All too often, people avoid becoming organ donors because they don’t know the full story. Yet, our everyday friends and neighbors rely on the truth to be told. In fact, lives are counting on it: 16 ...
Guest columnist Katie Payne is CEO of Lifebanc, Northeast Ohio’s only nonprofit organ and tissue recovery organization. As CEO of Lifebanc, Northeast Ohio’s only nonprofit organ and tissue recovery ...
The conversation surrounding organ donation has long been a sensitive and, at times, difficult subject for many communities. For the Black community, in particular, the decision to donate organs can ...
After all the Black community has been through, it can be difficult to trust the nation’s healthcare system. But mistrust of organ donation doesn’t help our cause because people are dying. Nearly ...
Kellie Terry has been on the transplant waiting list for three years. She has battled hypertension her entire adult life and today undergoes daily dialysis. But dialysis is not a cure. Over time, her ...
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A few weeks ago, I listened as a mother recounted the story of the worst day of her life. Her precious boy left for school and never came home—he was killed in a car accident. In the blink of an eye, ...
Can you save the life of someone you’ve never met? Tissue donation can dramatically improve or even save the lives of others. While organ donation often receives more attention, eye and tissue ...
DETROIT – A national investigation into the organ transplant system is creating ripple effects in Michigan, impacting potential organ donors. The gift of life through organ donation is a sacred chance ...