24Apr/15

Gift of Life: Texas Son Gives His Father Restored Health with a Kidney Donation – Breitbart News


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Gift of Life: Texas Son Gives His Father Restored Health with a Kidney Donation
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The majority come from deceased donors, but doctors experienced a better outcome using living donors. Post-surgery, the family eagerly awaited the first flow of ‘liquid gold’ as it is called, urine output. That’s the true measure of a successful
The Faces of Organ DonationKGAN TV

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24Apr/15

Organ donation week: Tissue donation often overlooked, but important, docs say – Globalnews.ca

Globalnews.caOrgan donation week: Tissue donation often overlooked, but important, docs sayGlobalnews.caTissue donation works differently from organ donation. For starters, only a certain number of patients who die are eligible to be organ donors becau…

24Apr/15

Canada’s organ donor rate lags behind other countries. How do you fix it? – Globalnews.ca


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Canada’s organ donor rate lags behind other countries. How do you fix it?
Globalnews.ca
They needn’t have. There’s no shortage of organs that could be used to save those individuals, if only their owners would volunteer their transplantation while still alive. Instead, when the vast majority of Canadians die, the body parts on which they
Joshua Mezrich and Joseph Scalea: It’s too hard for terminal patients to Dallas Morning News

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24Apr/15

Thousands sign organ register after death of youngest donor Teddy Houlston – Telegraph.co.uk


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Thousands sign organ register after death of youngest donor Teddy Houlston
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And already, just 24 hours after their story was published on Thursday, 6,000 people have visited the NHS organ donation website and nearly 2,000 have signed up – a 378 per cent rise in the number of people applying the day before. Mr Houlston, 30
Parents of UK’s youngest organ donor share son’s legacyInternational Business Times UK
Brave parents of youngest ever organ donor reveal heartacheBest Daily
Youngest donor: Newborn dies after 100 minutes; kidneys, heart donatedEmirates 24/7

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24Apr/15

Organ donors get permanent honor at St. Luke’s – Duluth News Tribune


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Organ donors get permanent honor at St. Luke’s
Duluth News Tribune
Mary Schmidt packed into a vehicle with her two adult daughters and made the trek from Bovey to Duluth on Thursday to honor their beloved son and brother — a smiling, bearded carpenter who loved to hunt, fish and tell stories around the campfire.
Memorial Unveiled To Honor St. Luke’s DonorsFOX 21 Online
St. Luke’s dedicates Wall of Heroes memorial honoring organ, tissue and eye Hometown Focus
St. Luke’s Dedicates Wall Of HeroesKDAL

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24Apr/15

Think You’re Smarter Than a Slate Senior Video Producer? Find Out With This … – Slate Magazine


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Think You’re Smarter Than a Slate Senior Video Producer? Find Out With This
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The Senate voted Thursday to confirm Loretta Lynch as attorney general, after a five-month holdup linked to an unrelated bill on what subject? ….. Hillary’s Deflection of Tough Donor Questions in New Conservative Book Are Disappointing, Expected.