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New Jersey mandates organ donation lessons in schools
Allentown Examiner New Jersey is the first sate to incorporate mandatory organ donation education into the high school curriculum. The education component of the New Jersey … |
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India accounts for low incidence of organ transplant due to lack of awareness …
pharmabiz.com The cadaver organ donation programme is active only in five states of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra and Karnataka, said the officials. … and more » |
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Local woman needs bone marrow transplant donor
KGET 17 Rachel knows a transplant only buys her time. It doesn't cure the disease. Despite that, she forges ahead, always smiling, ready to face the challenge head … |
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Comparison of hand-assisted laparoscopic radical nephrectomy with open radical …
UroToday We analyzed the data from 2561 patients who underwent radical nephrectomy at 26 institutions in Korea between June 1998 and December 2007 for localized RCC. … |
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Widow continues to support bone marrow donor drive
insideTORONTO.com Julie's husband, Jonathan, who underwent a bone marrow transplant in July, lost his battle with myelofibrosis Aug. 30. "I encourage people to register," … |
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Karate Instructor Needs Life-Saving Transplant
WYFF4.com The married father of three is in need of a bone marrow transplant. "I didn't know how important it was until this happened to my brother. … and more » |
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Former Des Plaines boy to undergo bone marrow transplant
Chicago Daily Herald Then last spring, Teddy was diagnosed with a rare genetic disorder – dyskeratosis congenita – that causes bone marrow failure, or the inability of marrow to … and more » |
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Decorah woman continues to fight as she waits/hopes for kidney donor
Decorah Journal According to Lynette Fix, kidney transplant coordinator for Mayo Clinic, the chance of a living donor having complications or needing a transplant later in … |
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Couples Exchange Kidneys in “Paired Donor Transplant”
UCSD Medical Center The results are better than that of deceased donation.” “What made this surgery additionally successful is that we used a laparoscopic, minimally invasive … |
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Kidneys from deceased donors with ARF could probably increase the donor pool
HealthJockey.com Apparently kidneys recovered from deceased donors with acute renal failure (ARF) seem to function just as well as kidneys transplanted from deceased donors … |