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You can help your loved ones make decisions about your care and what to do when you cannot communicate your wishes. Talk with them and get a Living will, advanced decision or organ donation card before something happens to you.

Are you an organ donor? Who can be an organ donor? Why do people choose not to donate?

Organ donation is a vital need. You can donate both deceased and living organs.

This is not intended to sway you in one direction or another when making the very personal decision of becoming an organ donor. I just wanted to share my reasons for making the choice to be an organ donor.

When many of us think of organ and tissue donation, we think of major body organs and skin. Until the death of a family member, I knew very little about organ and tissue donation.

An organ transplant recipient's health insurance usually covers the medical expenses of the donor. However, it almost never covers living expenses such as lost wages, transportation, or hotel bills.

There are many tests that occur prior to donating any organ, and then the actual surgery that last up to eight hours, all in hope of saving a life.

This paper discusses the major historical efforts to legislate organ transplantation in the United States. In addition to discussing the problems found within the current system of voluntary donation, this paper will provide an overview of three alternative approaches.

Organ donation is a possible answer to the gift of life, but what is the price?

The reason behind becoming an organ donor.

Organ donors save lives, plain and simple. Here is a touching tribute to one donor, who saved five lives. April is Organ Donation month, please remember all of those who lost their lives, but donated so others could live.

A nonprofit struggle to fight the minority organ donation crisis and help minorities most at risk.

When considering your options for kidney transplant, a kidney donation from an aged donor may be offered but may not provide the health improvement needed.

This piece offers background info on the benefits of becoming an organ or tissue donor.

If you are an organ donor or are thinking of becoming an organ donor, you may want to rethink your decision. A controversial trend with organ donation and harvesting is on the rise, and it's raising questions about ethics.

A recent study shows how TV is creating fear among potential organ donors. The choice to become an organ donor is a personal one. The insensitivity of the media is doing more harm than good.

Are you an organ donor? If you're not perhaps it's because you don't know very much about it. These are the basic things a person should know to make an informed decision about becoming an organ donor.

Organ donation is a potentially controversial issue that should be addressed to all people in the nation.

Have you been thinking about signing an organ donor card? Do you have questions as to why you should do so? Read on and see the difference your decision can make in enhancing the life of others.

With a large gap widening in the number of organ donors and organ recipients, states and federal government are looking to ways to close the gap.

According to the Mayo Clinic website, more that 95,000 people are on the U. S. organ transplant waiting list.

There are 4,700 people in Illinois and now over 97,000 people nationwide who are waiting for lifesaving transplants. Donate Life Illinois is sponsoring a competition between Illinois colleges and universities to promote the issue of organ donation.

Listed are some myths surronding organ donations.

This was inspired by Extreme Makeover Home Edition and my brother who passed away. He was an organ donar. I encourage everyone to think about being an organ donor.

Along with invitro fertilization, preserving eggs and growing new ovaries through stem cell research, cadaver eggs and organ donation could be the next best source of getting eggs.

Without an increase in supply and improvements in administration, the organ transplant programs in the United States will continue to falter, even with advancing medical improvements.

Jewish law on treatment of dead bodies and is organ transplant permissible? What restrictions apply?

Organ donation saves lives. According to USA Today, 70 people receive organs through transplants each day, yet 16 people die each day due to lack of organs.

Stephanie Groce was diagnosed with peripartum cardiomyopathy, a rare pregnancy-related heart disease. Unlike most women who experience this disease, Groce did not heal. Instead, she spent a year in a hospital, separated from her newborn, as she waited for a donor heart.

For many organ transplant patients, it is unclear what types of risks can be associated in terms of rejection. This is an overview of the three subtypes of organ transplant rejection.

According to a press release, minorities account for 51 percent of the US organ transplant list. Donate Life America has started awareness over this issue.

Mars candy recently came out with an all-green 14 ounce bag of milk chocolate M & Ms. There is much speculation online about the true meaning of the green-only M & M bag. Is it for the environment? Did they run out of red and pink? Is it to promote organ donation?

For individuals who require kidney transplant, the use of kidney from a living donor often comes from family members.

The topic of death and organ donation is something that many families may not want to discuss; however, it is an important one that could literally help to save a number of lives.

Organ transplants often save lives, but finding a suitable match in time can prove quite tricky. Men, women and children have waited ten years or more for kidneys, liver lobes and other organs in the constant hope of finding a match, but now there is a better way.

February 14th is not just for Valentine's Day - it is also National Donor Day. By sharing love for others on Valentine's Day you can also share the gift of life and become an organ donor.

When we donated my sisters organs, we learned the name of the donor. When he died it was like my sister died twice. Should names be given out?

Alcohol abuse on the part of the donor increases the chance of a patient rejecting a lung transplant according to a recent study. Abuse can cause airway injury and scarring after a lung transplant, creating questions about the screening of lung donors.

This article shares information on the growing trend in human organ trafficking.

This article dissect the issues surrounding organ sales and its controversial nature.

From the cringe of an Autopsy to salvation from Organ Donation some things are beyond your control.

This article delves into the benefits and limitations of living wills. Complexities related to the interpretation of these documents are revealed in an effort to provide you with a strategy to optimize the efficacy of your living will.

For patients who undergo kidney transplant, there is a risk for development recurrent glomerulonephritis

Parenting a child who needs an organ transplant requires more than physical care.

The United States Government should legalize the sale of human organs in cases when the donor, or the family of a deceased donor, has willingly agreed to the procedure. Additionally, other programs should be implemented nationwide.

A quintuple kidney transplant has highlighted a growing trend of live-donor kidney donation. The procedure eliminates the wait-list many organ recipients face but may be breaking some laws. Read more to find out about the growing procedure.

There are 3 major variations of live donation which are related, non-related, and non-directed as well as other less variations of live donation.

The only present treatment for those with advanced cirrhosis is a liver transplant. New methods on the horizon may change that very soon.

Does the state have the right to restrict or prohibit a terminally ill person from seeking an assisted suicide? Termed mercy killing, euthanasia has been and continues to be an issue of controversy.

Walter Payton was the top rusher in NFL history at his retirement, although has record has since been passed by Emmitt Smith. Not many know, however, that the late football player was also a great humanitarian.