Panel debates ethics of paying for donated organs
Herndon Virginia AP panel discusses compensating donor families as long as payments are not bribes. The advisory group will guide HHS on boosting organ donation amid 80,000 waiting and 5,700 deaths last year. Experts warn against coercion while noting small stipends as gratitude.
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Herndon
Secretary of Health and Human Services
American Medical Association
American Society of Transplant Surgeons
Francis L. Delmonico
Massachusetts General Hospital
Dan Brock
Brown University
Pennsylvania
Brock
Donor drought prompts new organ donation push
Last year over 5,700 people died while awaiting organ transplants, spurring a government advisory committee to explore strategies to boost donor numbers. Walting list additions in organ donors.
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Walting
Organ donation debate shifts to donors and access
The Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network weighs ideas to boost donation such as paying living donors expenses, prioritizing donors for transplant, creating donor registries, and education. The panel, expanded to 40 members under HHS Secretary Tommy Thompson, aims to curb rhetoric and focus on increasing available organs.
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Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network
PBS
Hhad
Tommy Thompson
Thompson
Zinc boosts babies survival in low birth weight cases
A study of 1,154 full term but small babies in New Delhi found daily zinc supplements for nine months improved survival, with 15 of 20 deaths among non supplemented infants. Zinc may also boost growth, reduce diarrhea and pneumonia, and aid outcomes when given to pregnant women.
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Chicago
New Delhi
India
Teens heed parental disapproval to curb smoking study
A Vermont study of 372 rural youths shows teens are less likely to become smokers when parents express clear anti smoking views, even if parents themselves smoke. Strong parental standards reduced smoking uptake among peers’ influence, underscoring parental impact over teen rebellion.
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Chicago
James Sargent
Dartmouth Medical School
Sargent
Pediatrics
Journal of American Academy of Pediatrics
Madeline Dalton
Vermont
Elizabeth Robertson
National Institute On Drug Abuse
Matthew Myers
Campaign For Tobacco Free Kids
Expert on defusing bioweapons studies new anthrax approach
Manassas Virginia based Ken Alibek, once Soviet Union’s top germ weapon leader, argues blood bacteria clogging explains deaths better than toxin. He leads Hadron Advanced Biosystems with 35 scientists researching anti anthrax filters and nasal immunity to delay bacterial takeover and boost antibiotics effectiveness.
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Manassas
Ken Alibek
Alibek
Soviet Union
Marburg
U.S
Hadron Advanced Biosystems
Washington
Hadron Inc
Peters
University of Texas
Galveston
Kanatjan Alibekov
Homer Frank Photos Return to Service After Double Knee Replacement
Homer Frank recovered from a total knee replacement on his left knee and six months later underwent a second replacement on the right knee. After three months of therapy at Kreider Rehabilitation Services, he returned to volunteering his photography for the Lawrence Humane Society.
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Homer Frank
Kreider Rehabilitation Services
Homer
The
Lawrence Humane Society
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Jeannine Billings
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