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Mumbai close to TN in organ donation
The Hindu The city’s organ donation machinery is on a roll this year, inching close to Tamil Nadu, that has for years had the most robust organ donation system in place. Mumbai has so far recorded 11 cadaver donations, as compared to eight in the first two … |
Surge in organ donation heartening: experts – The Hindu
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Surge in organ donation heartening: experts
The Hindu The city’s organ donation machinery is on a roll this year, inching closer to Tamil Nadu that has for years had the most robust organ donation system. This year, Mumbai has recorded 11 cadaver donations till date, up from the eight donations in the … |
Pownal woman to receive kidney after roadside plea – WMTW Portland
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Pownal woman to receive kidney after roadside plea
WMTW Portland There is much less supply than demand, and those seeking a transplant may choose an organ from a deceased donor. Kidneys from living donors tend to last longer. Deming’s donor is a mother of four and waitress in Kendusdeag. She will be out of work for … |
TRANSPLANT TOURISM ECONOMY OF SRI LANKA AT A GRINDING HALT – Ceylon Daily News
TRANSPLANT TOURISM ECONOMY OF SRI LANKA AT A GRINDING HALTCeylon Daily NewsE.It will be pertinent to mention here that in India transplants with unrelated donors are considered for approval on merits of the case by an authorised committee. In rare case…
Let’s save lives through organ donation opt-out – The Times (subscription)
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Let’s save lives through organ donation opt-out
The Times (subscription) A few years ago, in South Carolina, a 78-year-old man called Larry Swilling made himself a sandwich-board sign to wear. What was nigh was not the end of the world but the end of his wife, to whom he’d been married for 57 years. She had only one kidney, … |
Hillary Clinton needs hope and change. Can she accept that before it’s too late? – The Guardian
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Hillary Clinton needs hope and change. Can she accept that before it’s too late?
The Guardian And, because of those stupid speaking fees she shouldn’t have taken plus related ties to the investment world, she just isn’t credible on reining in and taxing Wall Street. So, to get momentum back by Super Tuesday, she needs to fire up some hope. Jeb Bush Leaves Behind Republican Party He Can Barely RecognizeNBCNews.com The Establishment Plans for an Open ConventionRushLimbaugh.com |
HIV-Positive Organ Transplants Set To Begin At Johns Hopkins – GPB
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HIV-Positive Organ Transplants Set To Begin At Johns Hopkins
GPB So we did a study to try to estimate how many potential HIV-positive deceased donors there would be. And it turns out that it’s about 500 per year. So if you think about 500 donors per year deceased donors that’s over 1,000 organs, so that’s over 1,000 … |
Reham Khan signs up to be organ donor – Aaj Tv (press release) (blog)
Aaj Tv (press release) (blog)Reham Khan signs up to be organ donorAaj Tv (press release) (blog)KARACHI: Broadcast journalist Reham Khan has signed up to be an organ donor at the Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation (SIUT). The ex-wife of the …
A $2 Test Might Have Helped This Man With HIV Avoid Daily Spinal Taps – KPBS
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A $2 Test Might Have Helped This Man With HIV Avoid Daily Spinal Taps
KPBS And while retention in HIV care has greatly improved, roughly a quarter of adult patients in Africa are “lost to follow-up” — they have stopped taking the drugs and are unreachable — or deceased within two years of starting treatment, a product, in … |
US acts to protect blood supply from Zika – Redding Record Searchlight
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US acts to protect blood supply from Zika
Redding Record Searchlight OneBlood also asked all donors to report recent travel history. In Florida, all incidences of Zika — 26 cases as of Friday, including 10 in Miami-Dade County — have been travel-related, and there have been no reports of the virus entering the U.S … Zika threat to U.S. blood supply a growing concernBradenton Herald Steps being taken to protect the blood supply from ZikaMiami Herald Zika continues to grow, Steps are being taken to protect the blood supply from ZikaMicroCap Magazine |