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Preferred access drives 16% increase in organ donor cards in Israel by Dave Undis Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine An article at Haaretz.com quantifies the increase in signed organ donor cards in Israel in the first year following announcement of a new law giving holders of organ donor c ... Read on »
Preferred access drives 16% increase in organ donor cards in Israel by Dave Undis Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine An article at Haaretz.com quantifies the increase in signed organ donor cards in Israel in the first year following announcement of a new law giving holders of organ donor ... Read on »
Preferred access causes organ donor surge in Israel by Dave Undis Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Organ donor registration is way up in Israel after organ donors were given priority access to donated organs. The Jerusalem Post reports Due to the population’s s ... Read on »
Preferred access causes organ donor surge in Israel by Dave Undis Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Organ donor registration is way up in Israel after organ donors were given priority access to donated organs. The Jerusalem Post reports Due to the population’s ... Read on »
Marine saves Marine through directed organ donation by Dave Undis Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine According to an AP story in Stars and Stripes Nicknamed "Superman" because of his chiseled 6-foot-3 frame, Marine Lt. Patrick Wayland saved his most heroic act for la ... Read on »
Marine saves Marine through directed organ donation by Dave Undis Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine According to an AP story in Stars and Stripes Nicknamed "Superman" because of his chiseled 6-foot-3 frame, Marine Lt. Patrick Wayland saved his most heroic act for l ... Read on »
Organ donation by default in Colorado? by Dave Undis Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine A bill introduced in the Colorado legislature would change the process for renewing driver's licenses and ID cards so applicants are assumed to be organ and tissue donors un ... Read on »
Organ donation by default in Colorado? by Dave Undis Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine A bill introduced in the Colorado legislature would change the process for renewing driver's licenses and ID cards so applicants are assumed to be organ and tissue donors u ... Read on »
Misinformation from UNOS after confessed killer gets organ transplant by Dave Undis Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine "A confessed Bronx wife-killer who destroyed his liver in a half-cocked suicide attempt blew past nearly 2,000 New Yorkers on the state's transplant list to get a new organ, ... Read on »
Misinformation from UNOS after confessed killer gets organ transplant by Dave Undis Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine "A confessed Bronx wife-killer who destroyed his liver in a half-cocked suicide attempt blew past nearly 2,000 New Yorkers on the state's transplant list to get a new organ ... Read on »
The shameful need for live organ donors by Dave Undis Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine A man who agreed to donate part of his liver to help a sick relative died while undergoing the transplant procedure at Lahey Clinic near Boston two weeks ago, according to ... Read on »
NY presumed consent proposal: all stick no carrot by Dave Undis Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine New York could be the first state that presumes everyone wants to donate their organs unless they specifically say otherwise, according to a story in the Washington Post. I ... Read on »
UK may move registered organ donors up the transplant waiting list by Dave Undis Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine How should organ donation rates be increased in the United Kingdom? The Nuffield Council on Bioethics in London is asking the public what they think about various options. ... Read on »
New Yorkers find organ donation registration "off-putting" by Dave Undis Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Only 13% of adults in the state of New York are registered organ donors, according to a story in the New York Times. Why is the registration rate so low? According to the s ... Read on »
Organ shortage increase fueled by unwillingness to donate by Dave Undis Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine According to a new survey by Donate Life America 43% of people are undecided, reluctant or do not wish to have their organs and tissue donated after their deaths. Is this b ... Read on »
Transplantable kidneys infected with hepatitis C are being wasted by Dave Undis Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Hundreds of transplantable kidneys from people who have hepatitis C are thrown away every year in the United States, according to a study published in the American Journal o ... Read on »
Should organ allocation follow the "Golden Rule?" by Dave Undis Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine MSNBC.com is running a poll asking if people willing to donate their organs should get preferential treatment if they ever should need an organ. The results so farYes - 9 ... Read on »
Should organ allocation follow the "Golden Rule?" by Dave Undis Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine MSNBC.com is running a poll asking if people willing to donate their organs should get preferential treatment if they ever should need an organ. The results so farYes - ... Read on »
Experts praise "organs for organ donors" law in Israel by Dave Undis Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Israel recently enacted a law that gives organs first to registered organ donors. Jacob Lavee, director of the heart transplant unit at Israel's Sheba Medical Center, says t ... Read on »
Need an organ? Maybe you should move! by Dave Undis Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Geography plays a large role in allocating donated organs to patients in the United States. Under the allocation rules of the United Network for Organ Sharing, most organs a ... Read on »
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