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Mokena infant with rare disease needs new liver
Chicago Tribune When the infant’s urine turned dark brown — a symptom that Whitehead’s mother, who died last week from pancreatic cancer, also experienced — the Mokena mom and her husband, Robert, rushed their baby to Silver Cross Hospital in New Lenox. |
Donating Blood Is Giving Life – AllAfrica.com
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Donating Blood Is Giving Life
AllAfrica.com This reporter approached Alex for comment about blood donation. He said, “I first donated blood when I was at high school over 15 years ago. I continued to donate in college and throughout my 20s. When I turned thirty I recognized I am really helping … |
Mild hypothermia for deceased organ donors reduces the rate of delayed graft … – 2 Minute Medicine
2 Minute MedicineMild hypothermia for deceased organ donors reduces the rate of delayed graft …2 Minute MedicineThis study randomized donor organs from declared deceased patients as per neurologic criteria into mild hypothermia (34-35 degrees Celsius…
Church volunteer prays for 2nd kidney transplant miracle – lehighvalleylive.com
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Church volunteer prays for 2nd kidney transplant miracle
lehighvalleylive.com She finally found a donor through a Hail Mary pass – a letter to the editor in the AD Times, the newsletter for the Diocese of Allentown. Most donors are related, but Ann Wilhelm of Lehighton just happened to have Type O blood, matched four of Cheffie … |
1000 bikers wanted for kidney fundraising convoy – Bournemouth Echo
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1000 bikers wanted for kidney fundraising convoy
Bournemouth Echo … a week as he waits for news on a transplant. Full of praise for the unit, which is a satellite of Dorset County Hospital’s renal service, he said he wants to “do something big” to repay them for their hard work and care, as well as raising … |
Treating cancer: Why it is difficult to find donors for bone marrow … – Scroll.in
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Treating cancer: Why it is difficult to find donors for bone marrow …
Scroll.in Until DATRI began operations in 2006, none of the major hospitals in the country were doing unrelated allogenic transplants. The registry’s success in matching patients with donors made doctors more confident of going ahead with the procedure. The … |
As a gay man who has safe sex, why can’t I give blood? – Telegraph.co.uk
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As a gay man who has safe sex, why can’t I give blood?
Telegraph.co.uk Currently, men who sleep with men are subject to more prohibitive rules regarding blood donation – rules that many argue are discriminatory, including Ethan Spibey and his team who this week launched FreedomToDonate, a nationwide campaign to secure … |
Keep giving blood this summer to ensure stocks – Eastbourne Herald
Eastbourne HeraldKeep giving blood this summer to ensure stocksEastbourne HeraldThe service collects 1.7 million units of blood each year from more than 23,000 blood donation sessions in more than 3,000 venues. However, only four per cent of the eligib…
Meet Southport’s bionic man – Southport Visiter
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Meet Southport’s bionic man
Southport Visiter Next week I’m off to Gateshead and then three weeks later I am off to Argentina.” Andy told the … He said: I’d really like to help raise people’s awareness of the positives that can come from organ donation and transplantation as I feel I’m living … |
Become a donor: Our campaign to get more people on NHS Organ Donor Register … – ChronicleLive
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Become a donor: Our campaign to get more people on NHS Organ Donor Register …
ChronicleLive Graham Wylie, chair of the Games, said: “The Chronicle’s Become a Donor campaign has been a rallying cry to the people of the North East to get to grips with the issues linked to organ donation. “The campaign’s success in helping attract an additional … PHONE BANK: Kentucky Organ Donor AffiliatesWTVQ Kidney transplants: Mild hypothermia in deceased donors may increase …Outbreak News Today Mild hypothermia in deceased organ donors improves organ function in kidney …Medical Xpress HealthDay –Netdoctor all 26 news articles » |