Tennessee paramedic continued saving lives with organ donation  WKRN News 2Kyle Fisher, 28, was a paramedic who helped people every day. His final act was the donation of his heart, liver, kidneys, lungs and tissue on Feb. 9, saving the …

Thanks, New Jersey! 2018 a record-breaking year for organ donations  New Jersey 101.5 FM RadioThe New Jersey Sharing Network reports a record number of successful organ transplants in the state during 2018. And there was an unprecedented numb…

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez identified the problem. Here’s the solution  CNNFollowing US Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s withering viral takedown of big money in politics, Michael Waldman says that the solution is a voluntary system of …

FDA warns against ‘young blood’ transfusions  Fox News

The Food and Drug Administration is warning against so-called “vampire” treatments or procedures that involve injecting plasma from young blood donors in an …

Statement from FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, MD, and Director of FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research Peter Marks, MD, Ph.D., cautioning consumers against receiving young donor plasma infusions that are promoted as unproven treatment for varying conditions  FDA.gov

Español. The FDA has recently become aware of reports of establishments in several states that are offering infusions of plasma from young donors to …

Surgeon’s tips to boost transplant  Telegraph IndiaJohn J. Fung stressed the need for the state to waive the cost of treatment of the donors to give a boost to cadaver organ transplant.

Study: Adolescent female blood donors at risk for iron deficiency and associated anemia  EurekAlertFemale adolescent blood donors are more likely to have low iron stores and iron deficiency anemia than adult female blood donors and nondonors,…

Organ collection group with poor results gets new contract  Albuquerque JournalFederal regulators in June took the unusual step of announcing they would shut down a New York-based …