New Year's Story: Go Green & Save Your Organs!

The need for organs far outweighs the number of available organs, therefore prevention is the best medicine. Below find seven simple tips for saving organs. Dr. Callender, MOTTEP founder and international expert, is available for interviews.
 
Dec. 27, 2012 - PRLog -- December 27, 2012  

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Clive Callender, MD, Founder

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Prevent Organ Failure in 2013: 7 Steps to Save Organs

Right now, there are 117,020 waiting list candidates who need organ transplants.

“My goal is to eliminate the need for organ transplants by helping people take better care of their organs,” said Clive O. Callender, M.D., founder of MOTTEP. “Our mission has been to encourage more people to become organ donors, while reducing the need for transplants. If people commit to these seven, simple, organ-saving steps, they can drastically cut their risk organ failure.”

As your audience rings in 2013, here are 7 Organ-Saving resolutions that should be on everyone’s list:

1.     Get moving! Everyone should exercise at least 30 minutes at least five days each week. It doesn’t require fancy equipment or an expensive gym membership. Walk around your ‘hood or dance to the oldies, but get off the couch and do something.

2.     Go Green! Eat more green vegetables and less red meat. Rich, colorful vegetables contain natural substances which help keep our bodies healthy and fight off numerous diseases, including diabetes and certain cancers.

3.     Know your sugar. If you’re diabetic, keep a close eye on your blood sugar levels. It should be monitored daily to ensure that levels stay around 120. If you’re not diabetic, stay that way by maintaining a healthy weight and going light on sugary foods.

4.     Know your blood pressure. Starting at age 10, yes 10, everyone should have their blood pressure checked at least yearly. If you know you have high blood pressure or a family history of hypertension, talk to your doctor so that you can keep yours under control. It’s called the “silent killer,” because there are no symptoms until it’s too late. Normal blood pressure is less than 120/80 (120 over 80).

5.     Know your history. If you have a family history of heart disease, talk to your doctor about taking aspirin daily. Also, you may benefit from a commonly prescribed type of medicine called statins.

6.     Know your kidney. Did you know that more than 80% of people on the transplant waiting list are in need of a kidney transplant? To keep an eye on your kidney, make sure your doctor checks for sugar and proteins in your urine if you’re over age 40.

7.     Be a quitter! Stop smoking and drinking alcoholic beverages. Smoking damages almost every organ in your body. Drinking alcohol—particularly excessive consumption—can lead to liver damage and worsen diabetes. So this New Year, toast with some sparkling cider.

Available for interview on this and other subjects related to organ and tissue donation, transplantation and prevention is Dr. Callender, a world-renowned expert in minority transplant surgery and organ and tissue donation, who founded MOTTEP 21 years ago.

MOTTEP is the first national organization to identify the two-fold solution to the donor shortage by decreasing the number of those in need of a transplant, while simultaneously boosting the number of minority organ donors. Dr. Callender has served on the staff of Howard University Hospital since 1973, where he helped develop the first minority-directed dialysis and transplant center and histocompatibility and immunogenetic lab in the country.
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