Clinical Oncology NewsIn MRD, Cord Blood Posed As Best Transplant OptionClinical Oncology NewsIn patients with acute leukemia or myelodysplastic syndrome who have minimal residual disease (MRD), cord blood stem cell transplants may be a better option t…
Philanthropy and the Growth of Charter Schools – Stanford Social Innovation Review (subscription)
Philanthropy and the Growth of Charter Schools
Stanford Social Innovation Review (subscription) But we also believe there’s a different and potentially more vexing issue regarding charter-related philanthropy that’s not receiving enough attention: how the evolution of the education sector has intersected with the evolution of philanthropy itself … |
Doctors urge heart donation for seriously ailing 10-year-old Hong Kong boy – South China Morning Post
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Doctors urge heart donation for seriously ailing 10-year-old Hong Kong boy
South China Morning Post Dr Timmy Au Wing-kuk, the hospital’s chief of cardiothoracic surgery, said a heart donation with blood type A positive was needed from a deceased donor similar in size to patient Tang Kai-him, who stands 131cm tall and weighs 36kg. “His life will be in … |
‘The doctors had never seen it before’ – How this young Irishman defied the odds with double-lung transplant – Irish Independent
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‘The doctors had never seen it before’ – How this young Irishman defied the odds with double-lung transplant
Irish Independent With the transplant behind him, Luke is now focusing on the future and is working on setting up his own business, as well as raising awareness about cystic fibrosis and organ donation. “Right now I’m working on setting up my own business. I want to go … |
WTVA.com | O-negative blood donations needed now – WTVA
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WTVA.com | O-negative blood donations needed now
WTVA TUPELO, Miss. (WTVA) – Tupelo’s United Blood Services needs O-negative blood type donations now. An emergency appeal has been is. United Blood Services issues emergency appeal for O-negative blo …KATC Lafayette News |
Clinton Foundation Donors Expected “Quid Pro Quo” | The Daily Caller – Daily Caller
Clinton Foundation Donors Expected “Quid Pro Quo” | The Daily Caller
Daily Caller A “governance review” found the Clinton Foundation had a rubber stamp board of directors and many donors had expected a quid pro quo in return for gifts.” |
Three-time liver transplant recipient makes organ donation film – Ballymoney and Moyle Times
Ballymoney and Moyle Times |
Three-time liver transplant recipient makes organ donation film
Ballymoney and Moyle Times … things like ballet and swimming and lots of other stuff which I love to do. “My aim is to get organ donation onto the national curriculum in secondary schools so that young people can then base their decision about organ donation on information … |
Opioid Overdose Deaths Cause Organ Donations In US To Rise – NPR – NPR
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Opioid Overdose Deaths Cause Organ Donations In US To Rise – NPR
NPR So far this year, more than 1 in 4 donations in New England are from people who died after a drug overdose — a much higher rate than in the U.S. overall, … Organ Donations Spike In The Wake Of The Opioid EpidemicKUNC |
How a 22-year-old’s overdose death saved lives – whnt.com
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How a 22-year-old’s overdose death saved lives
whnt.com “In the last few years, the number of deceased donors has increased fairly significantly, and looking at the reasons for that, the largest group accounting for that increase is in the drug overdose cause of death,” said Dr. David Klassen, chief medical … |
You’re all lifesavers; Oxford Mail campaign sees thousands sign up to donate organs – Herald Series
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You’re all lifesavers; Oxford Mail campaign sees thousands sign up to donate organs
Herald Series THOUSANDS of people in Oxfordshire have been thanked for backing an Oxford Mail appeal for them to sign the Organ Donor Register. They signed up after it emerged that five people in the county died last year before receiving the transplant they needed … |