Fort Worth Star TelegramSon lives on, thanks to selfless decision on organ donationFort Worth Star TelegramA hand donor is selected much like an organ donor. Gender, race, age, blood type and size are all taken into consideration, but blood type and si…
Cancer unit cost £1.5m and was built 2½ years ago … but has never opened – The Sun
The SunCancer unit cost £1.5m and was built 2½ years ago … but has never openedThe SunTransplant surgery is far more lucrative." The NHS promised in 2001 to unite Oxfordshire's cancer services. But treatment for head and neck patients rema…
An innovation that gets into the rhythm of saving lives – Irish Times
Irish TimesAn innovation that gets into the rhythm of saving livesIrish TimesAN INNOVATIVE NEW medical device just introduced to Ireland by Sisk Healthcare company Tekno Surgical could lead to dramatic improvements in the treatment outcomes for a signi…
AIIMS ties up with cops to promote organ donation – Times of India
AIIMS ties up with cops to promote organ donationTimes of IndiaNEW DELHI: More than two lakh Indians require organ transplantation annually. However, less than 10% are able to get this timely help. Cadaver donation, which is the biggest source of organ…
Blood donation drive every month at district hospital – Times of India
Blood donation drive every month at district hospitalTimes of IndiaNOIDA: The city's first government multispecialty hospital has decided to hold blood donation camps on a monthly basis so that there is enough reserve supply to meet the needs of pa…
By the way: When it was Bodger versus Jason – Cowichan News Leader Pictorial
By the way: When it was Bodger versus JasonCowichan News Leader PictorialBy Staff Writer – Cowichan News Leader Pictorial By the way, did you hear: • Duncan's Sumners family is happy to report young Lourdess Sumners is celebrating the fourth anni…
Organ Donation: Jews Can Learn Something From Atheists – Algemeiner
Organ Donation: Jews Can Learn Something From AtheistsAlgemeinerRecently while renewing my driver's license, the DMV attendant looked surprised when I requested organ donor designation. She remarked how she thought being an organ donor is against t…
So you want to be… a cadaver? – Corvallis Gazette Times
So you want to be… a cadaver?Corvallis Gazette TimesWhen photographer Mark Ylen and I visited OHSU in January to gather information for this story, one thing we learned is that a decent percentage of organ donors are people who've suffered catast…
New Pills Gain In Cancer Fight, Till Cost Gets In Way – Insurance News Net (press release)
New Pills Gain In Cancer Fight, Till Cost Gets In WayInsurance News Net (press release)A stem cell transplant at Duke University . Chemotherapy, multiple times. When lab work showed the blood cancer's levels creeping up again in 2008, his doctor su…
3 get new lease of life under govt health insurance scheme – IBNLive.com
3 get new lease of life under govt health insurance schemeIBNLive.comPTI | 03:02 PM,Feb 26,2012 Coimbatore, Feb 26 (PTI): Three poor patients needing immediate kidney transplantation have got a new lease of life after surgeries at a city hospital throu…