Otago Daily Times |
Kidney transplant donors and recipients energetic campaigners
Otago Daily Times People could wait up to eight years for a compatible kidney from a deceased donor, which was ”too long for some”, Mr Cole-Baker said. ”So the big advantage of a live donor, if it’s compatible, is it’s within a year or so.” The Cole-Bakers headed to … |
Jerusalem Post |
Fewer organ transplants in 2014 because of lower number of lower-brain-dead …
Jerusalem Post Fifteen organs were transplanted in 12 operations during the first eight days of this year, following the transplant of 361 organs from deceased and live donors in 333 transplant operations in 2014, Israel Transplant announced on Sunday. Fifty-two … Changes are coming to nation’s kidney transplant waiting listDefiance Crescent News (subscription) |
Pittsburgh Post Gazette |
Going beyond cremation and visitations, Shaler funeral home offers DNA banking
Pittsburgh Post Gazette When his father passed away in October, Andrew Weckman received an intriguing offer from the funeral director handling the arrangements. The owner of Perman Funeral Home in Shaler suggested that Mr. Weckman harvest and store his deceased father’s … |
Minneapolis Star Tribune |
Review: ‘The Seventh Day,’ by Yu Hua, translated from the Chinese by Allan Barr
Minneapolis Star Tribune Yu Hua, whose life and writing have been shaped by living though the 10-year Cultural Revolution, tells his story through Yang Fei, a recently deceased man who perished in an explosion. When he reports to the crematorium, Yang Fei soon realizes that … |
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At Least 1 Dead, 2 Injured in Melbourne, Florida, Mall Shooting: Police
NBCNews.com Evangelist Franklin Graham was particularly opposed to the call the prayer idea, taking to Twitter and Facebook to discourage alumni and donors from supporting the school until Duke reversed their decision. “As Christianity is being excluded from the … |
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Floods – Over Mk30 Million Needed to Help Victims in Blantyre
AllAfrica.com Costly Chanza, Director of Town Planning and Estates Services at Blantyre City Council said in an interview that six of the deceased are from Blantyre rural while one was from Chilobwe Township. “One person died at Chilobwe as a house collapsed on … |
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Stock show opens new event center
Amarillo.com “It’s a celebration of partnerships — county government, local businesses and organizations, Randall County 4-H and FFA and private donors.” Multiple … “My husband is deceased, but he always said his time in 4-H was what made him successful. He was … |
Wall Street Journal |
Perry Stakes Out Nuanced Immigration Stance Ahead of 2016
Wall Street Journal Mr. Perry has spent months meeting with policy experts and GOP donors. He doesn’t plan to make a formal announcement until May or June, … With just days left in office, Texas’ longest-serving governor chatted casually about the moving boxes … |
Lifesite |
Supporting Charlie Hebdo is contrary to the only true weapon we have against …
Lifesite Ironically, the horrible death of four of its best-known cartoonists and six other members of its staff is giving it a new lease on life. Especially now ….. “Donor organizations need to be accountable for rights violations perpetrated with their … |
Lifesite |
USAID has been the driving force behind India’s brutal sterilization camps …
Lifesite The Delhi based Human Rights Law Network had sent an activist and two lawyers to speak with the deceased women’s relatives and health workers in Chhattisgarh. The stories recounted in their report released in December illustrate one of the darkest and … |