22Nov/18

Registered organ donors often avoid ticking box for eyes, but many need gift of sight – The Chronicle Journal

Registered organ donors often avoid ticking box for eyes, but many need gift of sight
The Chronicle Journal
Humphreys said that like other tissues and organs from deceased donors, the demand for eye tissue lags supply: for instance, the average wait time for a cornea transplant in Ontario is 252 days — or more than eight months. Of the 12.4 million

22Nov/18

Proposal to give Rs 5 lakh to relatives of deceased organ donors awaits clearance – Daily Pioneer

Proposal to give Rs 5 lakh to relatives of deceased organ donors awaits clearance
Daily Pioneer
The move, that ‘compensatory support’ should be doled out to any relative who has to go through the medical trauma of donating the organ of the family member, aims to boost deceased organ donation, which is dismally low in the country, said Dr Anil

22Nov/18

Travelled to zika-affected areas? Can’t donate blood for 4 months – Times of India


Times of India

Travelled to zika-affected areas? Can’t donate blood for 4 months
Times of India
MUMBAI: With zika virus actively circulating in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, blood banks across the country have been asked to strengthen screening of donors. Zika virus, which primarily spreads with the bite of an infected mosquito, can also be …

22Nov/18

US paper finds cannabis use has no effect on kidney transplant outcomes – The GrowthOp


The GrowthOp

US paper finds cannabis use has no effect on kidney transplant outcomes
The GrowthOp
“Living donor transplants decrease the time the recipient spends on dialysis and increase the small donor pool,” the paper explains. Additionally, “outcomes of the recipient and their graft are better when receiving a living donor kidney over a

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