Tag: organ

Man, 98, believed to be oldest US organ donor

A 98-year-old man may be the oldest American to ever donate an organ, according to transplant organisations. Orville Allen lived a lifetime of service, and when he died he had one last thing to give: his liver. Mr Allen was a veteran of the Second World War and the Korean War and a longtime educator […]

Foundation tied to organ transplants may have taken your money

WORCESTER — A Worcester woman feels betrayed by a national foundation that helped families raise money to cover medical expenses, and she has a warning for others who did business with the organization — you, too, may have lost money. Christina Norris said the National Foundation for Transplants kept thousands of dollars that her family raised to […]

Organ donations are available to unvaccinated Canadians

Claims spread across social media that organ transplant recipients in Canada are required to be vaccinated. This is missing context; individual medical centers set policies, with most recommending potential organ recipients maximize their protection, including via Covid-19 jabs, but several groups have lifted pandemic-era mandates. “It is now 2024 and unvaccinated Canadians still can not […]

Why it matters that the aorta is now classified as an organ

The aorta, the body’s main artery, is being given a special honour of the medical world: recognition as an independent human organ. “This is a big step,” says Martin Czerny from the Freiburg University Hospital in Germany. “Recognising the aorta as an organ puts it on a par with the heart, lungs and brain.” The […]