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Imminent death organ donation could help others, stir distrust
La Crosse Tribune Bender signed up to be an organ donor in the early 1990s, long before his arms and legs started becoming weak four years ago. He was diagnosed with ALS, also called Lou Gehrig’s disease, in February 2014. He has used a wheelchair since last summer, … |
Consent for organ donation strengthened through registries – La Crosse Tribune
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Consent for organ donation strengthened through registries
La Crosse Tribune First-person consent makes donation easier on families because they can honor a choice the deceased person made instead of having to decide themselves, said Mike Anderson, executive director of UW Organ and Tissue Donation, the Madison-based … Ananish Chaudhuri and Tom Schnackenberg: ‘Opt out’ organ donoring needed …New Zealand Herald |
Op to ease knee arthritis using a slice of someone else’s hip! – Daily Mail
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Op to ease knee arthritis using a slice of someone else’s hip!
Daily Mail At other centres, donated bone may also come from deceased patients. The donor bone acts as scaffold to hold the leg in its new position. If you were to test the grafted tissue six months later, it would have been totally replaced by new bone created … |
Kentuckians Touched by Organ Donation Featured on Kentucky Speedway … – SurfKY News
SurfKY NewsKentuckians Touched by Organ Donation Featured on Kentucky Speedway …SurfKY NewsDriving his No.52 Donate Life Chevy has now become his personal mission to educate the nation about the importance of organ donation. His car is regularly ador…
Following Feasibility Study, UK Registry Plans to Implement PacBio for HLA … – GenomeWeb
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Following Feasibility Study, UK Registry Plans to Implement PacBio for HLA …
GenomeWeb “What we do know [is that] somebody who has an HLA-identical sibling still does better in many scenarios than people who have an unrelated donor. We believe that at least some of those differences are going to be between the patient and the donor in … |
The Democrats and the Wasserman Schultz problem – National Catholic Reporter (blog)
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The Democrats and the Wasserman Schultz problem
National Catholic Reporter (blog) Wasserman Schultz has also made a reputation of using her position to push her political views in areas unrelated to her official duties. When the Susan G. … only terrorist actors.” There have also been concerns raised at her demanding the DNC pay … |
Needed: transplants of policy, attitudes and infrastructure – The Indian Express
The Indian ExpressNeeded: transplants of policy, attitudes and infrastructureThe Indian ExpressSantosh Kumar, the 33-year-old Dalit man who was given money for a kidney transplant by the PMO, died last week because the queue of patients ahead of him at…
Pro-Rubio nonprofit group has raised more than $15 million – CNN
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Pro-Rubio nonprofit group has raised more than $15 million
CNN RELATED: Secret spenders face challenge in 2016. Though political nonprofits can shield the names of their donors, they are limited in the amount of money they can spend advocating for the election or defeat of candidates. The group’s first television … Pro-Marco Rubio group says it has raised $15.8MTampabay.com (blog) Pro-Marco Rubio political group says it’s raised $15.8MSunshine State News |
Special Blood Donations Needed – LEX18 Lexington KY News
Special Blood Donations NeededLEX18 Lexington KY NewsA critically ill patient in Louisville needs a specialized blood donation and it turns out the only place that can provide it is the Kentucky Blood Center in Lexington. The staff received an urgent c…
Organ donors penalised for altruism – The Dominion Post
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Organ donors penalised for altruism
The Dominion Post The bill would help fix one of the barriers to organ donation, but nobody thinks it will dramatically improve New Zealand’s pitifully low organ donation rate. At present there are about eight or nine deceased organ donors per million people in this … |