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In the United States, the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) keeps a database of transplant candidates waiting for organs. The statistics are daunting: Demand for organs has outstripped the available supply, meaning that patients must wait for months or years before receiving an organ. According to LifeShare (via our article), each passing day brings [...]
The process of being prepared for the grave is fairly ghastly business: There’s the removal of blood and most of the organs, incisions and sewing with thick thread and lots and lots of make up. In the U.S., after the funeral and procession, it’s off to the graveyard or the crematorium, depending on one’s tastes and religion. Somewhere along the way, if you’ve been the fortunate recipient of a pacemaker, it too is removed — and taken out of circulation, either being thrown away or put into storage.
Podcast Goodness: Organ Donation and The Sun
by Charles W. Bryant | January 15, 2010
Good day, sirs and madams… I said GOOD DAY. I hope the sun is shining in your neck of the woods. It’s Friday at SYSK headquarters and things have finally thawed out here in the previously frozen South. If you wonder why I always seem to lead the Friday podcast recap with a weather report, [...]
Tune in as Josh and Chuck take a detailed look at organ donation — from the earliest organ transplants to the organ black market — in this episode of Stuff You Should Know.
Last Minute Christmas Gift Idea: Your Lungs and Eyeballs
by Josh Clark | December 23, 2009
(Sorry in advance for the really, really long post. In case you don’t make it to the bottom, happy holidays!)
Back when I was a paranoid little raver kid in the early 1990s, my friends and I maintained a firm belief that it was a bad idea to register as an organ donor. The logic went that if we ever ended up in the ER in need of some talented surgery, a physician who noted we were organ donors might take less than heroic measures to save our lives.
So, you have made one of our world’s most personal sacrifices to give the gift of life to a fellow human being – you have donated one of your kidneys. One would expect gratitude, praise, maybe a medal. But in addition there is something unsettling that may come to visit – huge health care bills. [...]
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