Millions Follow Erik Compton's Quest to Win a PGA TOUR Card and Build Awareness for Organ Donation.
BROOKSVILLE, Fla., Nov. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- With a story that continues to captivate millions of Americans and offer hope to thousands of those awaiting lifesaving transplants, golfer and double heart transplant recipient Erik Compton will continue to champion the cause of organ donation as he pursues his quest to...

License renewal policy trouble for Lions organ donation effort.
Byline: Kim Ring When word that the Registry of Motor Vehicles would stop sending reminders to drivers who need to renew their licenses reached Donald D. Bourque of Webster, he knew he'd have to mark his calendar to remember when to renew his license. He...

Don't Wait - Do It Now!(TM) Become an Organ and Tissue Donor.
Ohioans Urged to Give Back by Registering at doitnowohio.org COLUMBUS, Ohio, Nov. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- The need for organ and tissue donation increases daily. In Ohio, nearly 3,000 people are waiting for a life saving organ transplant and many more are in need of tissue. Four Ohioans...

Kidneys for sale: Iranian organ donation.
"WHAT CAN IRAN teach us about good governance?" is not a question often posed in Washington. But according to Benjamin Hippen, a transplant nephrologist in North Carolina, the Iranians have managed to do something American policy makers have long thought impossible: They've found kidneys for every single citizen in...

Free ride: organ donation debate.
IF ALL GOES well, thrifty Vermonters will soon have a new way to save a few bucks. All they have to do is hand over their hearts, kidneys, and corneas. State Reps.James Fitzgerald (D-St.Albans) and Francis McFaun (R-Barre Town) have introduced a bill offering to wave the...

One Million Californians Say 'Yes!' to Organ Donation.
Statewide Donate Life California Organ & Tissue Donor Registry Reaches 1,000,000 Registration Goal in First Six Months With DMV Press Conference to Take Place at Capitol Jan. 24, 10:00 a.m. Organ Donation Up 11% Statewide for 2006 SACRAMENTO, Calif., Jan. 22 /PRNewswire/ --...

Cardiac arrest, brain death, and organ donation: the inconvenient truth.
Ever since organ donation after a declaration of 'cardiac death' was first practised in the Ottawa Hospital in June 2006, Canadians have been subjected to an incessant drumbeat of rhetorical manipulation in the media in favour of organ donation. The following commentary is offered in order to inform the...

Should organ donation after cardiac death be promoted and adopted more widely? No--it's unethical and a dangerous mistake.
Organ donation after cardiac death is a big mistake for a host of reasons, not the least of which is that it's driven by the quest to get more organs. This very nature of the practice makes it inherently difficult to prevent conflict between donor and recipient...

Should organ donation after cardiac death be promoted and adopted more widely? Yes--it's an ethical and necessary practice.
Despite all we have done to increase the number of available organs, over 6,000 people die every year in the United States while on organ waiting lists. If donation after cardiac death (DCD) were pursued as diligently as donation after brain death, the number of organs available...

Families overriding relatives' plans for organ donation.
ORLANDO -- Patient wishes for organ donation were overridden by family members in about 20% of cases, creating "missed opportunities" for organ procurement, according to research conducted at a level I trauma center in Charlotte, N.C. Dr. A. Britton Christmas and colleagues at the EH. Sammy Ross...