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Deseret News | Lee Benson Celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Salt Lake Olympics gives everyone a chance to dust off their favorite 2002 moment. PARK CITY — Celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Salt Lake Olympics gives everyone a chance to dust off their favorite 2002 moment. Mine involves remembering a picture-perfect Valentine's Day at Park City, where snowboard racer Chris Klug laid down the crowning run of the Games. Klug didn't win gold, or silver, but the bronze medal he captured... Read Full Story
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The Toronto Star | Barbara Turnbull Doctors at the Hospital for Sick Children have mended four broken hearts in time for Valentine’s Day. George Xenarios is just 12 weeks old, but is home in Richmond Hill today with his parents, Kostas Xenarios and Helen Chialtas and sister, Ellie, after a successful heart transplant early last month. The family’s saga began last November, when an otherwise-normal pregnancy became a potential tragedy. At 33 weeks, the 35-year-old felt pain in her pelvic area... Read Full Story
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French Tribune While there are many who feel that organ donation must be promoted, there are not many people registered for the same. It is necessary that such steps are being taken which can change one’s life forever. On the occasion of DonateLife Week, which kicked on February 19 and would go on till 26, it is being said that more and more people should come forward to be part of the noble cause. If a recent from the Australia and New Zealand Organ Donation Registry is to be referred to... Read Full Story
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The Guardian, UK | Dennis Campbell Patients could be kept alive to become donors and hearts retrieved from newborn babies in controversial BMA proposals Patients could be kept alive solely so they can become organ donors, hearts could be retrieved from newborn babies for the first time, and body parts could be taken from high-risk donors as part of an urgent medical and ethical revolution to ease Britain's chronic shortage of organs, doctors' leaders say . Hearts could also be taken from... Read Full Story
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Northwest Medical Center Did you know that February 14 is National Donor Day? Many have considered the idea of becoming an organ donor but have not taken the steps to finally register. While thinking of your special someone this Valentine’s Day, take a quick moment to think of the lives you could change just by registering online. The Facts The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services reports that over 100,000 Americans are currently in need of organ and tissue transplants and... Read Full Story
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Loma Linda Patch | Briana Pastorino and Herbert Atienza An art show designed to create awareness for organ and tissue donation will be held on Valentine's Day. The event will feature a silent auction. An art show to create awareness for organ and tissue donation, and for overall health, will benefit the organ transplant programs at Loma Linda University Medical Center. The “Be My Valentine” event is set for 6 p.m. on Tuesday at Classic Containers, 1700 S. Hellman Ave., Ontario. The show will... Read Full Story
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Stuff, New Zealand All Blacks legend Jonah Lomu has confirmed he needs a new kidney and has lost 30kg in his latest health struggles. The 36-year-old confirmed to the New Zealand Women's Weekly magazine that the hunt was on for a new kidney donor. Lomu looked in fine form when he opened the Rugby World Cup last September and was due to box in the Fight For Life event but had to withdraw as his health deteriorated. He spent a long spell in hospital in Auckland late last year. Kidney disease... Read Full Story
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The Tribune Democrat, Jamestown, PA | Chip Minemyer In Florida, a young man tragically is struck by a car and dies. And in Pennsylvania, another man gets a new lease on life – thanks to the generosity of organ donation. Richard Burkert, president of Johnstown Area Heritage Association, received a kidney transplant on Feb. 1 in Pittsburgh – his second such procedure. At home this past week in Johnstown, Burkert has been counting his blessings and marveling at the unlikely scenario that is... Read Full Story
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San Jose Mercury News | Helen Shen Hshen Howling gleefully, Sophia Gonzalez bangs the coffee table while her identical twin, Charlotte, watches quietly from the couch. Seventeen-month-old Sophia, the younger sister by 18 minutes, can pull herself up by the furniture now, but Charlotte still prefers to be held. "I thought we were going to need a Sharpie when they were first born," said Megan Antrim, remarking on her daughters' early similarities. The San Mateo twins are quickly developing... Read Full Story
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The Journal | Samantha Cronk MARTINSBURG - After months of exchanging letters and messages, Nicole Siva met Neferterius Akeli McPherson, one of the recipients of her daughter's organs, on Saturday. Siva's daughter, Taitlyn Shea Hughes, was a 12-year-old, seventh-grade student at Hedgesville Middle School when she died from a brain hemorrhage caused by an arteriovenous malformation rupture on Nov. 6, 2011. "It's really rare, only 1 percent of the population (has AVM), and typically they... Read Full Story
