CBC.ca |
Vancouver kidney donor finishes cross country bike trip
CBC.ca Eileen Zheng’s cross country cycling trip from Victoria, B.C., to St. John’s, Nfld., was missing one thing — a kidney. Zheng gave one of her kidneys to her mother in 2015 and then embarked on the tour to raise awareness for live organ donation, and to … |
BBC NewsBereaved Essex mother gives kidney to Basildon patientBBC NewsPat Carroll, 63, has been raising awareness of the importance of organ donation since the death of her daughter Natalie in 2014. She has decided … He has been dialysing for a coupl…
VICE |
How the Abstraction of ‘RimWorld’ Highlights Real-Life Medical and Moral Dilemmas
VICE Yeah the other colonists don’t like it, in fact there’s a mood debuff that will stack depending on how many organs you harvest at once, but in a relatively well-run homestead this isn’t a gigantic problem – and they forget about it after a week, just … |
Easterneye (press release) (subscription) |
Top professor calls for more organ donors from British ethnic minorities
Easterneye (press release) (subscription) Professor Yaqoob said: “It is important that we raise awareness of organ donation all year round, not just during this awareness week – especially in black and minority ethnic communities. We are seeing more people in those communities wait longer and … Transplant expert’s warning over shortage of BAME organ donorsEast London and West Essex Guardian Series Hospital penguins and rhino help promote organ donation weekThe Argus Brave Heathfield dad cycles for organ donation weekSussex Express Nottingham Post –Worthing Herald all 106 news articles » |
Exmouth JournalExmouth campaigner set for donor awareness weekExmouth JournalSteve Gazzard has worked to sign up new donors and raise awareness since his daughter Sarah Wright died while awaiting a transplant in 2012. He has so far signed up 4,130 new …
Dorset Echo |
Plea for ‘life changing’ organ donations
Dorset Echo With 76 people on the waiting list in the county this year, NHS Blood and Transplant is raising awareness of the issue in the run up to Organ Donation Week, which starts on Monday. The campaign encourages families to discuss donation so that relatives … Increase in lives saved since change to organ donation lawITV News Campaign day set to highlight city’s need for organ donors …Yorkshire Evening Post |
INFORUM |
Killed by a bite: Family laments Fargo man who died from West Nile
INFORUM Also at risk are organ transplant recipients and people with certain medical conditions, such as cancer, diabetes, kidney disease and high blood pressure. Esterby’s son said his father took medication to manage his high blood pressure, but otherwise he … |
Waterloo Record |
‘We will never arrest our way out of drug addiction’
Waterloo Record Working together is the only way to reduce the devastation caused by drug use and overdoses, the audience heard at an International Overdose Awareness Day event held at Kitchener City Hall. International … Earlier this week, the Waterloo Region Crime … |
Medical DailyIs Lupus Fatal Or Contagious? Facts, Myths And Possible Cures For Autoimmune DiseaseMedical DailyThis week, singer Selena Gomez announced that she is taking a break from music to work on the anxiety and depression brought on by her Lupus d…
The Telegram |
Followers of Chinese spiritual discipline stage protest in Carbonear
The Telegram On Tuesday, the same day Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was scheduled to fly to China ahead of next week’s G20 summit, a small group of Falun Gong practitioners staged a demonstration in Carbonear in front of the town hall. They’re raising … |