21Dec/15

Woman who sold handmade bracelets to fund double lung transplant raising money … – Fox News


Fox News

Woman who sold handmade bracelets to fund double lung transplant raising money
Fox News
About three weeks prior to receiving news of a transplant match, Gamboa’s condition worsened and doctors hospitalized her. With a nasal cannula, she had been consuming up to 35 extra liters of oxygen … Gamboa was discharged from the Cleveland Clinic

21Dec/15

High Dive Co-owner in ‘Good Spirits’ While Awaiting Organ Donation – Borderstan


Borderstan

High Dive Co-owner in ‘Good Spirits’ While Awaiting Organ Donation
Borderstan
High Dive co-owner Tristan Magee announced last week that friend and business partner, Andrew Stuart, was critically ill and in need of an organ donation. Though Magee previously said he “didn’t think [Stuart] was going to make it,” he’s now more

21Dec/15

The US will finally let gay and bi men donate blood — but only if they stop … – Vox


Vox

The US will finally let gay and bi men donate blood — but only if they stop
Vox
After more than 30 years, the United States is finally relaxing its decades-long ban on blood donations from gay men. The ban dates back to 1983. Months after researchers discovered the HIV virus, US health regulators decided that men who have sex with …
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21Dec/15

Hardest-to-match patients get more transplants in first year of new kidney rules – The Province


The Province

Hardest-to-match patients get more transplants in first year of new kidney rules
The Province
It’s been a year since the United Network for Organ Sharing changed rules for the transplant waiting list, aiming to decrease disparities and squeeze the most benefit from a scarce resource: kidneys from deceased donors. Now data from UNOS shows that

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21Dec/15

Hardest-to-match patients get more transplants in first year of new kidney rules – Montreal Gazette


Montreal Gazette

Hardest-to-match patients get more transplants in first year of new kidney rules
Montreal Gazette
It’s been a year since the United Network for Organ Sharing changed rules for the transplant waiting list, aiming to decrease disparities and squeeze the most benefit from a scarce resource: kidneys from deceased donors. Now data from UNOS shows that

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21Dec/15

Hardest-to-match patients get more transplants in first year of new kidney rules – Edmonton Journal


Edmonton Journal

Hardest-to-match patients get more transplants in first year of new kidney rules
Edmonton Journal
It’s been a year since the United Network for Organ Sharing changed rules for the transplant waiting list, aiming to decrease disparities and squeeze the most benefit from a scarce resource: kidneys from deceased donors. Now data from UNOS shows that

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21Dec/15

Organ donation campaign wrapped up at Buchanan Galleries – Glasgow Evening Times


Glasgow Evening Times

Organ donation campaign wrapped up at Buchanan Galleries
Glasgow Evening Times
The message we want to get across is that the more people that register, the more lives that can be saved. “I hope Tricia’s story and the fabulous artwork of her two children inspire people to act. If you support organ donation, make this Christmas
​NHS Blood and Transplant reveals 109 people are waiting for a transplant in Leek Post & Times

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