Latest Organ donation Stories

New York personal injury lawyer David Perecman discusses organ transplant risk following the death of a living donor trying to donate a kidney to her ailing brother. The New York medical malpractice lawyers at The Perecman Firm have handled all types of medical malpractice cases in New York over the past 30 years. New York, NY (PRWEB) June 14, 2012 A New York woman died during a kidney transplant operation she was undergoing. She had wanted to donate the organ to her younger brother,...

Brett Smith for redOrbit.com A successful transplant operation in Sweden points to a medical future where your doctor can grow a transplant organ from your own cells, making organ donation a thing of the past. Doctors have now successfully transplanted a vein grown with a patient's own stem cells without complications or the need for immunosuppressants, according to a report published this week in The Lancet. The patient was a 10-year-old girl in Sweden who was suffering from a...

LONDON, June 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- National Blood Week Kicks Off 11th - 17th June 2012 National blood stocks have fallen by 7% over the jubilee weekend according to latest figures from NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) which today launches its annual awareness campaign, National Blood Week, to urge the public to donate blood. To view the Multimedia News Release, please click: http://www.multivu.com/mnr/56548-nhs-blood-transplant...

WASHINGTON, June 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- (http://www.myprgenie.com) -- Medical history was made last December when a 31-year old Oklahoma woman donated her kidney to a stranger - a man living in Athens, Greece. In return, the Greek man's wife has donated one of her kidneys to someone in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., completing the first intercontinental kidney exchange and opening a door that potentially can save thousands of lives in the U.S. and worldwide. A donor from Trinidad and Tobago...

Loyola University Medical Center researchers are reporting one of the first studies to examine how patients and families are soliciting living kidney donors on Facebook. Researchers examined 91 Facebook pages that were seeking kidney donations for patients ranging in age from 2 to 69. Twelve percent of the pages reported receiving a kidney transplant and 30 percent reported that potential donors had stepped forward to be tested to determine whether they were compatible. One page...

- CanadaAM.ctv.ca hosts live-chat with living donors, donor families, recipients, and organ donation professionals taking questions throughout the broadcast - To tweet this release: http://bit.ly/KavCMi TORONTO, May 23, 2012 /CNW/ -  Canadian organ donor advocate and recent transplant recipient Hélène Campbell catapulted organ donation awareness into the international spotlight with endorsements by pop superstar and fellow Canadian Justin Bieber and talk show host Ellen...

Connie K. Ho for RedOrbit.com Italian doctors recently announced they completed an operation that implanted the smallest artificial heart in a 16-month-old baby boy. He received the device prior to obtaining a permanent organ donation. The operation was completed at Bambino Gesù Hospital, a children’s hospital located in the capital city of Italy. The hospital, first founded in 1869, is now part of the Italian National Healthcare System. The organization focuses on child health, rare...

LONDON, May 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Public urged to give blood ahead of major events this summer to boost blood stocks for 2012 Eight celebrities, each representing one of the major blood groups, are supporting NHS Blood and Transplant's [http://www.blood.co.uk ] campaign to increase blood stocks this summer. To view the Multimedia News Release, please click:...

ANN ARBOR, Mich. and WASHINGTON, May 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- A majority of Americans believe live organ donors should be afforded compensation in the form of healthcare credits for their donation, and it should come from health insurance companies, according to the Thomson Reuters-NPR Health Poll. Thomson Reuters and NPR conduct a monthly poll to gauge attitudes and opinions on a wide range of health issues. The survey, which asked respondents their opinions on potential...

RICHMOND, Va., May 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Donate Life America (DLA) announced today that it has partnered with PGA TOUR golfer and two-time heart transplant recipient Erik Compton on a new educational campaign, "Play Through with Erik Compton," which is supported by Genentech, a member of the Roche Group. "Play Through" aims to raise public awareness of organ donation and urge Americans to consider becoming organ donors. "Last year, Donate Life America achieved a...