11Aug/13

Oneida County residents rank low on organ donation – Utica Observer Dispatch

Oneida County residents rank low on organ donation
Utica Observer Dispatch
And Lauren’s Law, which requires driver’s license applicants to fill out a section on the organ donor registry – making sure every applicant hears about the registry — will kick in this fall. A statewide initiative has produced videos on organ
Owen Jack: Everyone should become an organ donorSanta Cruz Sentinel
Concern Over Wales Introducing An Opt-out Organ Donation SystemCross Rhythms
Brain-dead teen becomes Japan’s third organ donor aged under 15Mainichi Daily News

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11Aug/13

Devoted wife to give new husband the ultimate wedding present – a new kidney – WalesOnline

Devoted wife to give new husband the ultimate wedding present – a new kidney
WalesOnline
He’s not on the organ donation list for a transplant as he has a living donor, but he will be if this transplant fails. The main role of the kidneys is to filter waste products from the blood before converting them to urine. But if they lose this

10Aug/13

Owen Jack: Everyone should become an organ donor – Santa Cruz Sentinel

Owen Jack: Everyone should become an organ donor
Santa Cruz Sentinel
Everyone should become an organ donor. Many lives could be improved with the organs from your body. Giving the gift of life to someone is a rewarding act of generosity. My 18-year-old brother is going to need a heart transplant and I pray there will be
Concern Over Wales Introducing An Opt-out Organ Donation SystemCross Rhythms
Brain-dead teen becomes Japan’s third organ donor aged under 15Mainichi Daily News

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10Aug/13

West Nile Virus Death Raises Transfusion Issues – MedPage Today


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West Nile Virus Death Raises Transfusion Issues
MedPage Today
The patient — a man with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma — had been given blood donation that was part of a “minipool” of six donations. As a group, the donations were reactive for WNV but each had tested negative individually, according to Ingrid Rabe, MBChB
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Fatal West Nile Infection Likely Caused by Blood TransfusionNews 92 FM

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