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"Fewer than half of all American adults have signed up to be organ donors. Experts say that&amp;#x27;s just not enough--there are nearly 114,000 people in the U.S. on the waiting list for kidneys, lungs, hearts, and other organs. But the number could soon go up drastically--thanks to Facebook. This morning, Facebook announced that it&amp;#x27;s adding the option to say whether or not you&amp;#x27;re an organ donor to your timeline. The idea is to spread awareness about organ donation, taking the conversation out of the DMV (the place where the choice to be an organ donor is most commonly made--and also the place people tend to be uncomfortable talking about organ donation, since they don&amp;#x27;t want to think about dying in a car accident, say experts) and putting it somewhere more comfortable and personal. Not to mention visible. The move could also help Facebook page owners&amp;#x27; families; in the event something tragic happened to them, families could consult their pages to confirm their wishes to be organ donors. Andrew M. Cameron, the surgical director of liver transplantation at Johns Hopkins Hospital, estimates that millions of people in the United States and the United Kingdom could shift their donation status in just a few days: &amp;quot;This is going to be an historic day in transplant. ... The math will radically change, and we may well eliminate the problem.&amp;quot; That problem he&amp;#x27;s referring to, of course, is that 18 people die every day from the lack of available organs. To add your status as an organ donor, go to your timeline and create a new &amp;quot;Life Event.&amp;quot; Then click &amp;quot;Health &amp;amp; Wellness&amp;quot; and pick &amp;quot;Organ Donor.&amp;quot; It&amp;#x27;s here you can provide details about when and why you signed up. And if you haven&amp;#x27;t officially registered as an organ donor, Facebook provides links to registries (many states allow you to sign up to be a donor online). What do you think of the new Facebook move? Are you going to add it to your timeline? Are you an organ donor? More on organ donation: * Have You Ever Thought About Being an Organ or Tissue Donor? This Truly Moving Video Just Might Convince You to Sign Up * Organ Donation: How Christina Saved 11 Lives * Why Donating Your Body to Science Might Not Happen... If You&amp;#x27;re Overweight "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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