TheRecord.comSearch on for living kidney donor to save Cambridge dad – The RecordTheRecord.comA Cambridge woman is desperately searching for a kidney donor match to keep her husband and father of her two children alive.and more »
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Human Trafficking for Organs: Ending abuse of the Poorest
Inter Press Service According to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), “human organs for transplants have two sources, deceased donors and living donors; ultimately, human organs can only be derived from a human body, and thus any action in the field of … |
Marquette Mining JournalA TRUE LIFESAVERMarquette Mining JournalA total of 5,976 organs transplanted in 2016 came from living donors while 35,360 came from deceased donors, the DHHS site states. Schaffer remembers Berg, who was diagnosed with Type 1 di…
Asia Times |
Indian village of body donors on progressive turf
Asia Times Pledging one’s body and organs after death can greatly help bridge this gap, but cultural and religious beliefs often inhibit organ donation. A research published in the Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatology shows that a combination of lack … |
Tech Times |
Doctors Excluded Donor’s Testicles From Johns Hopkins Penis And …
Tech Times Doctors who performed the world’s first successful penis and scrotum transplant did not transfer the deceased donor’s testes to the patient for various ethical considerations. The team of nine Johns Hopkins plastic surgeons and two urological surgeons … |
Medical BagDespite Risks, Organs From Overdose-Death Donors Yield Positive Transplant ResultsMedical BagFor both kidney and liver transplants, 5-year patient survival rates for those who received organs from people who died of overdose were higher than…
Luxembourg Times |
Most Luxembourg residents don’t have organ donor cards
Luxembourg Times Last year was a ‘good year’ for organ donation in Luxembourg, according to the non-profit association Luxembourg Transplant. Despite this assessment, however, 61% of Luxembourg residents still do not possess an organ donor card. Every year, analysis of … |
The Verge |
Transplanted testicles will always make the donor’s sperm – The Verge
The Verge A veteran of the US Armed Forces has a new penis and scrotum after the most extensive penis transplant yet, Johns Hopkins Hospital announced this week. Not included in the transplant? Testicles — because the testicles would continue to make the donor … Veteran who survived blast receives world’s first-ever penis and scrotum transplantKABC-TV US vet who survived Afghan blast recovering from world’s first extensive genital transplantThe Japan Times War veteran undergoes successful penis and scrotum transplantLeicester Mercury The Hans India –Clarksville Now –Johns Hopkins Medicine –NPR all 102 news articles » |
DailyNurse (blog)Giving the Gift of Life: Working as a Living Donor Transplant …DailyNurse (blog)by Michele Wojciechowski | Apr 26, 2018 | Blog, Career Advice | 0 Comments. Giving the Gift of Life: Working as a Living Donor Transplant Coordinator. No…
The Conversation USHow live liver transplants could save thousands of lives | WTOPWTOP(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Abhi Humar, University of Pittsburgh. (THE CONVERSAT…