Globe and MailOrgan donation advocate returns home after lung transplantGlobe and MailThe 21-year-old became the unofficial face of organ donation in Canada after attracting endorsements from Justin Bieber and Ellen DeGeneres. Ms. Campbell was diagnose…
Organ donation advocate discharged after lung transplant
Hélène Campbell has become the unofficial face of organ donation in Canada
Organ donation advocate discharged after lung transplant – Globe and Mail
Globe and MailOrgan donation advocate discharged after lung transplantGlobe and MailThe 21-year-old became the unofficial face of organ donation in Canada after attracting endorsements from Justin Bieber and Ellen DeGeneres. Ms. Campbell was diagnosed …
Double-lung recipient Hélène Campbell leaves hospital
A young Ottawa woman who became an advocate for organ donation and had a double-lung transplant a month ago has left hospital in Toronto and tweeted that she's "feeling amazing."
Organ donation front and centre in local riding – Northumberland Today
Organ donation front and centre in local ridingNorthumberland TodayRinaldi also noted that the Liberal government began to take positive steps to increasing organ donation after the 2010 Auditor General's report pointed out the need. At this time, …
Abbott to acquire Action Pharma's investigational compound, AP214 for … – pharmabiz.com
The Deal PipelineAbbott to acquire Action Pharma's investigational compound, AP214 for …pharmabiz.comAbbott has two investigational treatments in development for chronic kidney disease (CKD). Bardoxolone, a first-in-class anti-oxidant inflammatio…
New Israeli law puts religious discrimination in medical treatment – Haaretz
New Israeli law puts religious discrimination in medical treatmentHaaretzRecent Israeli law effectively recognizes two different diagnoses of death: irreversible cardiopulmonary arrest and brain death. Defining when death occurs, however, is not a ques…
Nurses' bond prompts organ donation – GoErie.com
Nurses' bond prompts organ donationGoErie.comBy COLLEEN ACRI, RN This is the story of an overwhelming amount of care and concern by my co-workers, and the story of one nurse who has given a part of herself to save my husband, a man she did not know…
A Heart Disease Veteran at Just Age 12
FRIDAY, May 4 (HealthDay News) — Even youngsters who seem to be in perfect health can be at risk for heart disease. Just ask Heather Link.
Arizona surgeons carry out rare mom-to-child liver transplant
PHOENIX (Reuters) – Surgeons in Arizona have successfully carried out a rare mother-to-child liver transplant, after a search for an organ from a deceased donor for the desperately ill 1-year-old girl came up blank, the hospital said. In a procedure pe…