First U.S. Uterine Transplant FailsHuffington PostOne major difference between the US and Swedish procedures is the latter performed the transplant using the uterus from a live donor. The US surgery used an organ from a deceased donor as removing a ute…
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Signing Up Organ Donors in China Can Be an Uphill Battle
New York Times BEIJING — When Cao Yanfang left her nursing job to become a full-time “human organ donation coordinator,” someone who asks families to donate their just-deceased relatives’ organs, she set herself the goal of persuading one in 100 families to give. |
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Data leak affects more than 1000 employees at Kansas college
wivb.com Lack of kidney donors means some die waiting. March 7, 2016. About 800 patients are waiting for kidneys in Western New York but only about 50 become available from deceased donors. New federal rules se… |
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Virginia woman shares story of surviving Brussels terror attacks
wivb.com “She was texting me like she was going to die. She was saying her goodbyes.” Kara and the couple were ultimately led toward a mob of people with the help of a police officer. In shifts, buses brought them to the airport hangar. Kara said she was … |
Live-Donor Kidney Transplant Outcomes Worse with Longer CITRenal and Urology NewsIn background information provided in their paper, the researchers noted that the association between prolonged CIT and adverse graft and patient outcomes is well establis…
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ORGAN DONATION AND THE GIFT OF LIFE
Munster Express Pictured at the launch of Organ Donor Awareness Week 2016 are Regina Reynolds (National Organ Donor Co-ordinator), Ray Halligan (Waterford IKA branch), Vivienne Traynor (Organ Donor Awareness Week patron), and Vera Frisby (Waterford IKA branch) … Government planning ‘opt-out’ system for organ donationIrish Times Playing the waiting gameDublin People Daughter-to-mother kidney transplant transforms lifeThe Daily Courier |
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Bald eagle dies after colliding with windshield
wivb.com (KOIN) — A bald eagle died Tuesday after it collided with a windshield. It was rescued by a Washington State trooper and was transported to a rehab facility. Trooper Russ Winger tweeted that the bald eagle was “flying too low this am on SR16 and … |
PA home pageOur view, April is Donate Life MonthHNGnews.comMore than 8,500 deceased donors made possible approximately 24,000 organ transplants. In addition, there were nearly 6,000 transplants from living donors. Statistics can sometimes be overwhelmi…
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New York Legislature considering bill to force police to disclose more information
wivb.com … by Assemblyman Joseph Lentol and Senator Daniel Squadron, both Democrats, would require police departments to follow a single, statewide process for reporting information about everyday arrests — as well as cases in which a person is killed while … |
Alleged Fort McMurray GoFundMe fraudster found slain in BCEdmonton JournalMore than 170 people donated to the campaign, with many donors coming from Fort McMurray. But sometime last fall, the account was emptied. … However, he said police end their i…