Langley organ donor, recipient honoured at Kidney WalkLangley TimesHe is now working with the Kidney Foundation to spread awareness about the importance of becoming an organ donor. He waited for three years to get a … To learn more about organ donati…
'You Must Say It Loudly' and Other Quotes from Taiwan's Lung Yingtai – Asia Society (blog)
Asia Society (blog)'You Must Say It Loudly' and Other Quotes from Taiwan's Lung YingtaiAsia Society (blog)Asia Society audiences, both online and in New York City, will get a sense of that force, along with Lung's wide-ranging intellect…
Mother works to educate teens on organ donation after her son's death – Gilroy Dispatch
Mother works to educate teens on organ donation after her son's deathGilroy DispatchThis weekend, a new nonprofit dedicated to organ donation education founded in honor of a Morgan Hill teen who died in a 2006 car crash will be hosting an estate sa…
Test your cholesterol with a simple photo – Times of India
Test your cholesterol with a simple photoTimes of IndiaIndian researchers claim to have developed a non-invasive way to test cholesterol levels in people with increased risk of heart disease using a photo of the back of the patient's hand. Research…
Mother works to educate teens on organ donation after her son's death – Morgan Hill Times
Mother works to educate teens on organ donation after her son's deathMorgan Hill TimesThis weekend, a new nonprofit dedicated to organ donation education founded in honor of a Morgan Hill teen who died in a 2006 car crash will be hosting an estate …
Social Workers Help Navigate Path To Transplant
Each year, some 2,000 heart transplants are performed in the U.S., and the number of people on the waiting list is even larger. Between finding the perfect donor to worrying about insurance, the wait can be grueling, but heart transplant social workers…
Real-life "Contagion" uses DNA to halt outbreak
NEW YORK (Reuters) – If Hollywood needs a plot for a medical thriller, scientists at the National Institutes of Health have one: Doctors, using cutting-edge technology called whole-genome sequencing, trace an outbreak of a deadly bacterial infection, i…
Heart failure on the decline in Ontario – Reuters India
Heart failure on the decline in OntarioReuters IndiaHeart failure is a chronic condition in which the heart cannot pump blood efficiently enough to meet the body's demands – causing symptoms like fatigue, breathlessness and fluid buildup in the lim…
ESCONDIDO: Fundraiser featuring Chargers' Weddle set for Oct. 13 – North County Times
ESCONDIDO: Fundraiser featuring Chargers' Weddle set for Oct. 13North County TimesESCONDIDO: San Diego Charger Eric Weddle to appear at fundraiser for local boy. Auction items are being sought for a dinner to help pay for transplant surgery needed …
'Carter's Story' – The Missourian
'Carter's Story'The MissourianMinority registrants are even more crucial since marrow matches are based, in part, on race and ethnicity, as well as HLA typing or DNA. “There are simply not enough racially or ethnically diverse members on …