Organ donation a heavier choice than what was presented on Quad DayDaily IlliniStill, the public's negative associations with organ donation and what “rights they may give up” hindered organ- and tissue-donor networks from reaching all eligible…
Army personnel donate blood – Times of India
Army personnel donate bloodTimes of IndiaMHOW: A blood donation camp was organized at Mhow Military Hospital (MH) on Tuesday, in which 110 army men donated blood for the National Aids Control Organization ( NACO) mobile blood bank. MH commandant Brig I…
Swedish doctors claim pioneering uterus transplant – San Jose Mercury News
Swedish doctors claim pioneering uterus transplantSan Jose Mercury NewsSTOCKHOLM — Two Swedish women are hoping to get pregnant after undergoing what doctors are calling the world's first mother-to-daughter uterus transplants. Specialists at the U…
Roberts starts bone-marrow transplant
Robin Roberts will begin to undergo bone-marrow transplant tomorrow morning, she says. Roberts (pictured), the “Good Morning America” co-host who’s on medical leave while being treated for a rare immune disease, posted a message on the show’s b…
Death Without Religion – Religion Dispatches
Death Without ReligionReligion DispatchesBut the real problems began in 1968, when a Harvard Medical School committee determined that brain death occurs when the patient suffers a “loss of personhood,” or a “permanently nonfunctioning brain.” T…
Lung transplant recipient now has Facebook behind her organ donor campaign – TheTyee.ca
Macleans.caLung transplant recipient now has Facebook behind her organ donor campaignTheTyee.caCampbell, whose social media organ donation campaign caught the attention of celebrities including Ellen DeGeneres and Justin Bieber, says she's excited …
Civil servants' blood donation – China Daily
Civil servants' blood donationChina DailyQingdao, in Shandong province, has set up a Civil Servant Blood Donation Day, the first of its kind in China, to address a shortage of blood, China National Radio reported on Sunday. Officials said college s…
Strong-hearted 78-yr-old sails through surgery – Times of India
Strong-hearted 78-yr-old sails through surgeryTimes of IndiaAfflicted with an advance kidney cancer, Kawal with her positive attitude has been able to undergo a major 5-hour surgery despite 15-25% deaths reported during such operations, especially amon…
Heart transplant girl dies after complaining of chest pain
BATU PAHAT: Tee Hui Yee, the girl who had a heart transplant that grabbed media attention five years […]
Bone Marrow Match Found For Ojai Boy
Tuesday, September 18, 2012 By Misty Volaski Friday at 11:30 a.m., Jake Larkin finally got what he and his family had been praying for: a life-saving bone marrow transplant. The 6-year-old grandson of Oaks at Ojai owners Don and Sheila Cluff has been b…