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A new policy on organ donation
(timesofmalta.com - September 12, 2005) When I read about traffic victims' families who decide to donate the organs of their loved ones for transplant, I get mixed feelings.
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Organ donation -- the life-saving agreement
(Tidings Online - September 2, 2005) The unselfish act of becoming an organ donor recently took on a new shine with the revelation that Pope Benedict XVI is the first pope on record as being a card-carrying organ donor.
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Los Angeles Times Examines Presumed Consent Policy for Organ Donation
(kaisernetwork.org - August 30, 2005) The Los Angeles Times on Monday examined the policy of presumed consent for organ donation. Under presumed consent -- a policy used in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Italy, Norway, Sweden and other European nations -- all individuals are considered organ donors unless they have enrolled in a government registry.
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Organ donation rates are rising nationwide as tiny federal effort pays off
(Knight Ridder Newspapers - July 28, 2005) ...Three days later, Sadlon died of head injuries, but that wasn't the end of his story. Nor is it the end in many similar tragedies, thanks to a nationwide surge in organ donations.
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AMA tries to boost organ donations
(Science Daily - June 23, 2005) The American Medical Association has added its considerable clout to the search for ways to increase organ donations.
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Organ donation, an act of love
(Tandem - May 5, 2005) Bringing organ donation into the limelight in Canada has always been, since its establishment, the goal of the Step by Step Association. "Unfortunately, Canada is very much behind in regards to organ donation," says George Marcello.
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Discovery Health Channel Reveals Compelling, Real-Life Stories About Organ Donation in Three-Part GIFT OF LIFE Series
(PR Newswire - April 4, 2005) New GIFT OF LIFE Episodes Premiere in April's National Donate Life Month
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The transplant gap
(Baltimore Sun - March 25, 2005) For a variety of reasons, blacks must wait longer than whites for organ transplants. The good news is that organizations have begun to address the disparity.
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Change Organ Allocation to Increase Organ Supply
(Opinioneditorials.com - March 8, 2005) If we change how we allocate organs we will get more organs to allocate.
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Couple win fight for organ donor registry
(SignOn San Diego - March 8, 2005) A former pro football player is savoring another big victory – this time, in the game of life. John Brockington, the 1971 Green Bay Packers rookie of the year, and his wife, Diane, have been lending their voices to the ongoing campaign to create an online organ and tissue donor registry for Californians.
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Organ donation: Clock is ticking on miracles
(Poughkeepsie Journal - February 24, 2005) - It took Ulster County resident Charles Myers two years just to get on the waiting list for a kidney transplant.
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Black Organ Donations Lower Nationwide
(Kansas City Star - February 9, 2005) In the US, the minority population with the largest gap between the number on the waiting list and the number of donors is in the black community, representing 37% of those waiting, yet donating at a rate of only 13%. Among Hispanics, the gap is only 1%. Find out why.
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Americans happy to donate money but not blood and tissue
(News-Medical.net - February 9, 2005) When asked, most Americans will say that donating to worthy causes is a good thing. And many will put their time and money where their mouths are and volunteer or pony up or both. Except when it comes to donating blood and tissue.
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Organ Donation Poses Painful Family Decision
(Fox News - January 12, 2005) HINSDALE, Ill. — The loss is still painful for the Fudacz family, four Christmases later. "We got a telephone call from Mt. Sinai. It was about one o'clock in the morning ... and they said your son was in an automobile accident," Larry Fudacz recalls.
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Fundamental Changes Urged For Organ-Donation Rules
(Canada Free Press - December 27, 2004) Ontario will just be tinkering with organ donation rules in 2005 when what the system desperately needs is a complete overhaul, says an outspoken transplant advocate.
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A Gift of Life
(The Seattle Times - December 25, 2004) On the 50th anniversary of the first human organ transplant, it is important that we take a step back to applaud the miracle of life made possible by this medical breakthrough. At the same time, we must highlight the thousands of desperate Americans who will die on the waitlist before any organ can be found.
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The Math of Medical Ethics 101
(Canada Free Press - December 14, 2004) "What an incredible story", I thought as I read the article. But it wasn’t published in a prestigious medical journal. Rather, it was an article in the New Yorker Magazine written by Ian Parker about about Zell Kravinsky. Zell had given away almost his entire 45 million dollar real estate fortune to charity. Then he donated a kidney to save a young stranger’s life.
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Illinois Lawmakers Consider Removing Family Consent From Organ Donation Process
(WQAD - October 27, 2004) SPRINGFIELD - A proposed law could be the difference between life and death. Illinois lawmakers are looking at making your drivers license a binding contract for organ donation.
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Kidney Transplant Need Exceeds 60,000
(Richmond, VA - October 14, 2004) The number of people awaiting a deceased donor kidney transplant in the United States has exceeded 60,000 for the first time. Data on transplant candidates are kept by the nation's Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN), operated by the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS).
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Organ Donation Limited By Distrust
(Montgomery Advisor - September 20, 2004) Among the many tragic aspects of the infamous Tuskegee syphilis experiments is the lingering impact on the willingness of black Alabamians to become organ donors. Education efforts continue in an attempt to overcome that, but it is slow going.
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Long-Term Tylenol Use May Harm Kidneys
(July 26, 2004) Long-term, habitual use of the painkiller acetaminophen may cause a decline in kidney function in some people, a study of middle-aged women said Monday.
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Severe Shortage of Organs Leaves 85,000 Americans On Translplant Lists: Joint Comission Expert Panel Offers Solutions To National Crisis
(Oakbrook Terrace, IL - June 15, 2004) The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations today issued a call to action to eliminate the expanding gap between patients awaiting organ transplantation - especially those in racial and ethnic minority groups - and the availability of organs to meet their needs.
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To Become Organ Donor
(HearldTimes - June 11, 2004) Putting an organ donor sticker on your driver's license isn't enough to make sure your wishes are carried out.

