Wicked LocalSPECIAL REPORT: Urgent call for blood donations by American Red CrossWicked LocalTHE ISSUE AND WHY IT MATTERS: The call went out in late January. Severe winter weather was causing canceled blood drives, resulting in a blood and platelet sho…
Researchers compare late effects of donor graft sources – Healio
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Researchers compare late effects of donor graft sources
Healio SALT LAKE CITY — Hematopoietic stem cell transplant survivors who received umbilical cord blood grafts appeared less likely to experience bone loss and cardiac complications than survivors who received HLA-matched unrelated donor grafts, according to … |
Complications less likely for cord blood recipients than for HLA-matched unrelated grafts – Healio
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Complications less likely for cord blood recipients than for HLA-matched unrelated grafts
Healio SALT LAKE CITY — Hematopoietic stem cell transplant survivors who received umbilical cord blood grafts appeared less likely to experience bone loss and cardiac complications than survivors who received HLA-matched unrelated donor grafts, according to … |
‘God has blessed us’: Mom believes her twins’ premature birth saved her life – Today.com
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‘God has blessed us’: Mom believes her twins’ premature birth saved her life
Today.com Brinson’s brother will likely be her donor, though she has several unrelated donors who volunteered to help, too. Brinson sometimes worries about the future. She’s afraid the girls might come home while she’s still in the hospital or something might … |
Organ transplant boy ‘honoured’ by law plan – BBC News
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Organ transplant boy ‘honoured’ by law plan
BBC News Organ transplant boy ‘honoured’ by law plan. A boy from Cheshire who received a heart transplant has told BBC Radio 5 live that he would be “honoured” to have potential changes to organ donation laws named after him. The prime minister told Max Johnson … |
CBCO announces blood donation sites | Local News | joplinglobe.com – Joplin Globe
KSNT NewsCBCO announces blood donation sites | Local News | joplinglobe.comJoplin GlobeCommunity Blood Center of the Ozarks is the sole local provider of blood for patients at 40 area hospitals in Southwest Missouri, Northwest Arkansas and Southeast Ka…
Nonmyeloablative haploidentical allogeneic bone marrow transplant feasible for sickle cell disease – Healio
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Nonmyeloablative haploidentical allogeneic bone marrow transplant feasible for sickle cell disease
Healio Due to related toxicity, adults with sickle cell disease and -thalassemia are not usually offered myeloablative bone marrow transplant. Previously, Bolaños Meade and colleagues showed these patients could be offered haploidentical donors and … |
Emirates ID-based organ donation shows rapid progress – The National
The NationalEmirates ID-based organ donation shows rapid progressThe NationalJust six months ago, organ donation in this country was somewhat inadequate, forcing residents and Emiratis to travel abroad for treatment. As The National reported in 2014, m…
Russ Clark, volunteer, individual | 2018 Health Care Heroes – Virginian-Pilot
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Russ Clark, volunteer, individual | 2018 Health Care Heroes
Virginian-Pilot Russ Clark couldn’t be content merely to will his body to medical science when the ultimate eventuality comes to pass. Clark, a Navy electronics and leadership-management veteran, decided two years ago that as long as he’s still living, he would be a … |
A billboard outside of Marinette connected him to kidney donor from Oklahoma – Green Bay Press Gazette
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A billboard outside of Marinette connected him to kidney donor from Oklahoma
Green Bay Press Gazette Thanks to a friend in Marinette who shared the image, Rice’s plight showed up on Noah Torres’ screen, some 800 miles away in Prague, Oklahoma. The 27-year-old knew he wanted to help. “I just called the number to see what would happen,” Torres said … |