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Articles of interest about organ transplantation

New York Times Magazine 07/09/2006
Feature article written by Stephen J. Dubner & Steven D. Levitt (Freakanomics) about the the "Repugnance Factor" involved with paying for human organs.
 
Business Week 12/26/2005
Article by Catherine Arnst about the shortage of organ donation with Letter to the Editor response
 
New York Times Magazine 07/10/2005
Feature article about the shortage of organs and bioethics


Complied online links to news sources about liver health, liver disease and liver transplanting

Calender of Events

Online Liver Transplant News
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Medical News

Florida Health & Human Resources

News Wise - Medical News

Medical Forum

Organ Transplant Association

OPTN - Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network

CenterSpan Comprehensive source of transplant information. Full text articles from Transplantation (Official Journal of the Transplantation Society)

Xpress - Medical News

New York Times Medical Page

Wall Street Journal Health Page

Detroit Free Press - Medical News

New England Journal of Medicine (Search Page)

Liver Transplant News

TransWeb Transplant News

United Network for Organ Sharing - News

Minority Transplant News

Transplant Foundation News - Miami

TIGER Fund Updates

Donor Programs & Liver Transplants in the News

 


Artificial Liver & Liver Health Products - Updates

 

HepaLife publicly-traded under symbol HPLF (OTC BB), is a development stage biotechnology company focused on the research, development and eventual commercialization of technologies and products to treat various forms of liver dysfunction and disease.

Algenix A lead product in development, the LIVERX 2000 SYSTEM, is an external liver support system that incorporates porcine liver cells. It is designed to treat acute and chronic liver failure by temporarily providing essential liver function to those patients hospitalized with liver failure.

On-Time RX - Designed by a pharmacist for anyone with a Palm™ handheld computer and a need to take pills routinely... Transplant patients - Click here to download a customized "Be an ORGAN DONOR" Trial version. Beam this special version of On-Time-Rx® to all Palm-users to promote Transplant Awareness.

Dietary Supplement Education Alliance™


Online Liver Transplant News - International
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International Liver Transplantation Society (ILTS) was founded by a group of committed individuals at the liver transplantation meeting in Pittsburgh in 1990. From these initial efforts to the present, the goal of the Society has been to raise the standard of care for patients requiring liver transplantation and to promote education and research by disseminating and exchanging information related to liver transplantation within the medical community, as well as to the public.

Organ Donors Association (Austrailia)

British Liver Trust

Children's Liver Disease Foundation (Great Britian) In 1980, the Children's Liver Disease Foundation was the first charity to be established concerned with liver disease. Today it leads the field in caring for babies and children with liver disease and their families by:giving emotional support to children, teenagers and families afflicted by liver disease promoting research into the causes of childhood liver disease developing means of an early diagnosis and cure providing new facilities and trained staff creating a greater awareness of paediatric liver disease by education of healthcare professionals and the public

British United Provident Association - general liver information

India - Medical News

Italian Liver Foundation Research is dedicated to the study of liver disease especially chronic viral hepatitis, cirrhosis, liver carcinoma, in addition to diabetes and other metabolic alterations related to liver disease.

Japan - The Helath Industry News

New Zealand Transplant Unit

 


Liver Health Publications

Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology

Hepatology - Official Journal of the American Association for the Study of Liver


Media Links (Medical & Transplant Jouranlists)

Association of Health Care Journalsts
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