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 |
Belleville Intelligencer |
Family’s organ donation success
Belleville Intelligencer Luke Hendry/The Intelligencer Alistair Stark, of Consecon, smiles while standing outside Belleville General Hospital Thursday. He received a transplant of part of his son’s liver and 14 years later is in good health – and hoping to inspire more people … |
The GuardianHIV-positive patients get organs from donors with HIV in UK transplant firstThe GuardianNHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT), the agency that administers organ donations in the UK, said that although there were extra risks associated with trans…
Hindustan TimesPeople behind the success story of organ donations at PGIHindustan TimesIn 2015, the families of 26 brain dead patients were counselled to save lives by donating organs. As a result, the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and R…
The Epoch Times |
Organ Donation and How it Touches Orange County Lives
The Epoch Times MIDDLETOWN—April is Donate Life Month and for most people it’s about as personal as checking a box when they go the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) to get or renew their license. Ellen Dunn, a Scotchtown resident, was in such a DMV in … |
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 |
Marion Star |
Friends celebrate life, organ donation
Marion Star MARION – “Shocked. Floored. Totally amazed.” These are the emotions that Kathy Scott, organ donor recipient, recalls feeling when a co-worker and friend, Shelly Crall, offered to donate a kidney to her, as Scott was one doctor’s visit away from dialysis. |
LETTERS: On STEAM learning and organ donationsMonitorThanks to The Monitor staff for prominently highlighting the extreme need for organ donors during National Donate Life Month in the April 21 issue of the Vida Health section. Our area has a high need…
Marketwired (press release)2017 Donate Life Float Depicts Spectacular Polynesian Catamaran, Celebrates Organ Donors and Recipients as …Marketwired (press release)LOS ANGELES, CA–(Marketwired – May 03, 2016) – On behalf of sponsors and honorees acros…
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 … |