South Jersey Community Coalition holds inaugural meeting in VinelandThe Bridgeton News – NJ.comBy The News of Cumberland County It's a familiar situation in New Jersey: An elderly heart failure patient is hospitalized with swollen legs and breathin…
13 WTHRIndiana organ recipient in Tournament of Roses parade – WTHR
Bradenton Herald13 WTHRIndiana organ recipient in Tournament of Roses paradeWTHRDana House's daughter Jordan became an organ donor after she died. Two Indiana women who have been impacted by life-saving organ donations are headed to California to p…
Alexion Pharmaceuticals (ALXN) Shares Downgraded to a "Neutral" Rating by … – LocalizedUSA
Alexion Pharmaceuticals (ALXN) Shares Downgraded to a "Neutral" Rating by …LocalizedUSA… development and commercialization of therapeutic products aimed at treating patients with severe and life-threatening disease states, including those…
Save Lives by Improving Family Consent on Organ Donation – MedIndia
MedIndiaSave Lives by Improving Family Consent on Organ DonationMedIndiaFrom 2003 to 2005, the overall consent rate for donation after brain death (DBD) was 59%. This figure remains largely unchanged with a consent rate of 63% for DBD in 2007-2009. The…
Intestinal Transplant Gives Eleven-year-old New Zealand Girl a New Lease of Life – MedIndia
MedIndiaIntestinal Transplant Gives Eleven-year-old New Zealand Girl a New Lease of LifeMedIndiaA transplant surgery was performed where Matisse received only the small and large intestines in a 12-hour surgery at Children's in December 2010. It to…
Britain's first hand transplant to be performed in NHS hospital next year – Mail on Sunday
TopNews United StatesBritain's first hand transplant to be performed in NHS hospital next yearMail on SundayHere the woman from Connecticut is shown before the tragic incident and after her face transplant surgery His team are also keenly aware of …
Become an organ donor – Carlisle Sentinel
Become an organ donorCarlisle SentinelThe Gift of Life Donor Program has a link on its homepage to PennDOT's organ donation registry at www.donate1.org, though you can also go straight there by clicking here. The process takes about 90 seconds, and…
Student Awakens from Coma Hours Before Organ Donation – MedIndia
MedIndiaStudent Awakens from Coma Hours Before Organ DonationMedIndiaSam Schmid, a 21-year old student at the University of Arizona, who was believed to be brain dead awoke from a coma shortly before he was being prepared for organ donation. In October…
At last, another heart for Josie – The News Journal
At last, another heart for JosieThe News JournalMarge Basta looks at her daughter close up for the first time after she came out of her heart transplant surgery in the early morning hours Sept. 9 at Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children. / THE NEWS JO…
Britain's first hand transplant 'in 2012' – Telegraph.co.uk
Telegraph.co.ukBritain's first hand transplant 'in 2012'Telegraph.co.ukHand transplantation, like face transplantation, involves connecting a variety of different tissue types – including nerves, muscles and skin – known as composite tissue…