Exsurco Medical opens new headquarters in BirminghamThe Morning JournalExsurco makes instruments and blades that medical technicians use to shave thin layers of skin off deceased people who are organ donors, said Linda Sopko, product manager, and Wayne…
The Seattle Times |
4 dead, 2 critically injured in collision between Ride the Ducks vehicle …
The Seattle Times Update at 5:32 p.m.: Donors anxious to give blood to help victims of the Aurora Bridge crash overwhelmed Bloodworks Northwest sites in person and online Thursday, prompting officials to plea for patience. “Scheduling a blood donation anytime during the … All lanes of Highway 99 are closed after a fatal Ride the Ducks and charter …Yakima Herald-Republic 4 international students killed, dozens of people injured in Seattle bus wreckLos Angeles Times |
Business Wire (press release) |
UK HealthCare Celebrates Kentucky’s Longest “Kidney Donor Chain”
UKNow (press release) “Research shows that patients who are able to receive a kidney from a live donor have much better outcomes than those who receive a kidney from a deceased donor,” said Dr. Stephen Strup, chief of the UK Division of Urological Surgery. “That’s not … Living Donation California Celebrates 100 Direct Living Kidney Donor Candidate …Business Wire (press release) |
Sydney Morning Herald |
Body farm donors go public on their decisions to donate corpses
Sydney Morning Herald Another donor, 75-year-old Carol Cruikshank, of Lake Illawarra, doesn’t believe she is at death’s door, as much as anyone can predict these things. Other than being diabetic and a bit overweight, she describes herself as relatively active, except in … |
WalesOnlineMore than 100000 people sign up to be organ donors in Wales ahead of historic …WalesOnlineThe all-Wales annual report for organ donation has revealed that the number of people dying while waiting on a transplant list has reduced from 49 in…
Longview Daily News |
Kelso High School graduate learns a new “normal” after long-awaited kidney …
Longview Daily News Because the kidney came from a deceased donor, Giessler said it’s likely she’ll need another transplant in the future. On average, kidneys from deceased donors don’t last as long as living-donor kidneys do. Her Lupus — the disease that originally … |
Business Standard |
TN pioneering ahead in organ transplantation: Minister
Business Standard More than 400 organs and 300 tissues had been harvested from over 130 deceased persons and transplanted in needy persons in Tamil Nadu last year, the state government informed the Assembly today. “During 2014, a total of 136 deceased donors in the … |
Sydney Morning Herald |
Surgeons hit back at claims heart transplants are against the law
Sydney Morning Herald Hearts used in transplants have traditionally been taken from patients declared braindead, but in 2014 the first heart transplants from donors who had died after circulation ceased were carried out at St Vincent’s Hospital in Sydney. Six transplants … |
The Star Online |
Speculative science coming to a head
The Star Online In theory, the procedure would have Spiridinov’s fully functioning head and brain transplanted to a donor body who is brain dead. Not surprisingly, this resulted in much publicity and debate as to whether the procedure is scientifically possible and … |
TSN |
Former NHL player Ewen’s brain coveted by CTE researchers
TSN “Very often with our brain donation project, the majority (of donors) have shown during their lives some evidence of brain degeneration, and so to try to help families deal with what they have observed, it’s important to exam the brain to see what it … |