Renal and Urology NewsDeceased-Donor Age Affects Kidney Transplant OutcomesRenal and Urology NewsDavid M. Mikhail, MD, and collaborators at Western University in London, Ontario, studied transplant outcomes involving 6,800 cardiac-death donors. The gro…
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A million organ donors
Castanet.net In 2015, there was a record-breaking 422 transplants in the province, from 95 deceased donors, and 113 living donors. “My donor’s last act in this world was to pass on life to me,” said Joanne Arcado, a liver transplant recipient. “I am so very … |
The GuardianIs it ethical to purchase human organs?The GuardianPeople 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 12 to 20 years, on averag…
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Singapore needs more organ donors — Desmond Wai
Malay Mail Online Many studies have shown excellent results with good long-term survival and liver function after a transplant. There are two main types of liver donors: Deceased donors and live donors. Deceased donors are individuals who have been declared brain-dead. |
TODAYonlineSingapore needs more organ donorsTODAYonlineMany studies have shown excellent results with good long-term survival and liver function after a transplant. There are two main types of liver donors: Deceased donors and live donors. Deceased don…
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Tucson man donates kidney to wife, national need for donors grows
Tucson News Now Doctors say Gloria was lucky to have a living donor transplant, only 25 percent of patients have that opportunity. “The success of living donors long term is much more significant than those of deceased donors,” said Dr. Pradeep Kadambi, medical … |
HIV and Organ TransplantsNews-Medical.netThis agency ensures adherence to policies outlined by the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network, which require that potential organ donors must undergo specific screening before their organs can be deeme…
Donors set to pledge organs via Emirates ID7DAYS.aeDr Ali Al Obeidli, chairman of the UAE National Transplant Committee, was speaking to 7DAYS after the first successful transplant from a deceased patient in Dubai last week. He said it was no longer po…
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London liver transplant recipient Jillian Di Bernardo feels ‘like a new person’
London Free Press Two weeks later, Di Bernardo’s transplant co-ordinator told her a liver from someone who’d died was available immediately. Di Bernardo was on the deceased donor list, but had made her public appeal for a live donor on the advice of her doctors. |
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How our daughter’s death helped others to live
Toronto Star Today, almost one third of the deceased donors in Ontario are DCD. This knowledge has sustained us, has helped us through the difficult years we have had to live without her. We know, because Sarah Beth told us, that this is exactly what she would have … |