There are more than 78,000 Americans waiting for a kidney transplant, according to the United Network for Organ Sharing. Worse, the gap between the number of patients waiting and the number of kidney transplants performed has grown by 110% in the last decade.
Cutting the lengthy wait for a kidney will take more than innovative changes in medical practice, according to the National Kidney Foundation. As part of a new initiative unveiled in late January, Read the rest of this entry »

children’s hospital, the university and
announced Tuesday.
The hospital, slated to open in 2011, will be named the University of Minnesota Amplatz Children’s Hospital in recognition of the gift, which Caroline Amplatz gave to honor her father.
Kurt Amplatz, 84, was a professor of radiology at the university for more than 40 years, and was a pioneer of devices that use catheters to repair heart defects, sparing thousands of patients Read the rest of this entry »

Even though Fat Tuesday is about paczkis, pancakes are flying off the griddle Tuesday for a great cause.
From 7:00 this morning until 10:00 tonight IHOP restaurants are giving away free stacks of pancakes in exchange for a donation to Riley Children’s Hospital.
In Mishawaka folks lined up out the door around 8:00am for some flapjacks.
The fundraiser also benefits the Children’s Miracle Network.
You can simply go in, give a donation and you Read the rest of this entry »

received $500,000 from Lori Gardner Sommer for its expansion of its
emergency department and level one trauma center.
Orlando Health officials declined to release specifics on the cost or any details of the center expansion.
The number of trauma patients treated at the only level one trauma center in the region has tripled over the past 10 years. The hospital’s emergency department’s central desk, which is where emergency staff coordinate Read the rest of this entry »

Posted: Sept. 10, 2008  9:47 p.m.
Mental health services for Santa Clarita Valley kids, health screening for local school children and dental hygiene for pre-school students.
These are a few of the programs that will continue to serve the youth of the Santa Clarita Valley, courtesy of a $40,000 donation from Kaiser Permanente to five local nonprofit organizations.
During a ceremony at Kaiser Permanente's Santa Clarita medical offices in Read the rest of this entry »

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Former U.S. Attorney Todd Graves filed a complaint today with the U.S. Department of Justice alleging Democratic lieutenant governor candidate Sam Page broke the law by accepting a $10,000 contribution from a wholly-owned Canadian company.

Under federal law, political candidates seeking federal, state and local offices are barred from accepting money from foreign companies or residents.
On Oct. 4, Page’s campaign
from a Read the rest of this entry »

Posted: Oct. 11, 2008
A retired medical supply manufacturer who considers bisphenol A to be “perfectly safe” gave $5 million to the research center of Martin Philbert, chairman of the Food and Drug Association panel about to make a pivotal ruling on the chemical’s safety.
Philbert did not disclose the donation, which is nearly 50 times larger than the $210,000 annual budget of the University of Michigan Risk Science Center, where he is founder Read the rest of this entry »

A big chunk of change is going to the University of Virginia Medical Center. It's all thanks to the Women's Four Miler. The final numbers from the August race are in and represent a record-breaking year. $321,000 is going straight to the breast care program at UVA's Cancer Center.
“The great thing about the event is all the money goes directly across the street over to the UVA Cancer Center and it goes to patient support services and Read the rest of this entry »

said today that they have donated $150,000 to
to expand clinical care and outreach for children with primary immunodeficiency, or PI.
“PI is a term that encompasses more than 150 diseases caused by an immune system that does not function properly,” the foundation and Talecris said in a press release.
“Early recognition and diagnosis of PI can save lives and improve health outcomes for children,” Raif Geha, M.D., chief of the division of immunology Read the rest of this entry »

Posted: Oct. 15, 2008
Federal officials are investigating whether the chairman of a panel about to make a pivotal ruling on the safety of bisphenol A has been compromised by a large donation that was disclosed by the Journal Sentinel on Sunday.
The Food and Drug Administration is reviewing all documents to ensure that Martin Philbert complied with the agency’s disclosure requirements, said FDA spokesman Michael Herndon.
Philbert serves as chairman Read the rest of this entry »