Indiana opioid crisis leads to more organ donors  FOX 59 Indianapolis

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – Across the nation, the opioid epidemic has gripped communities, creating various effects, one being increased organ donors. Indiana doctors, coroners and organ donor organizations have all seen this new trend rise in the Hoosier State. Tammy Hackman and Jerry Gilliland have lived it. “I truly believe I was very close to dying, quite honestly,” said Gilliland, 63, who spent a year and half suffering and waiting for lungs. “She got so low, she got so low down with these drugs and it took her down. That was her final (undoing),” said Hackman, an Indianapolis mother. The 63…

Woman’s kidney disease highlights need for more living organ donors  KIRO SeattleA Bremerton woman is praying for a miracle as she battles a rare kidney disease.

Tackling the global danger of drug-resistance: how far have we come?  The Interpreter

Without careful action, the financial cost alone from “superbugs” could eventually eclipse the global economic crisis.

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Repatriating remains of those found in desert is long, expensive process  TucsonSentinel.com

Posted May 22, 2019, 4:40 pm. Julian Hernandez Cronkite News. TUCSON – Urns of all shapes, sizes and composition fill the many glass shelves lining the …

Father of three pleads for kidney donor  CTV NewsJonathan Kalmakoff is a father of three children. He said he has a close relationship with his kids and they talk about everything, including his need for a kidney.

China’s New Model of Blockchain-Driven Philanthropy  Stanford Social Innovation ReviewBlockchain has done more than simply enable Chinese social entrepreneurs to improve the transparency, trustworthiness, and fundraising of the country’s …

Exposing drug industry funding of UK patient organisations  The BMJBMJ 2019; 365 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.l1806 (Published 22 May 2019) Cite this as: BMJ 2019;365:l1806. Article; Related *content*; Metrics; Responses …