Hiroshima bone marrow donors dwindling with age amid lack of registration volunteers and education
Following renowned swimmer Rikako Ikee's announcement of her leukemia diagnosis, public interest in donating bone marrow has increased, especially in Hiroshima Prefecture, which has more than its fair share of patients as a result of the atomic bombing in 1945. In Hiroshima, though, the eligible ...
Organs of brain-dead boy under 6 to be donated, in only 10th such case for Japan
The family of a boy under 6 judged brain dead under the Organ Transplant Law has agreed to donate his organs, according to the Japan Organ Transplant Network. This is the 10th case of organ donation by a donor under 6 announced by the network, ...
This was supposed to be the year Tori McCoy finally got to play basketball at Marquette. The plan in May 2017 when she transferred from Ohio State was to suit up in blue and gold this fall following a redshirt season. For now, basketball is on ...
Dear Alice, I'm looking at my Japanese driver's license and wondering if the form on the back has anything to do with organ donation. Years ago, I registered in the United States to be an organ donor, which was a simple matter of checking a ...
It is estimated that 18 people die in the U.S. every day due to a national shortage of organ donations. This crisis could be solved if organ donation were mandatory.
