CBC.ca |
Saskatchewan thrift store workers share their wackiest finds
CBC.ca For Alvin Buhler, a store clerk at WorldServe Thrift Store in Saskatoon, he was able to return $13,000 of cash found in a spring jacket back to its donor. … “The jacket belonged to his wife who was deceased, and he donated her clothes to our store … |
HealthCanal.comKidney transplants a viable option for some HIV-positive patientsHealthCanal.comA paper published in the New England Journal of Medicine (12 February 2015) shows that kidney transplants from HIV-positive deceased donors is a viable addit…
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‘Back off,’ Elijah fund skeptics
Toronto Star For at least my whole life, and definitely longer, news stories about accidental or tragic deaths would mention the names of banks where donations could be made. There is nothing ghoulish or wrong-headed about that kind of giving. You’re throwing up … |
The Christian Times |
Teacher Donates Kidney To Save Her Student In Texas School
The Christian Times In September 2010, Parker received a kidney from a deceased donor. However, more than two years after the transplant, his body rejected the organ and he was placed again on the list. Matthew could only attend Painter’s class two times a week due to his … |
Evening Standard |
Top transplant surgeon sacked ‘for delaying NHS operation to treat private …
Evening Standard He pioneered an organ removal technique known as finger-assisted nephrectomy, which combines “keyhole” surgery with manual intervention to reduce the operating time from two to three hours to 45 minutes, reducing the risk to the donor. About a third of … |
Marketplace.org |
The Cost of Generosity
Marketplace.org “At the moment fewer than 1% of the u.s. population dies under conditions where organs can be retrieved, so even if every single american signed their donor card we would never have enough,” she says, citing research published in the New England … |
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Promising outcomes of HIV-positive-to-HIV-positive kidney transplantation
Nature.com “It made sense to try and marry HIV-positive deceased donors with HIV-positive patients who did not have any other treatment options.” Among 27 HIV-positive recipients of kidneys from HIV-positive donors, cumulative patient survival was 84% at 1 year … |
New York Times (blog) |
Former Chinese Premier Draws Praise for His Philanthropy
New York Times (blog) The China Philanthropy Research Institute, which is affiliated with Beijing Normal University, announced this month that Mr. Zhu, 86, had landed a spot for the second consecutive year on “China’s 100 Outstanding Donors List,” a lineup overwhelmingly … |
Fox News LatinoIndigenous resist new Bolivian program that provides organ transplants to poorFox News LatinoA computerized registry system does exist in the eastern city of Santa Cruz and the idea is to extend that model nationally. Eighty Bolivians ar…
The News Journal |
Be a patriot, give to a good cause
The News Journal Stern, then chief operating officer of National Public Radio, was at his desk when he learned that the nonprofit broadcasting company would be the beneficiary of more than $200 million from the recently deceased Joan Kroc, wealthy widow of McDonald’s … |