Google News Alert for: Organ Donation
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ALERT: New Hope for Kidney Failure
ONE-THIRD OF KIDNEY FAILURE patients have certain kinds of antigens in their body that put them at high risk for organ rejection. For these patients, the chances of receiving a new kidney are slim -- but thanks to newly developed techniques, they may now have the chance to receive a life-saving transplant. Continued...
ALERT: Tissue Implanted Into Transplant Patients
UNFORTUNATELY, THE MEDICAL COMMUNITY IS seeing a scandalous rise to the use of illegally obtained and tainted human body tissues that are then being used in healthy individuals. It is imperative that individuals are aware of the potential dangers that can occur and how to protect themselves from that risk. Continued...
Transplant Games: Getting on with Life and Enjoying It - Slideshow Click Here
Sheffield Telegraph - Sheffield, England, UK
But they shared a common goal - to demonstrate through the power of sport that organ donation saves and transforms the lives of thousands of people in the ...
Teams Form for Gift of Life Benefit Click Here
Akron Beacon Journal - Akron, OH, USA
''And we want to teach Chase the importance of organ donation and how truly blessed he is.'' Since the transplant, the Del Ferraros have been able to ...
Lung Transplant Recipient Uses Song at Wedding ... Click Here
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
She volunteers with an organ donation group and has made at least 50 appearances at organizations ranging from the Rotary Club to the American Lung ...
Death of Young Windsor Mother Saves Five Lives Click Here
Canada.com - Don Mills, Ontario, Canada
Though they had never discussed their wishes on the subject of organ donation, Derek decided when asked to allow for his wife's organs to be harvested. ...
World Organ Donor Week Click Here
MedIndia - Chennai, India
Organ donation, considered the highest form of human service, allows the opportunity to give life and let others live, even though we are gone. ...
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