Can social media assist with registering your intent to be an organ donor? The answer now is a resounding yes!
Facebook on Tuesday introduced a Timeline option that lets users identify themselves as organ donors. Read on and or watch the video.......
The Timeline option is progressively being rolled out internationally, with Australia now also included. For information on where to find the option click on the following link- http://www.socialmedianews.com.au/facebook-organ-donor-option-now-available-to-australian-users
Want to see a different type of video for raising awareness about organ donation? This exceptional and powerful video - from DDB Brazil-makes for compelling viewing.
Titled: Soul for organ donors at http://t.co/UhEl5aN8 and promoted via Pull The Trigger 
Helene Campbell is the young woman who managed to tweet up a storm for organ donation earlier this year, attracting the attention of both Justin Bieber and Ellen deGeneres.
The plucky lung transplant recipient spoke publicly today for the first time since surgery. She held a press conference just one day after Campbell was presented with the Diamond Jubilee Medal at her Toronto apartment by Canada’s Prime Minister Stephen Harper... 
Want to find out how liver transplantation turned this young mans' life around? Can transplant recipients resume be fully active once successfully transplanted?
Watch Olympic snowboarder Chris Klug with genConnect on his life-saving liver transplant and how he is giving back with his Chris Klug Foundation. Chris is continuing to also promote organ donation... How can the reality of dialysis be brought to the general publics' attention? This video via www.youtube.com from Germany provides an example.
"In a live experiment, people are confronted in a station with a patient, who is waiting a bit longer than just for the next train: for a life-saving organ"! The video portrays the reality for one young man on dialysis....and hence the importance of organ donation. Can modern technology be used to make an organ such as a human kidney? Could this kidney then be transplanted?
This short video containing excellent graphics, explains where bioprinting technology has got to. However, the technology has not as yet reached the stage where human organs can be 'printed' and then transplanted. This is partly due to the complexity of both the structure and function of for eg. the liver, followed by the kidney.
Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2012/03/28/The_Innovators_Antenna Andras Forgacs, Co-founder of Organovo, discusses the future of medical innovation: biopr... 
Want to read something inspirational? American service members risk their lives in the line of duty so that other people may live and enjoy freedoms worth fighting for. That sobering truth is all the more real in the intensive care unit of the U.S. military medical facility at Landstuhl Germany
Read on as to how some of these service members[who had been fatally wounded], went on to become organ donors and how many patients have benefited. 
Want to know how by using information via iPod this allowed people to make informed decisions about organ donation?
Organ donation is offered as an option on driver's licenses nationwide in the United States of America, but not everyone signs up. Especially underrepresented are minorities, yet matching organs genetically is known to produce the best outcomes. so the importance of gaining understanding in the community is high... 
Can a patient's underlying kidney disease have an impact on the outcome of a kidney transplant? Could a failing, newly transplanted kidney requiring surgical removal actually survive if then transplanted into another second recipient?
In a medical first reported out of the United States, a 'rejected' kidney is transplanted into a new second recipient, after a recurrance of the background kidney disease in the first recipient was causing the newly transplanted kidney to fail.
Want to know what makes up blood? Do you know that there are more than red blood cells in your blood?
Blood is a specialized fluid in your body that has four main components, each with a different function: plasma, red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets. This short video via http://www.youtube.com explains........ click on the banner headline. 
What is it like as a family member to realise that your loved one cannot recover from catastrophic illness? How would you deal with then being asked the question of whether your loved one is an organ donor? The following account comes from a woman who found herself in this position....
"Then, I received another unexpected call, from LifeSource, the non-profit that handles organ and tissue donation for Minnesota and the Dakotas (www.life-source.org). Of course, Ted had checked the box." Fro me read on...... 
Can cell transplantation be used to treat some medical conditions? Where is progress being made? This report comes via BBC news of research on mice published in the journal Nature.
'Blind' mice eyesight treated with transplanted cells. The cells transplanted were immature rod-photoreceptor cells, which are especially important for seeing in the dark. Read on or watch the video... |
Want to see the inspirational Skype interview of a young passionate advocate for organ donation with Ellen DeGeneres? What is it like to have gone through a lung transplant?
Ellen first met Helene Campbell over Skype when she was in desperate need of a double lung transplant earlier this year. Helene has now got her transplant and also has helped raise a lot of awareness for organ donation.......... 
There is a lot of poor information out there online including for the health area.
