NewsPoint AfricaNew Year Urges for More Blood DonationNewsPoint AfricaThe association is meant for matching the volunteers of blood donation with people in need for it, working for the benefit of patients especially in need of transplants. It was in th…
Organ donation awareness – Ottawa Citizen
Organ donation awarenessOttawa CitizenBy Beth And Emile Therien, Ottawa Citizen January 2, 2012 Re: The Gift of Life series. Kudos to the Citizen for its wonderful series on organ and tissue donation. This will serve to spread awareness of this very im…
Government ignores desperate patients needing organs – The Hindu
Government ignores desperate patients needing organsThe HinduThe average waiting period for patients needing kidney transplantation in Hyderabad and elsewhere in the State hovers between three and four years. Waiting period for liver is a year while fo…
Cancer patient gets tongue transplant – Saudi Gazette
Cancer patient gets tongue transplantSaudi GazetteABHA – A revolutionary tongue transplant surgery has been carried out in the Kingdom. The operation was performed on a 65-year-old cancer patient by a medical team at Asir Central Hospital here on Sat…
Make bloody good decision – Gladstone Observer
TopNews New ZealandMake bloody good decisionGladstone ObserverThe Australian Red Cross Blood Service wants you to put blood donation at the top of your New Year's resolution list. AUSTRALIANS are being urged to place blood donation at the top of th…
Privileges for organ donor card holders extended – Jerusalem Post
Privileges for organ donor card holders extendedJerusalem PostBy JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH Anyone who registers as a potential organ donor will be eligible immediately for high priority for obtaining an organ for himself. Due to the population's surge …
HF holds blood donation camp – Pakistan Observer
HF holds blood donation campPakistan ObserverPeshawar—Hamza Foundation (HF) Welfare Hospital and Blood Services arranged a blood donation camp at Poly Technique Institute (PTI) Chakdarra with an objective to collect blood for deserving and needy pati…
Viagra may help treat heart failure: Researchers – Straits Times
Viagra may help treat heart failure: ResearchersStraits TimesBOCHUM, Germany (THE KOREA HERALD/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – Sildenafil, the active ingredient in Viagra, may ease heart symptoms because it makes stiffened cardiac walls more elastic, US and Germa…
Mesa woman breathes new life after lung transplant – East Valley Tribune
Mesa woman breathes new life after lung transplantEast Valley TribuneSo far, she hasn't shown any signs of transplant rejection, a good sign that the transplant has been successful. While she won't live a “normal” life, since she can get si…
Organ donor advocate practices what he preaches – Gainesville Sun
Organ donor advocate practices what he preachesGainesville SunThe 59-year-old retired Jacksonville Fire Department battalion chief has been a tireless advocate of organ and blood donation — even pedaling a bicycle from Seattle to Florida to spread th…