10Sep/18

Vanderbilt officials issue warning about organ donation scam | News … – WSMV Nashville

WSMV NashvilleVanderbilt officials issue warning about organ donation scam | News …WSMV NashvilleOfficials have received several reports about scammers posing as VUMC representatives offering cash payments for organ donations through texts and ….

10Sep/18

Midway Man’s Family Launches Campaign To Find Living Kidney Donor – Greeneville Sun


Greeneville Sun

Midway Man’s Family Launches Campaign To Find Living Kidney Donor
Greeneville Sun
… family to wear, announcing they they searching for a type-O kidney donor. In many instances, living donors are found among families who both need kidneys. For example, a loved one is willing to donate a kidney to an unrelated recipient. At the same

10Sep/18

Doctors explore lifting barriers to living organ donation: ‘She is truly a walking miracle for me’ – Chicago Tribune


Chicago Tribune

Doctors explore lifting barriers to living organ donation: ‘She is truly a walking miracle for me’
Chicago Tribune
Surgeons turned down Terra Goudge for the liver transplant that was her only shot at surviving a rare cancer. Her tumor was too advanced, they said — even though Goudge had a friend ready to donate, no matter those odds. “I have a living donor — I’m

10Sep/18

PRIMARY SEASON WINDS DOWN — Republicans race to rescue Cruz — WHAT’S NEXT FOR KAVANAUGH … – Politico

PRIMARY SEASON WINDS DOWN — Republicans race to rescue Cruz — WHAT’S NEXT FOR KAVANAUGH …
Politico
Related reads: “Top Trump Adviser Says Ted Cruz Could Lose Texas Senate Race,” from The New York Times’ Alexander Burns and Kenneth P. Vogel: https://nyti.ms/2CEkSJU; and “Cruz: Democrats want Texas to be ‘like California,’ have ‘tofu’ and ‘dyed hair

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10Sep/18

How AI changed organ donation in the US – Quartz


Quartz

How AI changed organ donation in the US
Quartz
The second was to wait for the unexpected death of a stranger who was a suitable physical match and happened to have the organ-donor box checked on their driver’s license. The third was to die. But then it occurred to doctors: given enough kidney

10Sep/18

How AI changed organ donation in the US – Quartz


Quartz

How AI changed organ donation in the US
Quartz
There used to be only three ways off of a kidney transplant waiting list. The first was to find a healthy person from within one’s own pool of friends and family, who perfectly matched both the recipient’s blood and tissue types, and possessed a spare
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