Organs

• ‘Selfless acts’: B.C. received record-breaking number of deceased organ donations in 2021

  “Becoming an organ donor is an incredibly important decision that can save a life,” said B.C. Health Minister Adrian Dix.

  Health

  Feb 3, 2022
  
• Fists and pig guts fly as Taiwan politicians fight over pork imports

  A dramatic political display escalated quickly into a sloppy, slimy brawl in Taiwan's parliament amid a bitter dispute over U.S. pork imports.

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  Nov 27, 2020
  
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• Stranger aims to help Edmontonian find urgently needed kidney donor

  An Innisfail man who kick-started a chain of organ transplants by donating his kidney to a stranger is now trying to help a stranger find a kidney donor.

  Health

  Jul 4, 2020
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• U.S. government proposes new rules to increase organ transplants from living donors

  The new rules aim to ease an organ shortage so severe that more than 113,000 Americans linger on the transplant waiting list.

  Politics

  Dec 17, 2019
• Green Shirt Day inspires thousands to sign up to be an organ donor

  According to BC Transplant, nearly 2,200 people registered online to be an organ donor between Friday and Monday

  Apr 8, 2019
• Lindsay’s Adam Sweeney undergoes successful liver transplant

  Adam Sweeney of Lindsay underwent a successful living donor liver transplant on Monday night.

  Health

  Apr 10, 2018
• Scientists think they’ve discovered a new human organ, the ‘interstitium’

  The interstitium acts as a "shock absorber" to protect different parts of the body, researchers say.

  Health

  Mar 28, 2018
• Opioid addiction may be factor in growing number of donor organs in Canada

  B.C. Transplant says one-quarter of the organs transplanted in the first six weeks of this year were donated by a patient who died of a fentanyl overdose.

  Canada

  Jun 20, 2017
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• 3-D-printed vertebrae implanted in man’s spine a world first in cancer treatment

  For the first time in history, cancer-riddled vertebrae were removed and successfully replaced with a 3D-printed titanium model.

  Health

  Mar 3, 2016
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• Mom hears her son’s heart beat again in someone else after donating his organs

  A California mom who lost her young son got to hear his heart beat again for the first time in three years after it was donated to a little girl in need of a heart transplant.

  Health

  Feb 2, 2016