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Donor Families Christen Soldiers +Sailors’ Remembrance Tree
NorthcentralPa.com WELLSBORO – Organ donors are heroes to the families they touch. Local heart transplant recipient Curt Abplanalp recently gave thanks by christening UPMC Susquehanna Soldiers + Sailors’ new remembrance tree in honor of his donor—an experience made … |
April Is National Donate Life MonthHiawatha WorldThere are several ways to be a donor. One can be a tissue donor, an organ donor or a living donor. Tissue donation happens after a person is deceased. One tissue donor can help up to 50 people. Tissues t…
Chronicle Telegram |
University Hospitals event recognizes organ donors
Chronicle Telegram Bowen spoke to University Hospital’s Donate Life and Donor Recognition Ceremony on Monday, about a year after his son’s death. He and J.C.’s mother, Kate Higgins, came from Massachusetts to the Cleveland hospital because J.C. died while he and his … |
Defiance Crescent News |
Organs from drug overdoses could help transplant shortage
Defiance Crescent News Deaths from overdoses are on the rise yet most occur outside hospitals, blocking organ donation. Still, those deaths now account for about 13 percent of the nation’s deceased organ donors, up from 1 percent in 2000, the researchers calculated. “This is … |
BloombergQuint |
Harvard, Yale Are Among Colleges Working to Repeal Endowment …
BloombergQuint (Bloomberg) — A tax on wealthy college endowments isn’t set to be collected for more than a year, yet schools are working behind the scenes to roll it back. A group including Yale University is trying to help two members of the U.S. House of … |
UKNow (press release)New UK Medical Leave Policy Provides Coverage for DonorsUKNow (press release)While the organ donor registry may be able to provide a suitable kidney from a deceased donor, patients often have to wait for years, surviving through we…
The Globe and Mail |
Humboldt’s ‘Logan Effect’ bolsters Canada’s dismal organ donations …
The Globe and Mail The impact has been so profound that they are calling it the “Logan Effect.” Logan Boulet, a Humboldt Broncos’ defenceman, suffered traumatic brain injuries in the April 6 bus crash that left 16 dead and 13 injured. Because he had registered as an … Organ donations from overdose victims a “silver lining” of opioid crisisCBS News Woman steps in to give a kidney to a complete strangerFOX 10 News Phoenix |
FOX 10 News Phoenix |
Woman steps in to give a kidney to a complete stranger
FOX 10 News Phoenix PHOENIX (KSAZ) – Most organ and tissue donations happen after the donor has died, but kidney donations from these deceased donors haven’t been able to keep up with the demand. So now, the living are stepping in to help family, friends, and even … |
Monthly Prescribing ReferenceThe Drug Overdose Epidemic and Deceased-Donor Transplantation in the United States: A National Registry StudyAnnals of Internal MedicineA total of 7313 ODDs and 19 897 ODD transplants (10 347 kidneys, 5707 livers, 2471 hear…
Renal and Urology NewsThe Drug Overdose Epidemic and Deceased-Donor Transplantation in the United States: A National Registry StudyAnnals of Internal MedicineA total of 7313 ODDs and 19 897 ODD transplants (10 347 kidneys, 5707 livers, 2471 hearts, and…