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FRANKFORT, Ky. (KT) — An organ donation bill sped through the House Standing Committee on Health Services on Feb. 19.

The process of organ donation and transplanting those organs in place of diseased or dysfunctional ones is frustrating, lengthy, complicated and expensive. Just ask Courtney Kaplan, who oversaw her ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- TJ Hoover was moments away from having his organs removed for donation when something extraordinary happened: He opened his eyes. Medical records say Hoover had been declared ...

For first-year UNR Med medical students, anatomy labs are conducted with an additional 40-50 honored guests in the lab. These individuals have chosen to donate their bodies after death for the purpose ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A Congressional hearing Tuesday focused on problems with organ donation in Kentucky and other states. Lawmakers pushed for greater accountability and transparency from organ ...

“One of the greatest gifts a person could make is to donate their body for future healthcare professionals to learn from,” Stan Stone, Director of the High Point University Willed Body Program, told ...

In the last decade, more than 9,000 patients in Michigan have received a life-saving organ transplant. Tens of thousands of additional patients have received life-changing tissue and eye transplants.

A Vox reader asks: Why are so few people organ donors? Why would someone choose not to be a donor? Everyone agrees it’s a good thing but very few people actually do it. Grab your ID out of your wallet ...

THE University of the West Indies (The UWI) currently has 62 applications from individuals who’ve formally indicated their desire to donate their bodies to science upon death. Jamaicans are warming to ...

When Michelle Moore’s mom, Betty, was diagnosed with ALS at age 64, the progress of the disease was swift and devastating. By the time she moved in with her daughter in New Orleans in 2018 — about 9 ...