Older people urged to consider organ donationAsbury Park PressNational and local advocates for organ donation would like more people to receive life-saving organ transplants, so they are encouraging people age 50 and older to consider signing up to bec…
Boonville welcomes home teen who underwent double lung transplant
Noah James, who recently underwent a double lung transplant, knew nothing about Monday night's event until a fire truck pulled up to escort him to his school where dozens of supporters were waiting to welcome him back home.
Veteran theatre actors felicitated – IBNLive.com
Veteran theatre actors felicitatedIBNLive.comTerapanth Yuvak Parishad, Chennai organised a blood donation drive in Chennai under the banner of the Akhil Bharitya Terapanth Yuvak Parishad( ABTYP) today on the foundation day of the organisation. You have…
Barnabus transplant program opens Bergen site
New Jersey’s busiest kidney transplant program, located at Barnabas Health in Essex County, has opened a satellite office in Bergen County at the same time that the transplant program at Hackensack University Medical Center remains suspended.
Feds urging baby boomers to get hepatitis C test
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released guidelines in August urging all baby boomers (those born between 1945 and 1965) to get tested for hepatitis C.
Local woman dies after fight with cancer – The News Herald
Local woman dies after fight with cancerThe News HeraldKayte Hollingsworth, 26, of Lynn Haven died Sunday following a long battle with fibrolemellar hepatocellular carcinoma – a rare form of liver cancer. Hollingsworth was undergoing experimental tre…
Red Cross Urges Blood Donation Ahead of Liver Awareness Month – Patch.com
Red Cross Urges Blood Donation Ahead of Liver Awareness MonthPatch.comRed Cross Urges Blood Donation Ahead of Liver Awareness Month. Liver transplants are the second most common transplant in the U.S. behind kidney transplants. By Jeff Roberts; Email t…
Unlike giving blood, becoming an organ donor easy – The Japan Times
Unlike giving blood, becoming an organ donor easyThe Japan TimesBut, am I allowed to donate organs under the same circumstances as shown for blood donation? But then, how would they know, as I would be dead?" While you must meet various requiremen…
Wonder drug can halt breast cancer – The Sun
The SunWonder drug can halt breast cancerThe SunTests showed Everolimus — also called Afinitor — lengthens life expectancy from four months to a year for patients who are ER positive, the most common form of advanced breast cancer. Dr Rachel Greig,…
88-yr-old’s kidneys, liver utilized for transplant
A successful organ transplant at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital – using the kidneys and liver of an 88-year-old – has given a new outlook to cadaver donation.