20Jun/17

Some unconventional family reproductive arrangements can ‘simulate’ incest, experts warn – National Post


National Post

Some unconventional family reproductive arrangements can ‘simulate’ incest, experts warn
National Post
The unorthodox, medically assisted conceptions allow intended parents to preserve a genetic link, a “kinship tie,” that would otherwise be lost using an unrelated egg or sperm donor, experts say. However, such collaborations are also presenting prickly …

20Jun/17

St. Joseph’s College students volunteered for Fortis Hospital’s organ donation campaign – India Education Diary


India Education Diary

St. Joseph’s College students volunteered for Fortis Hospital’s organ donation campaign
India Education Diary
Bangalore: Fortis Hospitals, Bangalore in collaboration with St. Joseph’s College conducted a three day organ donation campaign to highlight and spread awareness about organ donation among the general public from 19th to 21st June, 2017.

20Jun/17

Opioid addiction could be factor in growing number of donor organs: experts – National Post


National Post

Opioid addiction could be factor in growing number of donor organs: experts
National Post
Not all died of an overdose, nor did they all use opioids, but the spokeswoman for B.C. Transplant says the agency is definitely seeing an increase in organs from opioid-related deaths and is continuing to track and analyze the data. The agency doesn’t

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20Jun/17

Opioid-related deaths could be factor in growing number of donor organs: experts – Hamilton Spectator


Hamilton Spectator

Opioid-related deaths could be factor in growing number of donor organs: experts
Hamilton Spectator
OTTAWA – Amid the growing death toll of Canada’s ongoing opioid epidemic, there’s evidence of a correlating increase in the number of healthy human organs available for transplant. The agency that manages organ donations and transplants in British …
25 per cent of organs donated in BC came from fentanyl overdose deathsCaledonia Courier
25 per cent of transplanted organs in BC donated by fentanyl OD victimsCTV News

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