April - National Donate Life Month In honor of Donate Life Month, the California Medical Association (CMA) and the CMA Foundation are encouraging physicians to talk to their patients about the importance of organ and tissue donation, particularly in underserved ethnic communities. More than 120,000 people are currently waiting for an organ transplant in the United States, more than half of these are multicultural patients. That’s because some diseases of the kidney, heart, lung, pancreas and liver that are best treated through transplantation are found more frequently in these populations. For example, African Americans and other ... April 4, 2014 General Public Health, Organs 0 0 Comment Read More »
