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  1. 22 die each day by myid · · Score: 1 · on Apple To Encourage Organ Donation With Health App (cnet.com)

    organdonor.gov says, "an average of 22 people die each day waiting for transplants that can't take place because of the shortage of donated organs."

    I'm a registered organ donor. After I die, I won't need my heart, kidneys, etc. But other people will.

  2. Register to donate organs in the USA online! by Hadlock · · Score: 3, Informative · on In Israel, Potential Organ Donors Could Jump the Queue

    Click here for a list of state agencies that handle organ donation:
     
      http://organdonor.gov/donor/registry.shtm
     
    It only takes about 30 seconds to register online.

  3. Re:Raise your hands by KarmaRundi · · Score: 1 · on Remains of James Doohan Lost in New Mexico

    Well, you can make the whole thing a little less wasteful by being an organ donor or you could donate your body to science so some medical student can get a few more miles out of it. If you plan to die in Tibet, you could consider sky burial.

  4. tissue donation an option for many more than organ by mkstowegnv · · Score: 2, Informative · on Invasion of the Body Snatchers

    The most tragic outcome of this story is that it might discourage tissue and organ donation. The advantages of tissue donation in particular are not as widely known as they should be. Where organ donation requires tissue type matching, tissue donation does not, and tissue donation is an option for far more people who want to make a contribution after death (including the elderly and many who are in very poor shape at the time of death). It can be an option for those dying at home under hospice care. Tissue donation can benefit 50-100 people.

    http://shareyourlife.org/

    http://organdonor.gov/

    http://www.rtix.com/index.cfm

    http://lifecell.com/

    http://www.cryolife.com/



  5. Are you registered? by retostamm · · Score: 2, Informative · on Todd Need[ed] a Liver
    CNN Article: As of July 30, there were 17,471 people nationwide waiting for a liver transplant. Last year, 5,671 liver transplants were performed in the country.

    Every year there are about 45'0000 deaths from Car accidents alone.

    Are you a registered Organ Donor?

    If more people would be registered, that waiting list would shorten dramatically in a year or two, and this guy would not have had to do this to stay alive.

    Or do you have other plans for your organs after you are dead?

  6. Re:Need to change the approach by Mike1024 · · Score: 3, Interesting · on Ending Organ Donor Shortages?

    If it makes you feel any better, that's not official policy.

    To be honest, I think very, very few octors would entertain the idea of letting you die so your organs could be transplanted. Even if a tiny percentage have thought this without being repulsed by the clear violation of medical ethics, the chances of a doctor acting on those thoughts is even more miniscule. I suspect the chances of your wife being unavailiable are markedly higher than the chances of you being killed for your organs. If I were you, I'd just carry an organ donor card - let them get 'em while they're fresh.

    Just my $0.02,

    Michael

  7. Re:Human Clones Exist Among Us!! by jekk · · Score: 1 · on What Will Human Cloning Mean For Humanity?
    They are happening? Where? The whole kidney theft thing is an urban legend. Nor will doctors make any less attempt to resitate due to possible organ donation. And you can't sell your organs, even if you want to. See an organ donor site for more information.

    For a more serious look at what we might be doing WRONG in the area of genetic engineering, see Scientific American's review of Body Bazar. Among other things, it addresses your question: "Who are YOU to tell me what I can and can't do with my own genes?" -- apparently in US law, you DON'T own your own genes.

    I guess I don't really believe that the kind of abuses that cloning could encourage ARE in fact occuring on any widespread basis. And there are much more important things to worry about.

    -- Michael Chermside