That was just part of the message John and Diane Brockington delivered Thursday at a golf outing in Valders to raise awareness of organ donation.
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Kidney Donors More Outgoing, Positive Than Average
(Reuters Health - Chicago, IL - May 15, 2004) - In contrast to the view that people who donate a kidney are easily manipulated, new research shows that kidney donors are actually more emotionally stable and socially outgoing than the average adult.

In a personality study of more than 200 potential kidney donors, researchers found that the donors were friendlier, less anxious and had generally brighter outlooks on life compared with the average person.
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House Approves Legislation On Organ Transplant Policy
(Washington) Taking on an issue that means life or death to transplant patients, the House voted Tuesday to block a Clinton administration effort to move more hearts, livers and kidneys to those who are closest to death.

The legislation would strip the Department of Health and Human Services of its power to set transplant policy and comes after years of tension between HHS and the United Network for Organ Sharing, the private firm that has long run the transplant system under a government contract.
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2003 Deceased Organ Donation At Highest Rate In Five Years
(Richmond, VA) Preliminary statistics indicate that 6,455 people became deceased organ donors in the United States in 2003. This represents an increase of 4.3 percent over the previous year, the highest annual increase since 1998. These statistics are compiled by the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN), which is operated by the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) under federal contract.

A total of 25,448 transplants were performed with organs from both deceased and living donors. In addition, the number of transplant candidates who died awaiting a transplant in 2003 fell to 5,968 after exceeding 6,000 each year since 1999.
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Brockington Pushes For Organ Donor Tax Breaks
(Madison, WI) One of the Green Bay Packers' all-time rushing leaders spent a few moments Monday urging Wisconsin lawmakers to help the state lead in another area: live organ donation.

John Brockington, the former running back who became the first National Football League player to exceed 1,000 yards rushing in each of his first three seasons, testified on a bill that would offer tax breaks to live organ donors. It would be the first law of its kind in the nation.

Testifying before a Senate committee via speaker phone from San Diego, Brockington said he received a life-saving kidney transplant in November 2001 from a longtime fan and friend, Diane Scott, who later became his wife.
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