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The question was, 'What would Tom do?'
<strong>From the Toronto Star May 6, 2010</strong>
It's a difficult question to ask a mother. And, you might think, impossible to answer:
How do you cope with the death of not just one, but two, o...
[ Posted on Tuesday May 18 - 9:10 am ][ More... ]
OETSG Bike Donation to TGH
OETSG presented a cheque for $6000 to the Transplant Unit Treadmill Room at Toronto General Hospital. The money was used to buy a bike for physiotherapy and an Oxometre to monitor pre/post transplant recipients while th...
[ Posted on Friday May 14 - 11:19 am ][ More... ]
65_REDROSES on CBC
65_REDROSES will Premiere on THE PASSIONATE EYE on CBC News Network (formerly CBC Newsworld) on Monday, Nov.16 at 10pm ET/PT.
For 23-year old Canadian Eva Markvoort (aka 65_redroses, her online pseudonym), the clock i...
[ Posted on Saturday November 14 - 7:51 am ][ More... ]
Register for Public Dialogues on Organ Translplantation and Donation
Participate in a public dialogue on organ tissue donation and transplantation.
Canadian Blood Services will be hosting a series of public dialogues, during which participants will have the opportunity to learn about t...
[ Posted on Thursday October 22 - 10:45 pm ][ More... ]
CANDLELIGHT VIGIL FOR ORGAN DONOR FAMILIES
Organ and tissue donors, recipients, and their families gathered at the TransAlta Arts Barn this morning for a candlelit service honouring those who have saved lives in death by donating viable hearts, lungs and tissues....
[ Posted on Sunday October 18 - 4:37 pm ][ More... ]
OLD KIDNEYS FOR OLDER RECIPIENTS
Sydney Morning Herald reports: THEY are the kidneys transplant doctors reject: considered too old or unhealthy to give another person a decent shot at life.
Now, they may be harvested after death from people in their...
[ Posted on Sunday October 18 - 4:16 pm ][ More... ]
ORGAN DONATION 'CHAIN' IN CALIFORNIA
By Joe Goldeen
Record Staff Writer
October 18, 2009 12:00 AM
STOCKTON - San Joaquin Delta College students are signing up in record numbers to become organ donors, outdistancing their closest Northern California colle...
[ Posted on Sunday October 18 - 4:11 pm ][ More... ]
Immune Suppressed Risk for Ear Infection
Drugs.com reports: TUESDAY, Oct. 6 -- Early diagnosis and treatment of ear infections can help avoid life-threatening complications for organ-transplant patients, a new study finds.
Researchers who reviewed the medica...
[ Posted on Saturday October 17 - 9:56 pm ][ More... ]
CMV Vaccine shows promise
SAN DIEGO, Oct. 7, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Vical Incorporated (Nasdaq:VICL) announced today that the company's TransVax(TM) cytomegalovirus (CMV) vaccine continued to demonstrate an overall increase in cellular ...
[ Posted on Saturday October 17 - 9:52 pm ][ More... ]
2 Year Journey to bring Transplant Awareness
Toronto Sun reports that George Marcello is embarking on a two-year-old journey across the Americas that will, he hopes, save thousands of lives.
The liver donation advocate, who received a life-saving transplant 14 ...
[ Posted on Saturday October 17 - 9:44 pm ][ More... ]
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The question was, 'What would Tom do?'
From the Toronto Star May 6, 2010
It's a difficult question to ask a mother. And, you might think, impossible to answer:
How do you cope with the death of not just one, but two, o...
[ More... ]
OETSG Bike Donation to TGH
OETSG presented a cheque for $6000 to the Transplant Unit Treadmill Room at Toronto General Hospital. The money was used to buy a bike for physiotherapy and an Oxometre to monitor pre/post transplant recipients while th...
[ More... ]
65_REDROSES on CBC
65_REDROSES will Premiere on THE PASSIONATE EYE on CBC News Network (formerly CBC Newsworld) on Monday, Nov.16 at 10pm ET/PT.
For 23-year old Canadian Eva Markvoort (aka 65_redroses, her online pseudonym), the clock i...
[ More... ]