Centre Daily Times (blog)Organ donation Mount Nittany Medical Center Pennsylvania …Centre Daily Times (blog)Mount Nittany Medical Center is in its fourth year of participation in the Hospital Association of Pa.Donate Life Hospital Challenge.Pennsylva…
International News NetworkMany discarded kidneys can prolong lifeInternational News NetworkThe study also suggests that even kidneys that showed poor biopsy results, and which were collected from deceased donors, were more efficient in prolonging life …
LancasterOnlinePennsylvania must do more to encourage organ donation, but …LancasterOnlineIn this Facebook photo from August 2016, Tony Forte, of Manheim Township, recovers in bed after undergoing a multi-organ transplant at a Miami hospital.Wiltshir…
The Gazette: Eastern Iowa Breaking News and Headlines |
Pastor, citing Bible, donates kidney to stranger
The Gazette: Eastern Iowa Breaking News and Headlines One in four of those donors is not biologically related to the recipient. “There is right way and wrong way to go about finding a living kidney donor,” Shields said, noting the Alexanders leveraged an effective social media campaign by posting photos … |
News & Observer |
12 years ago this pastor was slowly dying. Two weeks ago, he was swimming competitively.
News & Observer Barndt has relished his newfound ability to compete, but he also sees his efforts in a larger context – both a way to promote organ donation, and to help him share with others his spiritual journey through illness and recovery. “Becoming an athlete … |
6abc.com |
Matches Made in Heaven: 8 patients involved in kidney swap meet …
6abc.com A kidney swap involving donors who weren’t matches for loved ones but for perfect strangers has prompted the nickname “matches made in heaven” and … |
Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier |
Charles City youth wrestler gives gift of life through organ donation
Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier “He wanted to be an organ donor, and I think he survived so long because he wanted to save those five peoples’ lives,” Wendy said. “He had picked out his walk-up song already so as they were wheeling him to the OR (operating room) Friday everybody … |
Malta Independent OnlineIs it ethical to purchase human organs?Malta Independent OnlinePeople with end-stage kidney disease who receive a transplant tend to live much longer than those who undergo dialysis. A kidney from a living donor will last from 1…
Times of India |
MP to go the Tamil Nadu way to boost organ donation
Times of India INDORE: The Madhya Pradesh government has decided to replicate Tamil Nadu’s model of organ donation by launching a massive campaign to generate mass awareness and create infrastructure to facilitate green corridors and transplantation. Indore has … |
Wiltshire Times |
Wiltshire folk urged to sign up now as organ donor rates rise
Wiltshire Times Sally Johnson, director of organ donation and transplantation for NHS Blood and Transplant, said: “More people than ever in Wiltshire are committing to organ donation and that is saving more lives than ever. It’s amazing to picture all the people now … How political failure and row over party funding drown out progress on reforming organ donation lawsBelfast Telegraph |