Meet the "guardian angel" who's donated two of his organs
More than 100,000 people in the United States are waiting for an organ transplant. Statistics show that while 95% of Americans say they support organ donation, only 58% are actually signed up as a donor. But one man, James Neal, has given two organs away: he donated a kidney in 2016 and has now given part of his liver to a total stranger. Nikki Battiste reports. (Source: Health News: CBSNews.com)
Source: Health News: CBSNews.com - July 1, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Journal Publishes Concern About Study Using Forced Organ Donation Journal Publishes Concern About Study Using Forced Organ Donation
An earlier Australian study urges medical journals to retract transplantation studies that likely used organs harvested from executed Chinese prisoners.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape General Surgery Headlines)
Source: Medscape General Surgery Headlines - June 25, 2019 Category: Surgery Tags: Nephrology News Source Type: news
Medical Assistance in Dying and Organ Donation Should Be Separate Decisions Medical Assistance in Dying and Organ Donation Should Be Separate Decisions
The decisions to seek medical assistance in dying (MAiD) and to offer organs and tissues for transplant should be separate, according to guidelines proposed by Canadian organizations.Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - June 7, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Transplantation News Source Type: news
Like ‘ Uber for Organs ’ : Drone Delivers Kidney to Maryland Woman
A team at the University of Maryland is developing drone technology to deliver organs faster and give doctors timely updates on their transit. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - May 1, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: KAREN ZRAICK Tags: Kidneys Organ Donation Transplants Drones (Pilotless Planes) United Network for Organ Sharing University of Maryland Joseph Scalea Trina Glispy Source Type: news
Which parts should be left out of new organ donor scheme?
The Department of Health and Social Care is asking people for their views about which organs and tissues should be excluded from the new opt-out organ donation system. (Source: NHS Networks)
Source: NHS Networks - April 29, 2019 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Consumer Health: Answers to questions about organ donation
Organ donation: Don't let these myths confuse you Over 100,000 people in the U.S. are waiting for an organ transplant, according to the United Network for Organ Sharing. It's estimated that every day 20 patients in the U.S. die because of the lack of donor organs. Being an organ donor is a generous and worthwhile decision that [...] (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - April 25, 2019 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
What is regenerative medicine and how can it promote wound healing?
When traditional treatments fail to heal wounds, many doctors look to modern alternatives to help patients recover. Regenerative medicine is one of the most recent developments to become a worthy treatment alternative.
Here’s an overview of regenerative medicine and its role in wound care:
What is regenerative medicine?
The National Institutes of Health defines regenerative medicine as the process of creating living, functional tissues to repair or replace lost tissue or organ function. Through regeneration, replacement and rejuvenation, regenerative-medicine techniques work with the body’s natural wou...
Source: Advanced Tissue - April 9, 2019 Category: Dermatology Authors: AdvancedTissue Tags: Wound Care Wound healing Source Type: news
Using animal organs in humans: 'It's just a question of when'
Gene-editing technology has accelerated progress on animal organ transplant to the point where scientists will soon begin the first human trialsScientist Wenning Qin holds up a Petri dish, carefully sloshes around the pink liquid inside, and slides it under a microscope. Some identical tiny slashes come into focus. These cells, she explains, are derived from the ear of a pig. And they may contain the future of animal to human organ transplantation.Researchers in South Korea are expected to transplant pig corneasinto humans within a year. A handful of groups across the US are also working toward pig organ clinical trials in...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - April 3, 2019 Category: Science Authors: Karen Weintraub in Cambridge, Massachusetts Tags: Medical research Gene editing Science Health Organ donation Society Source Type: news
He Married His Kidney Donor. But Now, He Needs Another Kidney
Kyle Froelich’s first search for a donor kidney ended in a fairy tale romance.
In 2010, Chelsea Clair decided to give her kidney to Froelich—a man she’d never met—after hearing through a mutual friend that both of his were failing. The pair began seeing each other every day as Clair went through the donor testing process and eventually started dating after the transplant was complete. Kyle’s health returned, and they got married three years later, making headlines across the country.
Now, however, the Indiana couple is back in the news for a less celebratory reason: the kidney Chelsea donated ...
Source: TIME: Health - April 2, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jamie Ducharme Tags: Uncategorized medicine Source Type: news
Nova Scotia to become 1st in North America with presumed consent for organ donation
The Liberal government in Nova Scotia tabled legislation Tuesday that would make the province the first place in North America to have presumed consent for organ donation. Under the proposed system, people who do not want to donate their organs will have to opt out. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - April 2, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Nova Scotia Source Type: news
Doctors: Rituals of Honor in Hospital Hallways
Hospitals across the United States are holding honor walks to show respect to patients at the end of life who are donating organs to others. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - April 2, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: TIM LAHEY, M.D. Tags: Organ Donation Hospitals Grief (Emotion) Source Type: news
Doctors Perform First Organ Transplant Between Living HIV-Positive Donor and Recipient
(WASHINGTON) — Surgeons in Baltimore have performed what’s thought to be the world’s first kidney transplant from a living donor with HIV, a milestone for patients with the AIDS virus who need a new organ. If other donors with HIV come forward, it could free up space on the transplant waiting list for everyone.
Nina Martinez of Atlanta traveled to Johns Hopkins University to donate a kidney to an HIV-positive stranger, saying she “wanted to make a difference in somebody else’s life” and counter the stigma that too often still surrounds HIV infection.
Many people think “somebody wit...
Source: TIME: Health - March 28, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: LAURAN NEERGAARD / AP Tags: Uncategorized Medical Procedures onetime Source Type: news
Opt-out organ donation gets royal approval and WILL become law from 2020
From next year the NHS will assume adults are happy for their organs to be donated to seriously ill patients unless they say otherwise – currently people have to actively join the donation register. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 15, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Scientists Are Teaching the Body to Accept New Organs
Patients receiving new kidneys and livers must take damaging anti-rejection drugs for the rest of their lives. Now researchers hope to train the immune system instead of just tamping it down. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - January 22, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: GINA KOLATA Tags: Transplants Kidneys Organ Donation Liver Immune System Drugs (Pharmaceuticals) Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Massachusetts General Hospital University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Pittsburgh (Pa) Source Type: news
EKHA program on transplantation will be hosted on EU Commission's Health Policy Platform
(ERA-EDTA) The EKHA project 'Improving Organ Donation and Transplantation in the EU' will be launched on the European Commission's Health Policy Platform in 2019, an interactive tool to boost discussions about public health concerns and to share knowledge and best practices. Thus, transplantation, especially kidney transplantation and the lack of organs in the EU, will be in the focus of European healthcare discussions in 2019. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - December 17, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
