving donors who weren’t matches for loved ones but for perfect strangers has prompted the nickname “matches made in heaven” and … |
Malta Independent OnlineIs it ethical to purchase human organs?Malta Independent OnlinePeople with end-stage kidney disease who receive a transplant tend to live much longer than those who undergo dialysis. A kidney from a living donor will last from 1…