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Screening form results in over 1000 blood donations wasted yearly
Globalnews.ca REGINA – Canadian Blood Services is working on removing a screening form it says is wasteful and no longer effective. “If you collect a million units, it’s over 1,000-1,500 units a year we will save from eliminating this step,” said Dr. Ted Alport, the … Why you should give blood this season |
New “dead heart” transplant uncovered in Australia, revolutionizing organ donation – The Weather Network
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New “dead heart” transplant uncovered in Australia, revolutionizing organ donation
The Weather Network Australian doctors have discovered a revolutionary type of heart transplant surgery that they say will change organ donation and help save lives. Researchers at St. Vincent’s Hospital have been working to create a means of transplanting a heart after … “Dead Heart” Transplants Could Change Everything We Know About Organ …Carbonated.tv (blog) ‘Dead heart’ transplant breakthrough at St Vincent’s HospitalThe Australian Doctors in Sydney transplant ‘dead heart’SBS WebMD –BizNews –ABC Online all 247 news articles » |
Marion woman meets her life saver – KCRG
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Marion woman meets her life saver
KCRG Her situation isn’t abnormal, according to Be the Match. Seventy percent of bone marrow recipients find matches in unrelated donors. Whether someone is a match is determined by their human leukocyte antigen, a protein found in most cells in the body. |
Leaving Life and Beyond – The New Indian Express
The New Indian Express |
Leaving Life and Beyond
The New Indian Express The exceeding demand for donation is a perennial problem. “The demand is much more than what we can supply and 95 per cent of all transplants have come from live donations related and unrelated donors and only 5 per cent from deceased donors,” says … |
South Fla. father raises organ donation awareness, calls son ‘walking miracle’ – Local 10
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South Fla. father raises organ donation awareness, calls son ‘walking miracle’
Local 10 EFFORT TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT THE NEED FOR ORGAN DONORS. A SIMPLE GAME OF POOL IS A PRECIOUS EXPERIENCE FOR JOEL AND HIS SON JUSTIN. 11 YEARS AGO JUSTIN WAS BORN PREMATURE BUT HIS PARENTS AND … |
Congress Can Save Thousands Of Lives By Repealing The Prohibition Against … – Forbes
Congress Can Save Thousands Of Lives By Repealing The Prohibition Against …ForbesAlthough the Transplant Act and its first and only contractor, the United Network for Organ Sharing, created one of the most efficient deceased donor organ retrieval and…
Incredible Twitter journey of world’s youngest liver transplant survivor at … – Mirror.co.uk
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Incredible Twitter journey of world’s youngest liver transplant survivor at …
Mirror.co.uk Now Lottie and her family have turned their attention to raising awareness of the importance of becoming an organ donor. Last year, her face featured on a fleet of lorries to highlight National Transplant Week, and Chris, Julie and Lottie have been … |
“Dead Heart” Transplants Could Change Everything We Know About Organ … – Carbonated.tv (blog)
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“Dead Heart” Transplants Could Change Everything We Know About Organ …
Carbonated.tv (blog) Surgeons in Sydney, Australia, have performed heart transplant surgeries where the donor organ was a heart that had stopped beating. This medical breakthrough could essentially be a huge game changer for the doctors, patients and donors involved in … ‘Dead heart’ transplant breakthrough at St Vincent’s HospitalThe Australian Doctors in Sydney transplant ‘dead heart’SBS Heart Transplant ‘Breakthrough’ Shows PromiseWebMD BizNews –ABC Online –BBC News all 247 news articles » |
Organ donors honoured for saving lives of others after they’ve died – Bournemouth Echo
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Organ donors honoured for saving lives of others after they’ve died
Bournemouth Echo Richard Keightley, chairman of the local County Priory Group of the Order of St John, said: “Organ donation can clearly save lives and it is also vitally important to say thank you to the families whose loved ones have already donated their organs to … Bath organ donors honoured for saving livesBath Chronicle Fry-Revere: Let’s help organ donorsWCTI12.com Why should donating an organ cost so much?wwlp.com |
Let non-celibate gay men donate blood, Tory MP to demand – Telegraph.co.uk
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Let non-celibate gay men donate blood, Tory MP to demand
Telegraph.co.uk “How can it be logical that a straight promiscuous man who might have a two different partners each night of the year can donate blood while a gay man in a monogamous loving relationship cannot – unless he has certified that he has been totally … Tory MP Michael Fabricant: Gay blood ban is unfair and illogicalPinkNews.co.uk |