Ontario physicians more likely to register for organ donations than general public

A new study led on 15,000 physicians in Ontario shows that 43.3 percent of them registered for organ and tissue donation, an higher rate than the general population (23.9 percent). This is the first study to document rates of actual organ donor registration among physicians in Canada, and authors conclude that this finding should help […]

Kidney Donation is safe for older adults

Healthy kidney donors aged 55 years and older enjoy similar longevity and cardiovascular health than similar  non-donor adults, a new study shows. The authors matched 3368 American donors to older healthy non-donors and followed them for nearly 8 years between 1996 to 2006 and found out that that donors were not at a higher risk […]

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