Tulsa WorldLifelong pairing: Kidney donation links Owasso woman with nationally …Tulsa WorldPart of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) and managed through the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS), paired kidney donation is an…
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LSMCIC Round-Up II a big success
Monitor Each of these ladies headed up their own committee for 31 years at our cook-off: Mary Lou Medina (deceased) headed up La Cocina; Rachel Flores — cooking contests; Beatriz Garza — bingo; and Alma Rodriguez — baked goods. The LSMCIC Round-Up also … |
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Thousand Oaks woman donates in honor of her family
Ventura County Star Bobbie Weyman, of Thousand Oaks, always put money in the kettle when she saw a bellringer. This year, she chose to donate to The Star’s annual Bellringer campaign. “They’re a very good organization,” she said of the Salvation Army. She gave $100 in … |
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Austin family decorates tree to spread organ donation awareness
KEYE TV It’s a daily routine that leaves Ashley exhausted. Right now, there aren’t enough deceased kidney donors to go around. Dr. Koushik Shaw of St. David’s North Austin Medical Center says “there’s this long waiting list for deceased donors, so many people … |
RH Reality CheckJohns Hopkins Set to Begin Penis Transplant ProgramRH Reality CheckThe surgery will use an organ from a deceased donor and doctors believe that within months, the patients should start to regain urinary function, sensation, and ultimate…
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Death taxes punish the living
The Canberra Times Against the background of a federal government encouraging a free‑for‑all discussion about policy changes, proponents of a greater national tax take have recently argued for a reintroduction of taxes on inheritance transfers between donors and … |
Thanks to these Good Neighbors Fund donors through Dec. 10Roanoke TimesLarry was preceded in death by his parents, Banks R. Atkinson and Clarice Stewart Atkinson. He is survived by his wife, Judy Austin Atkinson; daughter Lorrie Mims and husband, Johnn…
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‘Treasure Life’s Journey’ at 2016 Rose Parade Aboard the 13th Annual Donate …
Pasadena Now Other honorees include Brice Fabing (floragraph), who made the decision to be a donor only months before he died, providing lifesaving transplants to Jim Stavis (rider), whose rare blood type makes him an especially unlikely triple transplant survivor … |
Toronto LifeThe Body SnatchersToronto LifeDoctors placed him on the deceased donor list, which prioritizes transplant recipients by severity of illness. Melnyk was at the top of the list for the AB blood type, but his best chance was through a living d…
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Alzheimer’s may mess with the eyes, disrupting sleep patterns
Science /AAAS To learn more, the researchers used dyes to mark melanopsin cells in the eyes of 30 recently deceased organ donors. They found approximately 24% fewer melanopsin cells in the eyes of people with Alzheimer’s than in the eyes of donors without the … |