California’s canine blood banks harvest from caged dogs and operate in secrecy  Los Angeles Times

California requires that dogs used as blood donors be held in closed colonies. Sweeping exemptions mean the public knows little about the facilities.

Guidelines proposed for newly defined Alzheimer’s-like brain disorder  National Institute on AgingA recently recognized brain disorder called Limbic-predominant Age-related TDP-43 Encephalopathy, or LATE, mimics clinical features of Alzheimer…

UK’s first hand transplant patient tells his story as part of Leeds organ donor exhibition  Yorkshire PostA man who received the UK’s first ever hand transplant and went on to use the new limb to save his wife’s life is part of a new exhibiti…

NJ Firefighters Commit to Saving Lives Through Organ Donation  TAPinto.netPATERSON, NJ – More than a dozen Paterson firefighters stood shoulder to shoulder on Monday in an effort to save lives.

Should we publicly fund IVF in Canada?  Policy OptionsIn-vitro fertilization (IVF) has come a long way since the birth of the first test-tube baby in England in 1978. IVF is a procedure in which eggs are removed from a …

Drone Successfully Delivers Kidney For Organ Transplant In Historic Flight  Tech TimesA drone takes flight to deliver precious cargo: a donor kidney ready for transplantation. It’s the first time an unmanned aircraft has ever delivered an organ.

Face and genitals ‘not for presumed donation’  BBC NewsSome body parts – such as the face, ovaries and testicles – should be excluded from the new presumed consent organ donation system coming into force in …

Plymouth health briefs – News – Hanover Mariner – Hanover, MA  Wicked Local HanoverDementia Education Support GroupAt 4 p.m. on the second Tuesday of each month, Laurelwood at the Pinehills, 10 Golf Drive, will host a Dementia Education …