Articles for tag: Organ Donors, Organ Transplants, Organs

Benefits of Organ, Eye, and Tissue Donations

Did you know that when you donate organs, eyes, and other tissues, you are giving someone less fortunate a new lease on life? You give them a chance to lead healthy, productive, and normal lives and allow them to get back to their normal lives. They are able to get back to their families, friends ...

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Sleep Tight Don’t Let the Kissing Bugs Bite

The once notorious night-time terror, the bed bug, has some competition to contend with in the minds of those climbing into bed tonight: the Triatomine bug better known as the “kissing” bug. Although endemic only in Central and South America, a map from the Centers of Disease Control show occurrences in 25 states in the ...

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Facts About Kidney Transplants

Since I have been working at children’s hospital in Los Angeles, I have become very interested in learning about organ transplants. I substitute teach at the hospital so I have become acquainted with the process that has been used for kidney transplants. I have learned quite a bit. Most of my experiences with organ transplants ...

Rabies Symptoms: Recognition Can Save Your Life

Recently, something startling is happening – rabies is cropping up in American children without any real warning. Why? Possibly because we’ve gotten so used to being safe and well that when animals bite our children, we don’t worry about it much. In Indiana, a ten-year old girl died 26 days after a rabid bat bit ...