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Potential number of organ donors after euthanasia in Belgium
An estimated 10 percent of all patients undergoing euthanasia in Belgium could potentially donate at least one organ, according to a study published by JAMA.
Apr 11, 2017
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'Default' choices have big impact, but how to make sure they're used ethically?
Lawmakers in Texas just introduced a bill that would make a small change but potentially a big difference to the thousands of people awaiting organ transplants in the state. It also illustrates the subtle power of choice ...
Apr 4, 2017
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How Spain achieved a remarkably high rate of deceased organ donation
Spain is leading the world in deceased organ donation. A new article published in the American Journal of Transplantation contains important information that can help other countries learn from the success of the Spanish ...
Jan 9, 2017
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Is it ethical to purchase human organs?
Organ transplantation saves lives. People with end-stage kidney disease who receive a transplant tend to live much longer than those who undergo dialysis. A kidney from a living donor will last from 12 to 20 years, on average, ...
Jun 27, 2016
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Common infection caused first US uterus transplant to fail, hospital says
(HealthDay)—A common fungus caused the complication that forced Cleveland Clinic doctors to remove a transplanted uterus from a 26-year-old woman just two weeks after the groundbreaking procedure was performed, hospital ...
Apr 8, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Three Canadians infected abroad by Zika virus: official
Three Canadians have been infected with the Zika virus while traveling abroad, Canadian health authorities said Thursday, raising the possibility of new blood donor restrictions to prevent the disease's spread.
Jan 28, 2016
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Almost all donated organs unused in China, report says
Almost all human organs donated for transplant in China go unused, state-run media said, after years of controversy about the use of body parts from executed prisoners.
Nov 24, 2015
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Country-to-country aid for health varies dramatically
An analysis of country-to-country aid for health over a 20-year period suggests wide variations among donor countries' giving that do not always reflect recipient countries' health needs.
Nov 4, 2015
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Opt-out system for organ donation is well intentioned but misguided
As Wales prepares to become the first country of the United Kingdom to introduce an opt-out system for organ donation, a doctor writing in The BMJ this week, says support for such a system "is well intentioned but misguided."
Oct 21, 2015
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Surgery
Lung 'filtering' technique can reduce transplant rejection
University of Manchester researchers have used a new technique to recondition poorly functioning lungs and remove donor white blood cells in an attempt to increase the number of lungs available for transplant, and at the ...
Sep 14, 2015
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