14Mar/17

Mandatory life-support alerts produce more organ donations in Manitoba – Winnipeg Free Press

Mandatory life-support alerts produce more organ donations in Manitoba
Winnipeg Free Press
Making it mandatory for doctors and nurses to contact the province’s Gift of Life program before withdrawing life support from patients has led to a more than 100 per cent increase in the number of potential organ donors in just two years. Dr. Faisal

14Mar/17

Sperm donors from South Florida advised not to donate due to Zika risk – Bradenton Herald


Bradenton Herald

Sperm donors from South Florida advised not to donate due to Zika risk
Bradenton Herald
There are also 21 travel-related infections statewide, including four in Miami-Dade, and two categorized as “undetermined” after state health officials were unable to identify where those cases originated. Zika is spread primarily by the bite of an
CDC: Don’t donate sperm in 3 Florida counties due to ZikaCTV News
Men in 3 Florida counties warned not to donate spermCBS News
Zika in sperm may increase infection risk in 3 South Florida countiesOrlando Sentinel
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention –CNN
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14Mar/17

Opt-out plan for organ donation would help fix Ontario’s broken system – The Fulcrum


The Fulcrum

Opt-out plan for organ donation would help fix Ontario’s broken system
The Fulcrum
In an opt-out policy, something that’s been recently adopted in France, you are automatically placed on the organ donor list. You can be removed from the list only if you explicitly say so. This is the opposite of what happens in Ontario, where you