19Nov/18

After three years, St. Luke’s nurse becomes a match for leukemia patient, donates bone marrow – Duluth News Tribune


Duluth News Tribune

After three years, St. Luke’s nurse becomes a match for leukemia patient, donates bone marrow
Duluth News Tribune
While it’s preferred that donors be siblings of the patient, there is only a 25 percent chance that a brother or sister’s marrow will match. If that option is not available, then doctors will screen for unrelated donors. A study on donor selection said

19Nov/18

After three years, St. Luke’s nurse becomes a match for leukemia patient, donates bone marrow – Duluth News Tribune


Duluth News Tribune

After three years, St. Luke’s nurse becomes a match for leukemia patient, donates bone marrow
Duluth News Tribune
While it’s preferred that donors be siblings of the patient, there is only a 25 percent chance that a brother or sister’s marrow will match. If that option is not available, then doctors will screen for unrelated donors. A study on donor selection said

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19Nov/18

Teenager killed in crash to be honored for being an organ donor – ABC NEWS 4


ABC NEWS 4

Teenager killed in crash to be honored for being an organ donor
ABC NEWS 4
CAMDEN, S.C. (AP) — A 17-year-old who likely saved four lives donating his organs after his death in a car crash will be the South Carolinian honored on a Rose Parade float on New Year’s Day. Sharing Hope SC says it is creating a portrait made with …

18Nov/18

People Are Dying Because Canada’s Stem Cell Registry Is Too White – HuffPost Canada


HuffPost Canada

People Are Dying Because Canada’s Stem Cell Registry Is Too White
HuffPost Canada
The rest are forced to rely on an unrelated donor. Roshlind, who is Filipino, faces an uphill battle: the adult stem cell donor database is only 0.85 per cent Filipino, Dr. Heidi Elmoazzen at the Canadian Blood Services told HuffPost Canada. Neither

18Nov/18

Heart transplant recipient: ‘It’s the best gift anyone can have’ – New Zealand Herald


New Zealand Herald

Heart transplant recipient: ‘It’s the best gift anyone can have’
New Zealand Herald
Tauranga Hospital ICU/CCU clinical nurse manager Chris Southerwood recommends people to have the conversation about organ donation. “It is so important. Donation makes a difference. It offers valuable second chances and dramatically changes lives.”.

18Nov/18

Blood donations urgently needed – Kokomo Tribune


nwitimes.com

Blood donations urgently needed
Kokomo Tribune
Blood donations urgently needed. FORT WAYNE —The American Red Cross is facing a severe blood shortage and urgently needs blood donors to give now to avoid delays in lifesaving medical care for patients. Volunteer blood drive hosts are also critically …
Red Cross seeks blood donors, hosts to help prevent shortageThe Robesonian
Severe blood shortage: Red Cross issues immediate call for blood donationsnwitimes.com
Upcoming area blood drivesEast Side Review
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (blog) –The Collegiate
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18Nov/18

Indiana organ donor Justin Langford to be honored at 2019 Rose Parade – WISH-TV


WISH-TV

Indiana organ donor Justin Langford to be honored at 2019 Rose Parade
WISH-TV
WHITESTOWN, Ind. (WISH) — People paused in the lobby of New Hope Christian Church as they arrived for Sunday services to gaze at a portrait of Justin Langford. The “floragraph” — a collage made entirely of organic material including seeds, spices and …