04Jan/13

Organ Donors: Giving Gifts From The Heart – Hartford Courant


Stornoway Gazette

Organ Donors: Giving Gifts From The Heart
Hartford Courant
She made it her mission to help change that, becoming the founding chair of the National Donor Family Council, author of the 1989 book “For Those Who Grieve and Give” and a regular speaker on organ donation. “There’s a national waiting list now, and at
Organ donor saves two livesCyprus Mail
Donating lifeCarroll County News (blog)
Giving the gift of lifeStornoway Gazette

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04Jan/13

Intestine replacement allows man to eat normally

New Delhi, Jan. 5 — Himanshu Singh’s gangrenous small intestine didn’t allow him to eat anything normally, which led to him go from weighing 74kg to 37kg in three years. He could not digest his food normally, his body was not able to absorb nutrients and he could have remained permanently dependent on intravenous nutrition. …

04Jan/13

India's first successful intestine transplant done at Medanta

Gurgaon, Jan. 5 — Intestinal transplant surgery, which could have saved the life of Delhi’s bus gang rape victim, was done for the first time in India over a month ago at Medanta – The Medicity, when a team of 30 doctors successfully gave Himanshu Singh, 30, a healthy small intestine from a cadaver donor on November 24.Since 60% of intestinal transplants fail because of high infection and …

04Jan/13

Pump expands options for little hearts

Pump expands options for little hearts HOUSTON CHRONICLE Copyright 2011 HOUSTON CHRONICLE. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 09:06 p.m., Friday, December 23, 2011 The Berlin Heart recently came off the experimental list when it was approved by the FDA after a clinical trial led by Texas Children’s Hospital and pediatric …

04Jan/13

Make regular blood donation a New Year's resolution – Quad-Cities Online


Laredo Sun

Make regular blood donation a New Year’s resolution
Quad-Cities Online
PEORIA, Ill. (Jan. 4, 2013) — With the beginning of a new year comes a fresh start. New Year’s resolutions are often made to form good habits and reach new goals. This New Year’s, the American Red Cross encourages people to resolve to help patients in
January is National Blood Donor Month: Honor blood donors, sponsor blood Price County Daily
Red Cross blood drive scheduled in Rice CountySouthernminn.com

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