17Apr/18

Organs from overdose victims may save thousands on transplant … – Fox News


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Organs from overdose victims may save thousands on transplant …
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Transplant procedures involving deceased overdose victims have increased nearly 24-fold since 2000, with researchers reporting on Monday that the patients who receive these organs typically fare as well as patients who receive organs from other donors.
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Drug overdoses tied to 24-fold rise in organ transplants – Arizona’s …AZFamily
The Drug Overdose Epidemic and Deceased-Donor Transplantation in the United States: A National Registry StudyAnnals of Internal Medicine
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17Apr/18

Vernon man backs organ transplants – Vernon Morning Star


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Vernon man backs organ transplants
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Adams requested mayor and council consider passing a motion to help promote organ donor awareness and registration in the community during National Organ Donation and Tissue Donation Awareness Week April 22-29. Council unanimously concurred (though
Organ patient recalls struggleMarietta Times
Oregonians for Organ DonationEugene Weekly
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17Apr/18

Organs from drug overdoses could help transplant shortage – Defiance Crescent News


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Organs from drug overdoses could help transplant shortage
Defiance Crescent News
Deaths from overdoses are on the rise yet most occur outside hospitals, blocking organ donation. Still, those deaths now account for about 13 percent of the nation’s deceased organ donors, up from 1 percent in 2000, the researchers calculated. “This is

17Apr/18

Harvard, Yale Are Among Colleges Working to Repeal Endowment … – BloombergQuint


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Harvard, Yale Are Among Colleges Working to Repeal Endowment …
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(Bloomberg) — A tax on wealthy college endowments isn’t set to be collected for more than a year, yet schools are working behind the scenes to roll it back. A group including Yale University is trying to help two members of the U.S. House of

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17Apr/18

Tennova raises attention to organ donation awareness in ceremony – Citizentribune


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Tennova raises attention to organ donation awareness in ceremony
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Advocates for organ donation were on hand for Friday’s ceremony, which included raising Donate Life flag, including Ronnie Hommel and his niece, Laura Forbes. The two spoke in depth regarding their 2011 kidney donation and transplant, which saved