South Bend Tribune |
Health: Study backs pancreas cell transplants for severe diabetes
South Bend Tribune The questions: How best to obtain those islet cells from deceased donors, and who benefits most from transplants? When glucose levels drop too low, most people with Type 1 diabetes experience early warning signs — slurred speech, tremors, sweating, … Islet transplantation restores blood sugar awareness and control in type 1 diabetesNational Institutes of Health (press release) |
Bermuda To Celebrate Organ Donation Week – Bernews
Edmonton Journal |
Bermuda To Celebrate Organ Donation Week
Bernews Focusing Bermuda’s attention on organ donation is the goal of the Bermuda Organ Donor Association and Bermuda Hospitals Board [BHB] in celebrating Organ Donation Awareness Week, which will run from April 25 to April 29. A spokesperson said, “’Have … Alberta organ donations get a boost from under the domeEdmonton Journal Raising awareness for organ and tissue donationsCTV News National Organ and Tissue Donation Awareness Week 2016Marketwired (press release) Vancouver Sun –Royal Gazette –The Sudbury Star all 79 news articles » |
Organ Donor Families and Transplant Recipients Issue Plea for More Registered Donors – WAER
WAEROrgan Donor Families and Transplant Recipients Issue Plea for More Registered DonorsWAERSerio was one of many donor families and transplant recipients who shared their stories yesterday as part of an effort to urge greater participation in the orga…
Top doctors, health critics blast Health Minister Eric Hoskins for stem cell transplant crisis – Toronto Star
Toronto Star |
Top doctors, health critics blast Health Minister Eric Hoskins for stem cell transplant crisis
Toronto Star Hoskins noted the three Ontario programs responsible for stem cell transplants using unrelated donors — the most complicated and expensive kind of transplant, which is growing in popularity as people have fewer siblings to rely on — will receive a … |
Ceremony honors organ donors, recipients – News-Press Now
News-Press Now |
Ceremony honors organ donors, recipients
News-Press Now “It recognizes our donor families, persons who have said yes on behalf of a loved one who has died to give a tissue or an organ so that someone else may have life,” Sally Schwab, team leader for spiritual health at Mosaic, said of the ceremony. “We … |
Alberta organ donations get a boost from under the dome – Edmonton Journal
Edmonton JournalAlberta organ donations get a boost from under the domeEdmonton JournalLast year in Alberta, there were only 13 organ transplants from deceased donors per one million people in the province. While being an organ donor is a personal choi…
Blood donation contest underway – Chico Enterprise-Record
Chico Enterprise-Record |
Blood donation contest underway
Chico Enterprise-Record California Highway Patrol officer Adrianna Warner gives blood Wednesday during the “Battle of the Badges” blood donation drive through BloodSource in Chico. The Butte County Sheriff’s Office won the trophy in 2015, and Miranda Bowersox of the Sheriff’s … |
Malays, Indians wanted as bone marrow donors – The New Paper
The New Paper |
Malays, Indians wanted as bone marrow donors
The New Paper Ms Prior said that Indians also make up 6 per cent of donors. Haematologist Lim Zi Yi said finding a bone marrow match depends on the donor and recipient’s human leukocyte antigen types. The chances of finding a fully matched unrelated donor are … |
TCNJ football to host Be The Match drive on April 27 – The College of New Jersey Athletics
The College of New Jersey Athletics |
TCNJ football to host Be The Match drive on April 27
The College of New Jersey Athletics Over the past 25 years, Be The Match®, operated by the National Marrow Donor Program® (NMDP), has managed the largest and most diverse marrow registry in the world. They provide marrow transplants in the United States from volunteer unrelated … |
Sydney family talks about organ donation – Cape Breton Post
Cape Breton Post |
Sydney family talks about organ donation
Cape Breton Post George Jessen spends a quiet moment with his wife Susan before sharing the story of his brother Peter’s organ donation during Wednesday’s sixth annual Organ and Tissue Donation Clinical Day at the northside General Hospital. NORTH SYDNEY — It’s … Organ and tissue donation urged at Cape Breton eventCBC.ca |