Organ Donations

The DMV Tried to Get Me to 'Just Say No!' to Organ Donation

Randi Hutter Epstein, MD, MPH | Posted 05.31.2012

Read More: Donating Organs, Organ Donations, Organ Donation, Healthy Living Health News, Organ Donors, Organ Donor, Healthy Living News
Randi Hutter Epstein, MD, MPH

I realize that a lot of people have issues with organ donation. But I think those who are promoting it, need to think about those on the frontlines and make sure their worthy efforts aren't being cobbled at the very last moment.

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POLL: 41 Percent Say Organ Donors Should Get Cash

Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: Kidney Donation, Npr, Bone Marrow Transplant, Scott Hensley, Organ Donation, Poll, Organ Donations, Slideexpand, Organ Donation Compensation, Slidepollajax, Video, Impact News

Part of what is so inspiring about donating an organ is the selfless nature of the act. The giver doesn't expect anything in return. But with more...

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SLIDESHOW: 5 Inspiring Facebook Organ Donation Stories

Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Facebook Organ Donor Announcement, Organ Donations, Slideexpand, Facebook Organ Donor, Facebook Organ Donation, Impact News

Facebook has announced a status update with real impact. A new feature will allow users to share the fact that they are an organ donor, spreading a...

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Weird Organ Transplant Tales

Oddee.com | Posted 04.28.2012

Read More: Video, Heart Transplant, Weird Kidney Transplant, Weird Science, Weird Organ Transplant, Anatomical Wonders, Organ Donors, Weird Photos & Videos, Organ Donations, Weird News News

From the woman who received a kidney from her husband's mistress, to a man who had a penis transplant but cut it off because his wife rejected it, mee...

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Conversation With a Dying Man

Melissa Carter | Posted 04.07.2012

Read More: Transplant, Kidney Transplant, Organ Donations, Organ Transplant, Organ Donation, Kidney, Personal Health, Healthy Living News
Melissa Carter

Neil Millman wanted to give me some pointers about what was ahead of me. As I walked into his hospice room, I knew it could just as easily have been my room. The cancer that is attacking his body is the result of taking drugs for years that kept his transplanted kidney alive.

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WATCH: Woman Gives The Ultimate Christmas Gift

Posted 12.27.2011

Read More: Margaret Vazquez, Organ Donors, Christmas Kidney, Kidney for Christmas, Allison Buell, Felix Vazguez, Organ Donations, Chicago Impact, Margaret Raduske, Chicago News

After not speaking for more than 20 years, two childhood friends from Indiana reconnected on Facebook recently -- and changed each other's lives forev...

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How Much Is that Kidney in the Window?

Elissa Stein | Posted 10.05.2011

Read More: Transplant, Kidney Donors, Black Market Organs, Organ Donations, Impact News
Elissa Stein

I come to this discussion with a point of view that not too many have. An exceedingly personal point of view. I donated a kidney 8 weeks ago.

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Chinese Organ Donor Plan Causes Controversy

Posted 06.26.2011

Read More: Organ Donations, Driver's License, China, China Organ Donor Plan, Organ Transplants, World News

China's plan to tackle the nation's organ transplant demands by encouraging new drivers to become donors is getting mixed reviews. As Reuters is r...

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Take a Deep Breath (Inhale): Organ Panics

Nancy Scheper-Hughes | Posted 05.25.2011

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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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Organ Donors Rise 14% In NYC

Crain's New York Business | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Organ Donations, Organ Donors, Organ Donation, New York City, New York, New York News

After two years of waiting, New Yorker Kerry Keenan finally received the call - she was getting her healthy heart. A 15-year-old girl from Connecticut...

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Illinois Family Travels The Country For Organ Donations

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Organ Donations, Organ Donors, Sheri Greiner, Organ Transplant, Mike Greiner, Greiner Family, National Donate Life Month, Best Places in the USA, Organ Transplants, Impact News

Since before their two children were born, Mike and Sheri Greiner have always dreamed of traveling the country and visiting each of the nation's 50 st...

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In New York, Cash And Connections Can Get You Kidney

AP | David B. Caruso | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK (AP) -- For most of the thousands of Americans who need a new kidney, there are only two ways to go: persuade a friend or relative to donate,...

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Are We Ready for a Market in Fetal Organs?

Jacob M. Appel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Abortion, Kidney Transplant, Organ Donors, Stem Cells, Fetal Organ Market, Kidney Donations, Fetal Organ, Organ Donations, Stem Cell Research, Politics News
Jacob M. Appel

If aborted fetuses prove to be a useful source of organs for transplant, we may soon have to grapple with yet another controversial and startling phenomenon: a legal market in fetal tissue and organs.

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Donate Life This Holiday Season

Irene Rubaum-Keller | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Donating to Charity, Organ Donations, Charity, Giving, Health Care, Health, Organ Daonation, The Giving Life, Healthy Living News
Irene Rubaum-Keller

Although it isn't fun to think about your own mortality, the idea that, after you're gone, you could help someone else keep living is appealing. One person can save up to 8 people's lives with organ donation.

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Critics: Jesus Christians Donate Kidneys For Publicity

Wall Street Journal | LAURA MECKLER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Kidney Transplant, Kidney Donations, Organ Donations, Kidneys, Jesus Christians, Business News

Ashwyn Falkingham wanted to donate one of his kidneys but didn't know anyone who needed one. With the help of a Web site, he met a woman in Toronto wh...

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