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Top stories in health and medicine, June 19, 2013

Brought to you by MedPage Today. 1. Organ Donors Will Sign Up on Facebook. Despite years of media and public service campaigns appealing for organ donations, donor rates remained static while demand increased — until Facebook. 2. MRI May Spot Meningitis from Tainted Steroids. A screening MRI may provide early warning of spinal or paraspinal meningitis [...]

Facebook's organ donation program will save a lot of lives

The program saw a nationwide surge of donors for 12 days last May.

Social media initiative may help increase organ donations

A new social media initiative helped to boost organ donor registration rates, according to a new study published in the American Journal of Transplantation. The findings suggest that social media might be an effective tool for tackling a variety of problems related to public health in which communication and education are essential. read more

Kin: Pa. girl's double-lung transplant a success

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A 10-year-old girl whose efforts to qualify for an organ donation spurred public debate over how organs are allocated underwent a successful double-lung transplant on Wednesday, a family spokeswoman said.

Family Spokeswoman: Pa. Girl’s Double-Lung Transplant a Success

(PHILADELPHIA) — A 10-year-old Pennsylvania girl whose efforts to qualify for an organ donation spurred public debate over how organs are allocated has had a successful double-lung transplant. Sarah Murnaghan (MUR’-nuh-han) suffers from severe cystic fibrosis. Show More Summary

Pa. girl who took on donor rules gets adult lungs

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A family spokeswoman says the lungs being implanted in a 10-year-old Pennsylvania girl at the center of a debate on organ donation are from an adult.

Pa. girl who took on donor rules gets new lungs

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A 10-year-old girl whose efforts to qualify for an organ donation drew public debate over how organs are allocated was getting a lung transplant Wednesday, her family said.

Pa. Girl Gets Lung Transplant After Taking on Donor Rules

(PHILADELPHIA) — A 10-year-old girl whose efforts to qualify for an organ donation drew public debate over how organs are allocated was getting a lung transplant Wednesday, her family said. Sarah Murnaghan, who suffers from severe cystic...Show More Summary

Organ Donation Through A Lens award chooses finalists

Nine films have been shortlisted in the annual Organ Donation Through a Lens short film competition, with some thought-provoking work among the amateur contenders.

Federal Judge Grants TRO, OK's Kids For Organ Transplant

A girl with cystic fibrosis has a fighting chance for an organ transplant, after a federal judge in Pennsylvania issued a temporary restraining order on Wednesday, allowing the family to place the girl on the adult organ donation list, reports Reuters. Sarah Murnaghan, 10, isn't the only one receiving judicial intervention,......

Sick Girl May Get Transplant, But Whole System Totally Sick.

Former Reason editor Virginia Postrel (Reason archive here) writes about a horrifying case that underscores just how anti-human our current system of organ donation is. After a tense legal battle, 10-year-old Sarah Murnaghan, who needs...Show More Summary

Pennsylvania girl eligible for adult organ donation after ruling

Child With Weeks To Live Denied Lung Transplant Due To Controversial Organ Donation Policy

Ten-year-old Philadelphia resident Sarah Murnaghan only has a couple weeks to live unless she receives a lung transplant soon. Sarah, who has end-stage cystic fibrosis, has waited for over a year to receive a lung from a child donor, even though she is at the top of the pediatric organ list. Because there are no [...]

Organ Donation is Simple Math: Your Agony = Their Joy

You stand around the ICU bed of your beloved brother, holding his hand. You're in a circle around him, holding him and each other, singing and sobbing and refusing to say goodbye while doing just that. They tell you it's time, the teams are ready across the country, families of organ donation recipients in ICU waiting rooms, celebrating. Show More Summary

Ohio Girl, 8, Gets Kidney Donation From Teacher

(CLEVELAND) — An Ohio girl is recovering after getting a critical kidney transplant — with the organ donated by her former kindergarten teacher. Nicole Miller, an 8-year-old first-grader at Mansfield Christian School, got the kidney last week from Wendy Killian, who was her kindergarten teacher last year. Show More Summary

Ohio girl, 8, gets kidney donation from teacher

CLEVELAND (AP) — An Ohio girl is recovering after getting a critical kidney transplant — with the organ donated by her former kindergarten teacher.

More Hispanic Organ Donations Needed

April is National Donate Life Month, held to encourage organ and tissue donation and to celebrate donors who give a new life to others. In the U.S., more than 118,000 people are waiting for organ transplants, and 19 percent are … Continue reading ?

More Hispanic Organ Donations Needed, Mayo Clinic Transplant Experts Say

April is National Donate Life Month, held to encourage organ and tissue donation and to celebrate donors who give a new life to others. Organ donors are always in short supply. In the United States, more than 118,000 people are waiting for organ transplants, and 19 percent are Hispanic.

Survey Says: Attitudes About Organ Donation Are Changing

A Mayo Clinic survey shows that the public’s support for both living and deceased organ donation is increasing.  Eighty-four percent of respondents said they would be likely or very likely to consider donating a kidney or a portion of their … Continue reading ?

Mayo Clinic poll shows half of americans would consider donating a kidney to a stranger

ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Good news for anyone needing a transplant; a new Mayo Clinic survey shows that the public's support for both living and deceased organ donation is increasing. Eighty-four percent of respondents said they would beShow More Summary