Hundreds of families overrule deceased’ wishes to donate organs
NHS Blood and Transplant considers changing approach to reduce likelihood families will veto organ donation Related items from OnMedicaOpt-out organ donation well-meant but ‘misguided’First successful newborn organ donation carried out in UKFears as fewer people receive organ transplants Wales introduces ‘deemed consent’ for organ donationDoctors urge people to discuss organ donation (Source: OnMedica Latest News)
Source: OnMedica Latest News - January 15, 2016 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Little Girl Meets Parents Of The 'Angel' Who Donated Her Organs
After a little girl received an incredible gift through organ donation, she had the opportunity to meet the parents of the donor who saved her life. Eight-year-old Kyree Beachem was born with Hirschsprung's disease, an intestinal disorder that causes severe constipation, diarrhea, and vomiting and can lead to serious, life-threatening colon complications. After waiting five years for a multi-organ transplant, Kyree's mother received a call on Nov. 24 that there may be a new donor, she told The Huffington Post. By the wee hours of Nov. 25, Kyree was in surgery receiving a new liver, pancreas and small intest...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - December 23, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
$1 million gift will support UCLA research on advanced lung disease
Philanthropists Michael and Linda Keston have made a gift of $1 million to the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.
The donation will support research into advanced lung disease and the UCLA Lung Health Research Initiative, which was launched in November. The initiative is focused on developing new treatments for lung disease and finding a way to prevent the body from rejecting donor organs — a major challenge for people who have received organ transplants.
“The Kestons’ contribution will enable our faculty to pursue innovative research that will eventually ...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - December 23, 2015 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
VIDEO: 'Opt-out' organ donation to start in Wales
Wales due to introduce presumed consent organ donation system on Tuesday, meaning people who do not want to donate their organs will have to formally opt out. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - November 30, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Experience Journal: The Transplant Journey
When a vital organ is damaged beyond repair, the only path to health is transplantation- replacing the dysfunctional organ with an organ from the body of an organ donor. The experience can be physically, psychologically, and emotionally trying for patients and families, especially when the patient is a child or teen.
Experience Journal, a project of the Boston Children’s Hospital psychiatry program, interviewed numerous children, teens, young adults, and parents about their experience through the transplant journey— from accepting their diagnoses to waiting for the donor organ to connecting with the donor...
Source: Thrive, Children's Hospital Boston - November 27, 2015 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Ray Hainer Tags: Our patients’ stories Experience Journal Pediatric Transplant Center (PTC) Source Type: news
Great communication in healthcare can save lives
One carefully worded text message encouraging people to donate organs added an extra 100,000 donors to the list, all thanks to behavioural insightsWe are only just beginning to learn about the power of words in health. Not the great works of literature, whose influence goes without saying, but the power of the ordinary messages that patients and the public see every day. It turns out it matters exactly how they are framed and what they say. If we get it right, we can improve treatment, reduce errors, cut costs and even save lives.Take the text message that is routinely sent by NHS hospitals to outpatients reminding them of...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - November 18, 2015 Category: Science Authors: Ara Darzi Tags: Healthcare Network Work practices Innovation Policy Society NHS Language Science Organ donation Source Type: news
The Surprising Reason Wealthy People Get Organ Transplants Faster
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- You can't buy hearts, kidneys or other organs but money can still help you get one. Wealthy people are more likely to get on multiple waiting lists and score a transplant, and less likely to die while waiting for one, a new study finds. The work confirms what many have long suspected - the rich have advantages even in a system designed to steer organs to the sickest patients and those who have waited longest. Wealthier people can better afford the tests and travel to get on more than one transplant center's waiting list, and the new study shows how much this pays off. "Multiple-listed patients were mo...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - November 9, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
UNISON in partnership with NHS to boost blood and organ donation
UNISON today (Monday) became the first union to partner with the NHS to promote awareness of blood and organ donation.
The aim is to increase the numbers registering to become donors from UNISON’s 1.3 million members in an agreement with NHS Blood and Transplant.
UNISON General Secretary Dave Prentis said the three-year partnership represented an historic commitment by UNISON to save lives.
He also revealed that UNISON’s support for NHS Blood and Transplant holds personal significance for him. His life was saved twice with blood transfusions while undergoing surgery and treatment for cancer. Now fully recovered, Mr Pre...
Source: UNISON Health care news - November 9, 2015 Category: UK Health Authors: Charlotte Jeffs Tags: Article Source Type: news
Rule Changes Might Lead to More Lung Transplants for Kids
Study suggests that widening the geographic pool could increase available organs
Source: HealthDay
Related MedlinePlus Pages: Children's Health, Lung Transplantation, Organ Donation (Source: MedlinePlus Health News)
Source: MedlinePlus Health News - November 5, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
9 Ways You May Not Realize Dead Bodies Help Make Our Lives Better
With Halloween around the corner, you're likely to see many zombies, mummies and ghosts walking around. But the dead don't just serve as costume inspiration for Allhallows Eve. In fact, they help to make life better for us all year round. When people die and leave their bodies to science, it can result in much more than a simple organ donation. Keep reading for some of the helpful and little-known ways that the dead keep on interacting with the living. 1. Giving new life Doctors "harvest" all sorts of fully functioning organs and tissues from the deceased that can be used to save the lives of patients in need of ...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - October 25, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
Kenya: Health Bill to Allow Organ Donation in Kenya
[Nation] Any person who wishes to donate his body or organs would be free to do so if a Bill before Parliament is passed and assented to by President Uhuru Kenyatta. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 14, 2015 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Genome Pioneer: We Have The Dangerous Power To Control Evolution
J. Craig Venter is the pioneering cartographer of the human genome, the sequence of which he and other scientists mapped in 2000. The WorldPost recently spoke with this modern Prometheus about the promises and perils of being able to read, write and edit the human genome. You have said that humankind is entering a “new phase of evolution” -- from natural selection to intelligent direction. Why is this so, and what does it mean? Biological evolution has taken three and a half or four billion years to get us where we are. Social evolution has been much faster. Now that we can read and write the genetic c...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - September 8, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
Study's findings could help expand the donor pool for liver transplantation
(Wiley) Organ donation after circulatory death, in which transplant organs are taken from donors after ay period of no blood circulation or oxygenation, is often considered inferior to donation after brain death, in which circulation and oxygenation are maintained until organs are removed for transplantation (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - September 8, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Institutionalising organ donation: Crack down on dubious "good Samaritans" that play middlemen
The buying and selling of kidneys is strictly prohibited by law in India, under The Transplantation of Human Organs Act, 1994 and invites harsh penalties. (Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News)
Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News - August 15, 2015 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Organ donation rate drops in UK, says new report
The number of people donating organs has decreased by 5% in the UK, according to new statistics from the Organ Donation and Transplantation Activity Report. (Source: Hospital Management)
Source: Hospital Management - July 20, 2015 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