To paraphrase from this well written article- the average person now has more health information at their fingertips-both credible and unreliable-than all of the medical libraries put together.
"What can professionals do to translate this phenomenon into better health for their patients and the public" Answer- we can join the online community and assist with content curation.
This well written guide via The Atlantic, can help you avoid the poor quality info and become a savvier citizen of our digital age. 
Can being overweight impact on your suitability to be an organ donor? If you are moderately overweight, could by losing weight you then become suitable to be a live kidney donor?
Answers to these questions come via this news release from the United States-Obesity May Contribute to Organ Shortage-ABC News. In a single-center study, almost a quarter of willing live donors were initially excluded because they were too heavy, ....you can also watch the video of an interview with a transplant surgeon. 
Important news from the United States with the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recommendation for older adults all to be tested for hepatitis. This is in light of the prevalence of chronic hepatitis in some sections of the commnuity and new treatment options now becoming available,
RT @cdchep: Press Release: CDC Proposes All Baby Boomers Be Tested Once For #Hepatitis C http://t.co/6OyYWtXA #HCV #KMH #HTD... 
The recent announcement by Facebook of the organ donation option being available via the Facebook timeline has attracted ongoing interest and comment.
Is it possible that repressed death anxiety leads most of us to avoid becoming organ donors (including not discussing this option with our family). Psychologists report that Facebook may now help change all of that. (Organ donation via Facebook: good idea or crazy? 
Want to view some images of a novel way of promoting the importance of blood donation? Parading body art outlining the circulatory system is one such approach.
Eight British blood donors recently paraded around London painted in circulatory system body art as part of a campaign to encourage blood donation in advance of the Olympics... 
What has been the impact of the recent announcements by Facebook related to organ donation? Will this initiative now achieve the much needed action by significant numbers of individuals in the community(for each country), to go on and actually register their intent to be an organ donor?
"Facebook Inc. took a momentous action last week. And I don’t mean its announced intention to sell shares for $28 to $35 in an initial public offering later this month........." 
How beneficial is organ transplantation? Who else apart from the transplant recipients and their loved ones, gets to see the benefits? Many of the healthcare professionals involved in organ donation and transplantation are aware of how many lives are truly changed.
Transplant surgeons well understand how important organ donation is. Here one transplant surgeon speaks out.
April is National Donate Life Month in the United States of America, when national attention is drawn to the plight of thousands awaiting transplant each year. "As a transplant surgeon, I am saddened on a daily basis by the discrep..." 
Want to know about another use of Facebook for organ donation awareness? This particular initiative where individuals can indicate their intent to be an organ donor via the Organ Donation UK Facebook page, is now available in the United Kingdom-as a result of Facebook and the NHS Teaming Up for Organ Donation.
NHS Blood and Transplant in the UK and social network Facebook has teamed up to launch a campaign to raise awareness for organ donation. Read on to find out more.... 
What is fatty liver? What does it mean if you are told you have this condition?
It is not enough that we simply have to worry about the fat that is increasingly growing around our bellies. Americans(and people in other countries) should also be concerned about the fat that they cannot see: including fat in the liver ..
Fatty liver (if not managed) can lead to chronic liver disease. This can mean that ultimately liver transplantation is required. This article comes via the Chicago Tribune. 
What do the nerve pathways look like on modern brain scanning? What does this mean?
Stunning new visuals of the brain reveal a deceptively simple pattern of organization in the wiring of this complex organ. Read on. Extra video footage can be viewed via http://youtu.be/CySDbTH46P4
What does it take to ensure that opportunities for organ donation are not lost? Who holds this responsibility? What if this means that a 'potential donor' requires another 2 days of being cared for in the intensive care unit, to determine that they can actually be a donor?
Before you read this article please take a moment to reflect. Some clues as to what is now required to ensure that no organ donation opportunities are missed in Australia- 1) Ensure that organ donation is embedded into the mission of the hospital system-i.e. close the gap between say and do. 2) Change the system culture from-'this is what we have always done' to 'what can we actually do?', to ensure that none of the opportunities for organ donation are missed or lost 3) For everyone in the community to learn and understand what their roles and responsibilities are, when it comes to organ donation.
You may notice a number of links to short videos on this curated web site. Why the emphasis on video?
Quoting Mayra Aixa Villar "Like most instructional designers, I’m very excited about the possibilities of what will become the future of online education. One day, immersive online worlds and serious games might be the future of online adult education." Via Mayra Aixa Villar |
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