Taubman Health Sciences Library Blog- Blog Retired
- Global Innovation – Hashtags of the Week (HOTW): (Week of October 20, 2014)
- Local Innovation & #MCubed – Hashtags of the Week (HOTW): (Week of October 13, 2014)
- Open Access Journal on Clinical Diabetes and Endocrinology
- National Medical Librarians Month 2014
- Suicide Prevention & Trauma on Social Media – Hashtags of the Week (HOTW): (Week of October 6, 2014)
- Radiation Oncology Journal Club (#RadOnc) – Hashtags of the Week (HOTW): (Week of September 29, 2014)
- From the National Library of Medicine: Roosevelt at NIH
- Patients on the Right TEDMED Questions – Hashtags of the Week (HOTW): (Week of September 22, 2014)
- TEDMED on Patient Engagement – Hashtags of the Week (HOTW): (Week of September 15, 2014)
Tag Archives: organ/tissue transplantation
An unexpected effect of the European financial crisis – An increase in the illegal sale of body parts
From the New York Times: Pavle Mircov and his partner Daniella nervously scan their e-mail in-box every 15 minutes, desperate for economic salvation: a buyer willing to pay €30,000 for one of their kidneys. The parents of two teenagers put … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Law & public policy
Tagged global, organ/tissue transplantation, social networking
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Life, Interrupted: Hope Is My New Address
From the New York Times Well blog, an update from Suleika Jaouad: I opened my eyes to find doctors peering over my hospital bed. They had some welcome news. I had for a month been living in isolation in the … Continue reading
Finding a Match, and a Mission: Helping Blacks Survive Cancer
From the New York Times: A month after his 2009 graduation from Yale Law School, Seun Adebiyi learned he had not one but two lethal blood cancers and began an odyssey to find a bone-marrow donor. Mr. Adebiyi, 28, who … Continue reading
Today – “The Power of Two” – Twin sisters, 2 cultures, 2 new chances at life
A special screening of “The Power of Two”, the story of half-Japanese twin sisters, their battle with cystic fibrosis, and their survival due to double lung transplants, will be shown tonight. Find out more at http://www.thepoweroftwomovie.com. Watch the trailer here. … Continue reading
Urgent need for South Asian bone marrow donors–Sign up today!
Today from 7am and 7pm, you can register for the National Marrow Donor Program at the table near the scheduled UMHS Flu Shot Clinic in Towsley. You could save a life! From the U-M Health System Headlines: Every year, more … Continue reading
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