BBC NewsBereaved Essex mother gives kidney to Basildon patientBBC NewsPat Carroll, 63, has been raising awareness of the importance of organ donation since the death of her daughter Natalie in 2014. She has decided … He has been dialysing for a coupl…
Programme on cornea blindness – The Assam Tribune Online – Assam Tribune
Programme on cornea blindness – The Assam Tribune OnlineAssam TribuneGUWAHATI, Sept 5 – In India, about 20,000 cornea donations occur yearly, but unfortunately, the share of Assam is only three per cent. Lack of awareness …and more »
How the Abstraction of ‘RimWorld’ Highlights Real-Life Medical and Moral Dilemmas – VICE
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How the Abstraction of ‘RimWorld’ Highlights Real-Life Medical and Moral Dilemmas
VICE Yeah the other colonists don’t like it, in fact there’s a mood debuff that will stack depending on how many organs you harvest at once, but in a relatively well-run homestead this isn’t a gigantic problem – and they forget about it after a week, just … |
What happens when a living kidney donor needs a transplant? – Medical Xpress
Press HeraldWhat happens when a living kidney donor needs a transplant?Medical XpressDuring that period, 210 transplant candidates who were prior living donors with priority status were added to the transplant waiting list. As of Sept. 4, 2015, 167 of …
Doctors suggest regular surveillance of ‘at risk’ patients to detect … – Business Standard
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Doctors suggest regular surveillance of ‘at risk’ patients to detect …
Business Standard New Delhi[India], Sept. 5 (ANI): Medical Experts who assembled at the national capital opined that that regular surveillance of at risk patients helps to detect the … |
Transplant expert calls for more black people on donor list – The Voice Online
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Transplant expert calls for more black people on donor list
The Voice Online According to NHS Blood and Transplant, only 67 out of 1,364 deceased donors in the UK were from the BAME community in 2015/16 – while 1,686 patients from the BAME community waited for an organ transplant. Professor Yaqoob, said: “It is important that … Transplant expert’s warning over shortage of BAME organ donorsEast London and West Essex Guardian Series Figures released for ‘deemed consent’ organ donationGlamorgan Gem Haryana: FMRI hosts summit on organ donationMedical Dialogues Cosumnes Connection (subscription) –Daily Echo all 60 news articles » |
Dobson honoured on organ donation week – Banbridge Leader
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Dobson honoured on organ donation week
Banbridge Leader Organ donation charity the Northern Ireland Kidney Patients Association (NIKPA) has honoured the Upper Bann MLA for her ‘continued and tireless’ efforts to promote organ donation. Alongside many local Organ Donation charities NIKPA supported Mrs … |
Top professor calls for more organ donors from British ethnic minorities – Easterneye (press release) (subscription)
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Top professor calls for more organ donors from British ethnic minorities
Easterneye (press release) (subscription) Professor Yaqoob said: “It is important that we raise awareness of organ donation all year round, not just during this awareness week – especially in black and minority ethnic communities. We are seeing more people in those communities wait longer and … Transplant expert’s warning over shortage of BAME organ donorsEast London and West Essex Guardian Series Hospital penguins and rhino help promote organ donation weekThe Argus Brave Heathfield dad cycles for organ donation weekSussex Express Nottingham Post –Worthing Herald all 106 news articles » |
Has your life been changed by organ donation? Share your stories – The Guardian
The GuardianHas your life been changed by organ donation? Share your storiesThe GuardianDoctors at a San Francisco hospital began an unusual series of kidney transplants with six living donors providing organs to six patients in a chain that began with…
Britney Spears Joins Stem Cell Drive for Jewish Mother – The Jewish Voice
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Britney Spears Joins Stem Cell Drive for Jewish Mother
The Jewish Voice Sharon Berger, 65, of London was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukaemia (AML) in 2012, and was informed by medical authorities that the only possible cure was a stem cell transplant from an unrelated donor. A worldwide search was begun – dubbed the … |