WASHINGTON — Two university hospitals are pioneering new ways to expand lifesaving heart transplants for adults and babies — advances that could help recover would-be heart donations that too often go unused. The new research aims to overcome barriers for using organs from someone who dies when their heart stops. Called DCD, or donation after circulatory death, it involves a …
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Researchers try new ways of preserving more hearts for transplants
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two university hospitals are pioneering new ways to expand lifesaving heart transplants for adults and babies — advances that could help recover would-be heart donations that too often go unused. The new research aims to overcome barriers for using organs from someone who dies when their heart stops. Called DCD, or donation after circulatory death, it involves …
Read More »Texans Offer a Hand and Open Their Hearts as Flood Death Toll Grows – The New York Times
Texans Offer a Hand and Open Their Hearts as Flood Death Toll Grows The New York Times An Army of Searchers Combs the Banks of the Guadalupe for the Missing The New York Times Girls as young as 7 were startled awake by flooding that devastated their beloved Camp Mystic. How the deadly tragedy unfolded CNN As questions mount over Texas floods, a …
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