30Dec/13

Organ donation to include faces – Columbia Daily Tribune


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Organ donation to include faces
Columbia Daily Tribune
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sure, your liver or kidney could save someone’s life. But would you donate your hands or your face? Signing up to become an organ donor might get more complicated than just checking a box on your driver’s license. The government 
Regulating Hand, Face Transplants Could Complicate Organ Donation ProcessAviation Record
Hands, faces to be ‘organs’ in transplant worldPhilly.com
UNOS to Treat Hand, Face Transplants Like OrgansLaboratory Equipment
Vineland Daily Journal
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30Dec/13

New analysis does not link high-potency statins with acute kidney injury – Family Practice News Digital Network

New analysis does not link high-potency statins with acute kidney injury
Family Practice News Digital Network
DALLAS – High-potency statin therapy given post acute coronary syndrome did not raise serum creatinine or cause more risk of acute kidney injury than low-potency statin regimens did in a new analysis of two published landmark randomized clinical trials.

30Dec/13

Jahi McMath: Oakland brain-dead girl could be removed from ventilator today – San Jose Mercury News

Jahi McMath: Oakland brain-dead girl could be removed from ventilator today
San Jose Mercury News
His conclusion: “Child meets all criteria for brain death.” With the deadline looming, Jahi’s lawyer, Christopher Dolan, could file an emergency appeal to keep the girl on the machine. Dolan has said he is representing the family pro bono. “I just

30Dec/13

St. Elizabeth Medical Center recognized for organ donation outreach – Herkimer Evening Telegram

St. Elizabeth Medical Center recognized for organ donation outreach
Herkimer Evening Telegram
UTICA — St. Elizabeth Medical Center was among a group of hospitals nationwide recognized by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for reaching gold, silver and bronze level of recognition for public education about donation and state donor 
Nathan Littauer Hospital & Nursing Home honored in 2014 Tournament of ReadMedia (press release)

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30Dec/13

Children's Hospital Oakland's PR disaster in handling Jahi McMath 'brain death … – Lifesite (blog)


Lifesite (blog)

Children’s Hospital Oakland’s PR disaster in handling Jahi McMath ‘brain death
Lifesite (blog)
Children’s Hospital Oakland has a very good reputation where I live in the Bay Area. But its public communication around the tragedy of Jahi McMath’s ”brain death” has been astoundingly insensitive, bordering on arrogant. The hospital’s statements

30Dec/13

Updated: Bill Wright dies of heart failure in Florida – WWMT-TV


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Updated: Bill Wright dies of heart failure in Florida
WWMT-TV
According to friends, the Kalamazoo businessman and head of the organization Wright for Kids died of heart failure in Florida on Saturday. On Monday Newschannel 3 obtained a copy of the investigation report from the Lee County Sheriff’s Office. That
Bill Wright, prominent Kalamazoo businessman, may have died of heart failure Kalamazoo Gazette – MLive.com
Michigan dealer Bill Wright dead at 55Automotive News
Kalamazoo’s Bill Wright had a personality, heart ‘larger than life’Mlive Kalamazoo

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