Irish Medical Times |
Year-round organ donations ‘a challenge’
Irish Medical Times Prof Jim Egan, Director ODTI, said: “Organ donations save lives. In 2015 a total of 266 people received a life-saving organ transplant in Ireland. Compared to 2014 this represents overall increases in kidney (deceased and living donor combined), lung … |
Irish Medical Times |
Transplant process coordinated by 37 ICUs
Irish Medical Times When a potential organ donor is identified, usually after BSD (brain stem death) when there is no hope of recovery in one of the 37 intensive care units (ICUs) across the country, the deceased person’s next-of-kin (NoK) is asked for their consent to … |
The Daily Titan |
OneLegacy helps CSUF organ donors save lives after death
The Daily Titan According to Donate Life California, “more than 123,000 Americans are currently waiting for an organ transplant, nearly 22,000 live in California and an average of 22 patients die every day while waiting, simply because the organ was not donated in time.”. |
Cadaveric transplant soon to become reality at SCB Medical college and HospitalTimes of IndiaThe state government will convene a high-level meeting in the secretariat on May 13 to deliberate on its plan to start its own deceased donor organ transplant …
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Charleston Church Distributes Donations To Shooting Victims’ Families
Newsy Millions of dollars in donations poured in to the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church after a gunman killed nine people attending a bible study last June. Months after the tragedy in Charleston, South Carolina, some victims’ families are upset … |
Gene expression in human islet cells varies by ageHealioThe two proteins, identified as SIX3 and SIX2, were analyzed from the pancreas tissue of dozens of deceased donors ranging from age 6 moths to 66 years, and show that the pancreas continues to dev…
Quartz |
Widows and parents want to preserve dead men’s sperm–but what are the rights of the deceased?
Quartz “What I found hard to grasp was that I could have the sperm of an anonymous donor, even one who was dead, but not my own husband.” But what about the children? Some feel that posthumous sperm donation should be prohibited in part because it creates … |
Concord Monitor |
As overdose deaths increase, so do life-saving organ donations
Concord Monitor Since 2000, the number of organ donors in New England who died from “drug intoxication” has ballooned from 7 to 58 in 2015, according to federal data. Nationally, there’s also been an increase – in 2000, 66 donors died from drug intoxication compared … |
WeAreGreenBay.comHealthWatch: Live liver donationWeAreGreenBay.comThe access to liver transplantation and available livers has changed remarkably in the last 10 years. We have an increasing mismatch of people who need transplants to deceased donors ava…
WKBW-TV |
Living organ donation: A best friend’s sacrifice
WKBW-TV Living organ donors go through a rigorous process to determine whether it’s safe to donate. “It’s been an insane process. It’s just been nonstop testing, poking, prodding,” Billy said. But, eventually doctors determined the two were a match. “I just … |