News & Observer |
DMV worker signs up organ donors, then needs one himself
News & Observer Description: Donate Life NC manages the state’s organ donor registry and works to inspire all North Carolinians to register as organ, eye and tissue donors. Focusing particularly on teen, first-time drivers and residents 50 and older, Donate Life … |
USA TODAY |
Family of organ donor listens to son’s heartbeat in another man’s chest
WTHR Tom Meeks spent three years waiting for a heart transplant. Back in April of 2011, the Vietnam Veteran was diagnosed with a rare heart disease called amyloidosis. Doctors said he wouldn’t survive without a transplant. In November of 2014, Meeks and his … Heart of dead 21-year-old saves the life of dying Vietnam vetDaily Mail |
LifesiteNetherlands aims to increase organ donations by euthanasia victimsLifesiteSpecialists from several Dutch medical schools have prepared a document that is to serve as official guidelines for organ donation after euthanasia, and aims to facilitat…
ChronicleLive |
Cramlington family’s plea for more registered organ donors as Chloe, 14, waits …
ChronicleLive Teenager Chloe Beaney may only have days to live – unless a donor heart can be found. Her desperate family are glued to the bedside of the 14-year-old awaiting news that would save her life. Chloe was admitted to Newcastle’s Freeman Hospital two weeks … |
KARE |
Family hears son’s heartbeat in another man’s chest
KARE And soon after, there was no brain activity. Turns out, Matthew Heisler signed up to be organ donor when he was 16 years old. After renewing his driver’s license, Matthew Heisler asked his father, Jared, what he had done by “checking the organ donor box.”. Heart of dead 21-year-old saves the life of dying Vietnam vetDaily Mail |
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Donating Life After Death: Organ Donors Family Meets Recipient
WSAW On Sunday, the family of Mike Erickson got the opportunity to see the good their son did even after his death, as they saw one of the more than 100 recipients of his organ and tissue donations alive and well. The meet happened at Ministry St. Joseph’s … |
ThinkProgress |
Shortage of organ donors continues
YLE News The 2010 change to legislation regarding organ donation has not helped reduce the lineups of those waiting for suitable transplant organs. Every year about 300 organ transplants are carried out, while some 400 would-be recipients wait in a queue for a … LifeCenter hosts 12th annual breakfast honoring organ donorsWLWT Cincinnati Why More Than 120000 Americans Can’t Get The Organ Transplant They NeedThinkProgress Family of Newsome teen Olivia Glennie receive award after organ donation …Huddersfield Examiner Times of Malta –Maine News –St. Louis American all 11 news articles » |
ThinkProgress |
Shortage of organ donors
YLE News The 2010 change to legislation regarding organ donation has not helped reduce the lineups of those waiting for suitable transplant organs. Every year about 300 organ transplants are carried out, while some 400 would-be recipients wait in a queue for a … LifeCenter hosts 12th annual breakfast honoring organ donorsWLWT Cincinnati Why More Than 120000 Americans Can’t Get The Organ Transplant They NeedThinkProgress Family of Newsome teen Olivia Glennie receive award after organ donation …Huddersfield Examiner Times of Malta –Maine News –St. Louis American all 10 news articles » |
ThinkProgress |
Why More Than 120000 Americans Can’t Get The Organ Transplant They Need
ThinkProgress In the upcoming weeks, the American Society of Transplant Surgeons, in conjunction with the American Renal Society and the American Society for Transplantation, will release white papers calling for studies on compensation for organ donation, which the … Family of Newsome teen Olivia Glennie receive award after organ donation …Huddersfield Examiner Consultation on organ transplantsTimes of Malta Sneak Peek into how Organs are Chosen for TransplantsMaine News St. Louis American all 7 news articles » |
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LifeCenter hosts 12th annual breakfast honoring organ donors
WLWT Cincinnati Thursday’s ceremony honored those who have been champions for donation, while urging more people to become registered organ donors. WLWT News 5’s Kristy Davis spoke with Bob Briggs, whose life was saved thanks to a liver transplant 17 years ago. |