Sacramento BeeShe took DNA test to get health information. She found 3 half-siblingsSacramento BeeDuring their infancy in the 1960s, clinics routinely ran donor programs using local medical students and other donors, said Scott Brown, director of clien…
In Algeria, taboos and law deter organ donors – Arab News
In Algeria, taboos and law deter organ donors Arab NewsBATNA, Algeria: By donating one of her kidneys, Nawel gave her husband Boubaker Ziani a new lease on life after he had undergone 16 years of dialysis. But in …
Hi-tech tests can cut blood transfusion risk – Times of India
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Hi-tech tests can cut blood transfusion risk
Times of India “But ever since we introduced the NAT testing facility , 12 blood samples were found infected with viruses like HIV and Hepatitis B, C in window period,” said Dr Sunil Mathai, secretary of IMA blood bank, Kochi. Office bearers of the Kerala Blood … HIV infection for child at RCC: Blood donation during window period suspectedMathrubhumi English Primacy for safe blood transfusionThe Hindu Nine-year-old gets HIV: Police to summon 46 blood donorsKaumudi Online Deccan Chronicle all 49 news articles » |
In Algeria, taboos and law deter organ donors – The Sun Daily
The Sun DailyIn Algeria, taboos and law deter organ donorsThe Sun DailyIn the absence of a national database, the overall number of people awaiting transplants in Algeria is unknown. Many patients are critically ill as they wait for organs such as a he…
Family cycling hundreds of miles for organ donation awareness – NBC Right Now
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Family cycling hundreds of miles for organ donation awareness
NBC Right Now NBC RIGHT NOW– This fall, Billy Day and his son, Mike, will bike roughly 522 miles from the west coast to the Idaho border. It’s not your average joy-ride. In fact, the lengthy trip came about as a way to raise awareness, and donations, for the need … |
Life-Saving Match: How The Organ Transplant Process Works – CBS Detroit
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Life-Saving Match: How The Organ Transplant Process Works
CBS Detroit Gomez is one of the lucky recipients who had a friend or family member who was both a medical match and willing to donate. Friends and relatives who want to give their loved one an organ don’t have to wait on the national waiting lists for a transplant. Selena Gomez’s best friend gave her a kidney this summerAZFamily |
Selena Gomez’s best friend Francia Raisa is spotted | Daily Mail … – Daily Mail
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Selena Gomez’s best friend Francia Raisa is spotted | Daily Mail …
Daily Mail On Saturday the brunette pal was seen for the first time since news broke of the surgery as she was spotted in LA. She looked pensive as she held onto her cell … Demi Lovato on Selena Gomez’s Kidney Transplant: ‘She Is a Very Strong Woman’PEOPLE.com |
Spike in organ transplants after 2009 amendment to law – The Straits Times
The Straits TimesSpike in organ transplants after 2009 amendment to lawThe Straits TimesMore people have got a new lease of life ever since a law was amended in 2009 to make organ donation compulsory for all adult Singaporeans and permanent residents. …
Britain’s youngest heart transplant survivor issues organ donor plea as she celebrates 30th birthday – Mirror.co.uk
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Britain’s youngest heart transplant survivor issues organ donor plea as she celebrates 30th birthday
Mirror.co.uk Her survival for three decades is testimony to how crucial it is for more people to register for organ donation – something she has campaigned for her entire life. More funding is needed to help the 6,335 desperately-ill Brits, including 182 children … |
Low Blood Supply Sees Hong Kong Red Cross End Lifetime Donation Ban on Gay Men – Sputnik International
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Low Blood Supply Sees Hong Kong Red Cross End Lifetime Donation Ban on Gay Men
Sputnik International The Hong Kong Red Cross announced that gay and bisexual men will be allowed to donate blood as long as they have not had sex with other men for a 12 month “safety period,” changing a previous lifetime ban, the Hong Kong Free Press reported. |