ModernHealthcare.comGap in living kidney transplants between white and minority …ModernHealthcare.comA new study finds the gap between white and minorities in the receipt of kidneys from live donors has widened instead of narrowed, amid a push to red…
PEOPLE.com |
Police Officer Saves Baby Girl Through Emergency Liver Transplant: ‘We’ll Forever Be Connected’
PEOPLE.com It was a parent’s worst nightmare. Sloan St. James was born a healthy, bouncing baby in April. But her parents, Sarah and Chris St. James, knew there was something wrong when their baby girl remained jaundiced for months after her birth. “I brought it … |
Morganton News HeraldRacial, ethnic disparities persist for patients in receiving kidney transplants from live donorsEurekAlert (press release)Bottom Line: Black and Hispanic patients are less likely than white patients to receive a live donor kidney a…
San Antonio Express-News |
Kidney donor finds reward in saving someone’s life
San Antonio Express-News One reason for studying people like Krammer, according to the doctor: “We need more of them.” More than 100,000 people are on the waiting list for a kidney transplant in the U.S., according to UNOS, but just 19,000 are performed each year, the majority … |
Hindustan TimesKota homoeopath on vision mission, collects 295 cornea pairs in 6 yearsHindustan TimesDr Kulwant Gaur (39), who runs a private homoeopathic clinic in Bajrang Nagar area of Kota city, has facilitated donation of 295 pairs of corneas over …
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‘Body donors’ tell UAMS medical students much | The Kansas City Star
Kansas City Star Each year, about 100 people sign up to donate their body as a whole to science upon their deaths through the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Anatomical Gift Program. |
Condolence for late eye donorsHimalayan TimesA mass condolence ceremony was organised at the Eye Bank,Tilganga Institute of Ophthalmology on the memory of the deceased cornea donors today. Nearly 70,000 people have pledged to donate their cornea to the…
Online Athens |
Piedmont Athens CEO dedication to be included in Rose Parade float
Online Athens On Monday, the Donate Life parade float, “The Gift of Time,” will participate in the annual Tournament of Roses Parade in California and will include a dedication garden made up of roses with hand written dedications by hospital CEOs across the country … WellStar, LifeLink present float in Rose ParadeAtlanta Journal Constitution West Georgia hospitals, transplant support agency partner on Rose Parade floatMDJOnline.com |
Online Athens |
Piedmont Athens CEO dedication to be included in Rose Parade float
Online Athens On Monday, the Donate Life parade float, “The Gift of Time,” will participate in the annual Tournament of Roses Parade in California and will include a dedication garden made up of roses with hand written dedications by hospital CEOs across the country … WellStar, LifeLink present float in Rose ParadeAtlanta Journal Constitution West Georgia hospitals, transplant support agency partner on Rose Parade floatMDJOnline.com |
The Herald-News |
Blood drive to honor deceased police captain
The Herald-News JOLIET — Will County State’s Attorney James Glasgow announced that the first Taylor Babec Community Blood Drive of 2018 will be held on Jan. 16. The drive will be held in honor of the late Jim Stewart, a dedicated Heartland Blood Centers donor who led … |