Brazilian doctors are reporting the world’s first baby born to a woman with a uterus transplanted from a deceased donor.
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Analyzing the ick factor: U of A study looks at deterrents to being a poop donor
The University of Alberta has only seven people who are regular donors of stool. A study, led by third-year medical student Breanna McSweeney, looked at why people why people donate their fecal matter and what deters others from doing so.
Organ donor agencies want federal government to collect donor information nationally
Canada’s largest organ donor agencies are urging the federal government to take action to promote and manage organ donor registration at the national level.
Organ donor registration spiked following the Humboldt Broncos tragedy: Here’s what you need to know
Organ donor registration spiked following the Humboldt Broncos bus crash, but Canada has “one of the worst” participation levels in the world. Here’s what you need to know, both about how to register, and the misconceptions that have put us so far behind other nations.
The Good Doctor Recap: An Unlikely Donor, Plus: Five-0 Vet Scrubs In
This week on The Good Doctor, Shaun and the rest of the St. Bonaventure staff attended the hospital’s annual fundraising gala — but not before two of the residents watched a man shoot himself in the face. PREVIOUS RECAPGood Doctor Season 1 Finale Spoilers: Major Crimes Vet Cops Guest Role Shaun and Reznick, meanwhile, worked […]
Desperate family takes out 27 billboards to find kidney donor for Calgary man
Elaine Austin admits it’s an unconventional approach. She and other family members have taken out more than two dozen billboards in and around Calgary to try to find a kidney donor for her son, whose current kidney is functioning at just six per cent.
Donor kidneys revitalized for transplant at Toronto General Hospital
A team at Toronto General Hospital is using an “ex-vivo” machine to preserve and rejuvenate kidneys by mimicking the conditions inside the body prior to transplant. Its use could make more kidney transplants possible. About five per cent of patients die while on the waiting list in Ontario every year.
Father’s kidney plea at Disney World goes viral, leads to donor
A desperate father of five, frustrated over a seven year waiting list for a kidney donation, wore an “In Need of Kidney” T-shirt to Disney World over the summer. A Facebook post of the shirt went viral and a donor responded. “I thought ‘You know, if I can get one person who’s my blood type […]
Anonymous donor gives Centre for Addiction and Mental Health $100M
Canada’s largest mental health hospital has been given $ 100 million by an anonymous donor, with the goal of developing cures for psychiatric conditions that affect almost seven million Canadians.
Claims that Russia backed Brexit are ‘bollocks’ – UKIP donor Arron Banks
Published time: 1 Nov, 2017 13:41 Ex-UKIP donor Arron Banks has dismissed an Electoral Commission probe into his financial support for the pro-Brexit campaign as “bollocks.” He said it is being driven by unsubstantiated rumors of Russian interference in the referendum. “Allegations of Brexit being funded by the Russians… are complete bollocks from beginning to […]
