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Greif Family Kidney Transplant/Donor Story : Information on the kidney transplant and donation process. Chronicles the kidney donation of Howard Greif to his father Irwin Greif.
Coalition on Donation : A not-for-profit alliance of national organizations and local coalitions across the United States dedicated to educating the public about organ and tissue donation.
Gift of a Lifetime : An educational, web documentary about organ and tissue donation and transplantation. Includes the Interactive Body, student resources and information about becoming a donor.
Holly Fox : Holly has twice received heart transplants. Her story plus helpful links and information about organ donation.
International Association for Organ Donation : Transplantation and organ donation information and resources for transplant candidates, recipients, donors, and their families.
Modern Miracles: Organ Transplants : Overview of organ transplantation and donation.
National Organ Donor Society : National charity dedicated to promoting organ donation and organ donor awareness.
Sandrine's Gift of Life : An online educational program about organ and tissue donation target to middle and secondary school teachers and students.
SangStat - About Transplantation - Backgrounder : Topics include organ allocation and donation, immunosuppressants, rejection and the future of transplantation
Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients : Providing reports and data on solid organ transplantation, as well as a transplantation primer, glossary, and research resources.
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Researchers Gain Insights Into Aging in Mice (HealthDay)
HealthDay - THURSDAY, Jan. 8 (HealthDay News) -- Stanford University
researchers have linked two previously thought-to-be-separate pathways
tied to aging, at least in mice, leading to more thought that physically
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First Americans Arrived on 2 Separate Paths (HealthDay)
HealthDay - THURSDAY, Jan. 8 (HealthDay News) -- Genetic evidence suggests that two
different waves of people migrated from what is now Siberia at about the
same time to become the first settlers in the Americas, a new report
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Doctors Urged to Screen Diabetics for Sleep Apnea (HealthDay)
HealthDay - THURSDAY, Jan. 8 (HealthDay News) -- Here's a wake-up call to the
millions of American men and women with type 2 diabetes: Snoring at night
or nodding off during the day may be symptoms of obstructive sleep apnea,
a potentially life-threatening problem affecting one out of three
diabetics. |
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Preparing for a Chlorine Gas Disaster (HealthDay)
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Jan. 7 (HealthDay News) -- On a January night in 2005, a
freight train with three tanker cars -- each loaded with 90 tons of
chlorine -- slammed into a parked locomotive in the center of
Graniteville, S.C., a town of 7,000 people about 15 miles from Augusta,
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