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Little Izzy fought to the end
California City :: CA :: USA | 1 day ago
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When about nine weeks old, Izzy was referred to Auckland's Starship Children's Hospital for the Kasai procedure to allow bile to drain from the liver to provide temporary relief. Unfortunately, the surgeons could not proceed as they found a lot of
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Chrissie Hynde: Don't Get Me Wrong: I Won't Stand For Cruelty to Geese
London :: CA :: USA | 4 days ago
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First came Twiggy , then Joanna Lumley , Dame Vera Lynn , Pamela Anderson , and Brigitte Bardot , and now me. With what amounts to a bevy of famous women speaking out for the majority of Britons who want to see a ban on the sale of foie gras, Fortnum
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Cultural attitudes impede organ donations in China
Boston :: MA :: USA | 7 days ago
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China is phasing out its reliance on executed prisoners for donated organs, but cultural attitudes are impeding the rise of donations among the general population. Almost all donated organs in China used to come from executed prisoners. A growing
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Auckland fog delays urgent liver donation
California City :: CA :: USA | 10 days ago
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An urgent liver donation, flown in a jet from Sydney to Auckland this morning, was delayed in reaching a critically ill patient. Thick fog in Auckland forced the Beechcraft Citation carrying the donated liver to divert to Tauranga Airport where a
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Cohasset mom donates part of liver to save her son
Burlington :: NC :: USA | 11 days ago
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A year ago Sunday, Brenden Morrissey called his mother, Karen, from a baseball game in Cohasset and told her he wasn't feeling well. That fateful call led to a two-week hospital stay, followed by more tests, treatments and time in the hospital...It's
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Some liver transplants 'avoidable'
New York :: NY :: USA | 19 days ago
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They made the discovery by looking at a rare group of patients given a transplant while their own damaged liver is left in the body...A study, in the American Journal of Transplantation , suggests doctors can predict which patients do not need a
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Foie Gras Hactivists Harass Local Chef
Laguna Beach :: CA :: USA | 20 days ago
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The fattened goose livers have become quite the political issue amongst food lovers, chefs, and animal rights activists since they were banned last summer , and some, like chefs Noah Blom and Amar Santana of the two OC restos, decided to gift foie
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One man loses his job, and another man his life. for using medical marijuana
While support for marijuana legalization is rising in America, and there is overwhelming support for medical marijuana legalization, medical marijuana patients still suffer harsh discrimination. Sometimes they can lose their job, and sometimes
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Freaky Friday: Autonomous Tissue Grabbers Are On Their Way
Washington :: DC :: USA | 28 days ago
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When we first heard about researchers using tiny freely floating tools to grab tissue samples deep inside the body, we were scared...Johns Hopkins engineers are testing out what they call "untethered microgrippers" as a better way to investigate hard-
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Mayor, council show support for organ and tissue donation
Garfield :: NJ :: USA | 29 days ago
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Members of the township council recently joined Mayor Christopher Vergano as he read a proclamation naming April as National Donate Life Month, and National Donate Life Blue and Green Day on April 19, in a national effort to support and raise
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