Organs

Two Mayo Clinic Workers Die In Forida Helicopter Crash

AP | JENNIFER KAY | Posted 02.25.2012

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MIAMI — A surgeon and technician from a Mayo Clinic in Florida flying across the northern corner of the state to retrieve a heart for transplant...

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Take a Deep Breath (Inhale): Organ Panics

Nancy Scheper-Hughes | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Inhale, Organs for Sale, Inhale Movie, Organ Donations, Organs, Entertainment News
Nancy Scheper-Hughes

Unlike in numerous other states around the world, we in the United States have allowed our official organ donor waiting list to run riot, resulting in black market horrors few can even imagine.

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Israel Admits Harvesting Organs From Dead Bodies Without Permission

Posted 05.25.2011

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(AP) JERUSALEM - Israel has admitted that in the 1990s, its forensic pathologists harvested organs from dead bodies, including Palestinians, without p...

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Pot-Smoking Israeli Sold Kidney For $20K In U.S. Black Market

AP | CARLA K. JOHNSON and ADAM GOLDMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New York, Marijuana, Nick Rosen, Organs, Black Market Kidney, Hospitals, Nick Rosen Kidney, Organ Donors, Israel, Home News

NEW YORK — In 2005, a rebellious and sporadically employed Israeli man flew to New York to give up a kidney to save an American businessman. For...

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Forced, Illegal Organ Trafficking During Kosovo War To Be Probed

AP | DUSAN STOJANOVIC | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Kosovo Organ Trafficking, Kosovo, Kosovo War, Organ Transplant, Dick Marty, Organs, Serbia, Organ Trafficking, Organs Kosovo, War Crimes, World News

BELGRADE, Serbia — Europe's top human rights watchdog launched a probe Monday into Serb allegations that ethnic Albanian guerrillas kidnapped Se...

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Illegal Organ Trafficking Poses A Global Problem

Huffington Post | Ami Cholia | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: India, Organ Trade, Organ-Donors, 30 Rock, Organ Transplant, Organ Donation, Brazil, Organs, Iran, Iraq, South Africa, Kidneys, Organ Watch, World News

The recent New Jersey corruption probe, which resulted in the arrest of 44 people including state legislators, government officials and several rabbis...

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Organs Humans Don't Need

ABC News | LAURA SPINNEY | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Human Organs, Humans, Unnecessary Organs, Unused Organs, Organs, Healthy Living News

Vestigial organs are parts of the body that once had a function but are now more-or-less useless. Probably the most famous example is the appendix, th...

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