Cambridge NewsTime to think about organ donation | Wadena PJWadena Pioneer JournalOver the years, we have run several stories about organ donation – both donors and recipients – and what it means to everyone involved. The heroes who donated and the peo…
Cambridge NewsCall for Cambridgeshire organ donors as numbers drop for first time in decade …Cambridge NewsNearly 40 Cambridgeshire residents have died waiting for a transplant in the past five years and 82 are currently on the waiting list, accordin…
Youth Health Magzine |
Three-time Organ Recipient Campaigns for Organ Donation as She Waits Her …
Youth Health Magzine When it comes to organ donations, Kate Jakes understand its importance well. Diagnosed with an autoimmune disease that attacks her liver rather than the infection, she has already received 3 liver transplants within the last 5 years, all of which led … Bill: Teach organ donation in high school health classes – Local 12 WKRC-TV …WKRC TV Cincinnati The number of organ donors in the UK fell for the first time in 10 years – QuartzQuartz Help others live after your death. People urged to become organ donors after …Wisbech Standard Dorset Echo –Swindon Advertiser –News & Star all 29 news articles » |
Courier Mail |
Organ donation: Queensland’s first heart transplant mother | The Courier-Mail
Courier Mail Hill recalls “crushing” a nurse’s hand as she was wheeled into an operating theatre for emergency surgery to connect her to a ventricular assist device, or VAD — a portable, mechanical pump designed to boost the function of her heart until a donor … |
The Detroit NewsRubin: Detroit mom honors daughter, makes the case for organ donation – The …The Detroit NewsSince Angela Griggs died in late 2010, her mother has been a kind and public face of organ donation. Donation is a simple and valuable act, b…
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Dispelling organ donation myths | The New Age Online
The New Age Online Open Eye Foundation, a non profit organisation which creates awareness of various chronic illnesses, is to hold an organ and tissue donation indaba in Soweto next month to raise awareness in black communities. “The reality is, black people are three to … |
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Dispelling organ donation myths
The New Age Online “The reality is, black people are three to four times more likely to need vital organ transplants than any other race because of factors such as poor diet, uncontrolled high blood pressure, poorly managed diabetes and high cholesterol levels,” Open Eye … |
Capital New York |
D.C.A.: Organ donors protected by city’s paid sick leave law | Capital New York
Capital New York The New York City Department of Consumer Affairs has ruled that the city’s 2014 paid sick leave law provides protection for those who wish to donate organs. “As paid sick leave can be used for elective surgeries, D.C.A. concludes that organ donation … |
Wisbech Standard |
The number of organ donors in the UK fell for the first time in 10 years – Quartz
Quartz Few people die under circumstances that allow their organs to be successfully donated. In the UK, the number of such deaths has fallen by 3% in 2014 compared to a year ago. That means, for the first time in a decade, the number of people who could … Help others live after your death. People urged to become organ donors after …Wisbech Standard Bill: Teach organ donation in high school health classes – Local 12 WKRC-TV …WKRC TV Cincinnati Families urged to talk about organ donation as 28 die in Dorset waiting for …Dorset Echo News & Star –Sun FM Radio (press release) (registration) all 23 news articles » |
Lancashire Telegraph |
Harlee-Jae Proctor’s mum makes plea for more organ donors (From Lancashire …
Lancashire Telegraph Sasha is urging East Lancashire residents to sign up to the organ register as for the first time in more than a decade the number of people donating organs has fallen. Last year the lives of 72 local people were saved or drastically improved by an … |