Learn about organ donationMansfield News JournalLewis said another misconception is doctors might let someone die simply because they are an organ donor. "That is also completely untrue," Lewis said. "Your life is always first. No one ev…
HK records about 90000 organ donation registrations – China Daily
HK records about 90000 organ donation registrationsChina DailyHONG KONG – Hong Kong has recorded more than 88000 registrations at the Centralized Organ Donation Register (CODR) as of the end of October, 2011, according to the city's government news…
Question over legal rights to change organ donation laws – WalesOnline
Question over legal rights to change organ donation lawsWalesOnlineEarlier this week a White Paper was published in which the Government set out its plan that could see everyone become a potential organ donor unless they specifically opted out. Current…
Cryostorage: Boynton Beach company deep-freezing humans – WPEC
Cryostorage: Boynton Beach company deep-freezing humansWPECThen we basically replace the blood with an organ preservation solution. It's very cold almost zero degrees. It gets the patient very cold and as quickly as possible we pack the person in i…
Death of 'Miracle Man' leads to an organ donation benefit – PennLive.com
Death of 'Miracle Man' leads to an organ donation benefitPennLive.comIn a way, Gessler said, raising awareness for organ donation has become her rallying call throughout the last two months. Today, The Hockey Dek in Springfield is hosting a rol…
"Third-generation" Synergy and Cre8 DES show promise – TheHeart.Org
"Third-generation" Synergy and Cre8 DES show promiseTheHeart.OrgDr Ian Meredith (Monash Medical Center, Melbourne, Australia) presented results from the first-in-human EVOLVE trial, testing the everolimus-eluting Synergy stent (Boston Scienti…
Results of the TWENTE trial reported at TCT 2011 – Medical Xpress
Results of the TWENTE trial reported at TCT 2011Medical XpressThe TWENTE clinical trial, which compared two second generation drug-eluting stents – zotarolimus and everolimus-eluting stents – established non-inferiority between the two stents as me…
Danville woman runs to raise organ donor awareness – GoDanRiver.com
Danville woman runs to raise organ donor awarenessGoDanRiver.comJones, who's been registered as an organ donor since she started driving, will be able to run competitively in the SunTrust Richmond Marathon on Saturday because of donated ACL (anteri…
UK-Tennessee blood-donation competition starts Monday – Lexington Herald Leader
UK-Tennessee blood-donation competition starts MondayLexington Herald LeaderBig Blue Crush, an annual competition for blood donations between University of Kentucky and University of Tennessee fans, will be held Monday through Friday. Tennessee leads t…
TCT: Non-inferiority trial shows Synergy DES delivers – Cardiovascular Business
TCT: Non-inferiority trial shows Synergy DES deliversCardiovascular Business“The results really support the safety and efficacy of this novel bioabsorbable polymer Synergy everolimus-eluting stent for the treatment of patients with de novo coronary a…