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07May/16

Overdose deaths are boosting organ donation rates – BioEdge


BioEdge

Overdose deaths are boosting organ donation rates
BioEdge
The number of deaths from opioid overdoses has skyrocketed in the US, but public health executives see a big positive in the tragedy – increased organ donation. Healthcare analysts have written extensively on the ramifications of the US opioid abuse …
Infographic: Drug overdoses lead to spike in organ donationsConcord Monitor

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04May/16

Torch Run shines light on organ donation – Bucyrus Telegraph Forum


Bucyrus Telegraph Forum

Torch Run shines light on organ donation
Bucyrus Telegraph Forum
BUCYRUS – More than a dozen people marched the half mile from the downtown mural to Avita Health System’s Bucyrus Hospital on Wednesday morning to bring awareness for organ, eye and tissue donation. The walk was one of the stops on the Torch …
Friends celebrate life, organ donationMarion Star

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03May/16

America’s Heroin Epidemic Is Actually Helping Those Waiting For Organ Transplants – Medical Daily


Medical Daily

America’s Heroin Epidemic Is Actually Helping Those Waiting For Organ Transplants
Medical Daily
Yet, in a morbid twist of fate, it has also positively impacted another problem within the United States health care system: an ever-growing need for organ donors. As the number of people who have lost their lives from heroin overdoses has increased