Waikato TimesNigel Cameron and stepdaughter Tori Booth perfect match for kidney transplantWaikato TimesThere were 67 kidney transplants from deceased organ donors and 72 kidney transplants from live donors in 2014, Gregan-Ford said. A Givealittle page …
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Awareness drive on organ donation launched
The Hindu Currently, over 2,000 persons in Karnataka were waiting for an organ and considering that one brain death organ donor could the lives of up to eight persons. “We can definitely reduce the number of people on the waiting list by creating awareness and … |
nwitimes.com |
IUN medical school students bid farewell to ‘first patients’
nwitimes.com … and lifelong journey,” said IUN anatomy professor Ernest Talarico, as family members of the deceased cried and embraced one another. Every January — in a practice unique to IUN — medical students invite the families of their anatomical donors to … |
Alzforum |
News Brief: More Evidence for Aβ Spread Between People
Alzforum … led by Herbert Budka of the University Hospital Zurich and Gabor Kovacs of the Medical University in Vienna reported seeing Aβ deposits in autopsied brain tissue of young adults decades after they had received dura mater tissue from deceased donors. |
The Detroit NewsGrosse Pointers charged in infectious body parts schemeThe Detroit NewsThe couple knew many of the deceased individuals died from or tested positive for infectious diseases and received the many of the infected parts for a reduced price…
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Donald Trump’s surreal anti-Fox spectacle: Well that was certainly… weird?
Salon After reading off a list of donors and how much money they had given his shady foundation to disburse to veterans’ groups and announcing he was donating a $1 million of his own money to the cause, Trump seemed to take a step back. … two burly … |
Dallas Morning NewsBaylor Dallas to become one of first U.S. hospitals to offer uterine transplantsDallas Morning NewsIn the Baylor trial, which is funded privately through the Baylor Health Care System Foundation and other donations, volunteers will r…
Jerusalem Post Israel NewsHighest-ever rate of family agreement to donate organs in 2015Jerusalem Post Israel NewsAccording to the latest figures, 668 corneas were donated by families, and 42 burns patients received donated skin from the deceased. As p…
Orlando Sentinel |
Program caring for donors should be financially neutral
Orlando Sentinel If a donor’s medical insurance does not provide lifelong medical follow-up and treatment of any conditions related to the nephrectomy, or if the donor’s health insurance leaves the donor responsible to pay for a portion such care, those costs should be … Eamonn Holmes signs up an organ donor inspired by Antrim man who gave kidney to a strangerBelfast Live Transplant community looks for ways to incentivize living kidney donationNephrologyNews.com |
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Libertarians Decry Feds’ Donation Restrictions
Courthouse News Service (CN) – The Libertarian Party is challenging the Federal Election Commission’s restrictions on the money it received from a deceased donor. Joseph Shaber bequeathed $235,575 to the Libertarian National Committee, which complained Monday in District of … |