The West Australian |
Bone donation gives life back
The West Australian PlusLife, WA’s bone and tissue bank, provided 908 grafts from living and deceased donors, the highest number in six years. Managing director Anne Cowie said patients having hip replacements could donate the ball part of their hip, which was used … |
The National |
Law will allow for kidney donations from deceased donors in the UAE
The National ABU DHABI // Hospitals are collating lists of kidney failure patients who could be candidates for transplants using organs from deceased people. A law allowing transplants of dead people’s organs was issued last year by President Sheikh Khalifa and … |
Springfield News Sun |
Florida doctor turns to Facebook to search for a kidney donor
Springfield News Sun He was placed on the deceased donor kidney transplant list that could mean a seven-year wait for a donation. But within six months of creating his Facebook page, “New Kidney for Stu,” Himmelstein was contacted by several strangers across the globe who … |
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Special Delivery: A little bear with a lot of heart
WAVE 3 One deceased donor can save up to eight lives through organ donation and can save and enhance more than 100 lives through the lifesaving and healing gift of tissue donation. Elaine’s organs saved the lives of five recipients. “After Elaine was deceased … |
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Son’s thanks to donor father for transplant
The National Jen Lumsdaine, Living Transplant co-ordinator said: “The average wait for a kidney from a deceased donor is around three years, but Alastair’s life was transformed in around seventeen months. Almost half of all kidney transplants now come from living … |
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HIV+ kidney failure patients face hurdles in receiving necessary …
Medical Xpress A new study finds that HIV-infected individuals with kidney failure are less likely to receive a kidney transplant—especially from living donors—than their … |
The Sun CurrentKidney donor encourages students to have a conversationThe Sun CurrentShe was days from dying when she received his kidney, and assumed when she learned there was a kidney available that it was coming from a deceased donor, Mintz explain…
Asbury Park Press |
Middletown man’s quest for a kidney hits the road
Asbury Park Press In 2016, deceased organ donors from New Jersey saved 299 lives through kidney transplants, and living kidney donors in New Jersey saved an additional 161 lives. Transplanted kidneys can come from either a living donor — people can function perfectly … |
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University tunes in to organ donations
PS News … today — it takes minutes and can save lives,” Mr Wyatt said. Australia’s donation and transplantation rates continue to increase with a record 1,447 people receiving a life-saving transplant thanks to the generosity of 503 deceased donors and … |
Northumberland News |
Cobourg family searches for kidney donor
Northumberland News The family is reaching out to the public in hopes of finding a kidney donor as currently Sam has an 8- to 10-year wait for a deceased donor. Although family members have come forward to donate, none of them qualified as donors, said Jaimee. “It is like … |