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JERUSALEM, Feb. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- With rising instability in the Middle East and experts predicting a major earthquake, Heart to Heart is launching a virtual blood donation campaign to maintain a plentiful blood supply for the State of Israel. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120213/DC51943) Heart to Heart exclusively supports Israel's national blood bank which always needs to increase its capacity and supply to be prepared for every...

HARRISBURG, Pa., Feb. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Donate Life Pennsylvania, a partnership of the state's two organ procurement organizations, today announced details of its 2012 organ donor campaign - a targeted effort to increase the number of registered donors in the state and across the nation. The announcement was made on the eve of National Organ Donor Day, February 14. A component of the national effort led by Donate Life America, the overall goal of the campaign is to add 20...

VIENNA, Va., Feb. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Currently, there are more than 112,000 patients on the national organ transplant waiting list. These candidates often endure difficult yet necessary life-sustaining treatments while waiting for potential organ matches. Nineteen people die every day while waiting, and those that are eventually transplanted can endure wait times that can extend anywhere from 5-9 years. The need for life-saving organ transplants was recently...

Geography over need is putting sicker patients at higher risk of dying, study finds The current system for allocating donated lungs based on proximity and not on need appears to decrease the potential benefits of lung transplantation and increase the number of patients who die waiting, researchers said at an annual meeting of thoracic surgeons in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Using data provided by the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS), study author Mark J Russo, MD, MS, and colleagues at...

Jacquelin Lauritsen, National Automobile Donation Director of the American Children’s Society Inc. announces the expansion of their automobile donation program with the launching of their new website, DonateACarForKids.com. Marlboro, NJ (PRWEB) January 19, 2012 "The American Children’s Society helps kids with cancer and disadvantaged families all across the United States, it seems fitting that we also offer our vehicle donation program all across the USA too." said Jacquelin...

ST. PAUL, Minn., Jan. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Local Memorial Blood Centers (MBC)--nonprofit partner of the Minnesota Twins--is returning again to TwinsFest with an opportunity for all eligible blood donors to help save lives in the community. Back to the Mall of America Field this year, MBC will be hosting its 3rd annual TwinsFest Blood Drive, and teaming up with the Twins organization to offer a very special deal. All presenting donors who step up to give a pint of...

Over 1000 members in the USA are now members of Helpcup. A social network dedicated to people in need. Donors wanted. Nationwide (PRWEB) January 15, 2012 Helpcup.com launched its social media network in December 24th 2011. Since its launch over 1000 members have joined for free. Helpcup is a place where businesses, charities and individuals can build a profile page and help each other with professional services or financial help. Although Helpcup does not directly help its members,...

DULUTH, Minn., Jan. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Memorial Blood Centers (MBC), Minnesota's oldest and largest nonprofit community blood center, today announced the receipt of a $5,000 grant from the Miller-Dwan Foundation that will be used to directly benefit patients served by Northland hospitals. "Thanks to the generosity of the Miller-Dwan Foundation, we will now be able to make a capital purchase of a new refrigerated storage unit for our Duluth-based laboratory that...

RICHMOND, Va., Jan. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today is Jessica Melore's 30th birthday, a milestone birthday she did not always think she was going to have. At only 16 years old Jessica received a sudden and lifesaving heart transplant. Today, Jessica's story of hope helps to launch Donate Life America's bold new initiative, "20 Million in 2012." Donate Life America, the national organization promoting organ, eye and tissue donation in the United States, is launching this...

Research published today in the British Journal of Anaesthesia suggests that organ donation rates in the UK could be increased if the current issues affecting declined consent are improved. At present, only 30% of the UK population are registered on the NHS Organ Donor Register (ODR). From 2003 to 2005, the overall consent rate for donation after brain death (DBD) was 59%. This figure remains largely unchanged with a consent rate of 63% for DBD in 2007-2009. The low consent rate for organ...