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Siouxland man starts group for organ donor awareness
KTIV Lehman was given less than two weeks to live back in 2012 because of kidney failure. But he received a kidney transplant at the University of Nebraska Medical Center after being on the waiting list for three and a half months. Doug’s Donors gives … |
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Community Leaders Reflect On Wolf’s Legacy Of Leadership
Leesburg Today … and bi-partisanship. With a week left in his active political life, Leesburg Today looks back on his multifaceted service. … He visited a prison camp in China and investigated organ transplants from prisoners, forced abortions and sterilizations … |
Sioux City Journal |
Finding donor organs is harder than it used to be
Sioux City Journal Lehman founded Doug’s Donors, a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving and improving life through education and awareness of organ donation. … Now, he undergoes treatment four hours a day, three days a week at Siouxland Dialysis. “A lot of … |
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WWI Christmas Truce football match: Fact or fiction?
WZVN-TV Hundreds of youngsters have visited war sites and memorials, while the players they watch each and every week in the Premier League have also taken time to remember. “If we can get young people to learn their history by using education and football … |
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Asian donors can become ‘Christmas List’ lifesavers
Asian Image … families when they donate a loved one’s organs. Choudry Mohammed Ikram from Wakefield, a civil engineer who has been on the kidney transplant waiting list at St James’s Hospital in Leeds for three years and needs evening dialysis three times a week … |
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Gift of life: Vestaburg mom celebrating donor lungs this Christmas
Fox17 “I decided to do 25 ribbons, in honor of each year of my donor’s life,” she said. “Green and blue represents organ donation…I just wanted to bring awareness to it, for people to become organ donors, so more people can get that gift of life, like I … |
Knoxville News SentinelAmy Smotherman Burgess : photos of the year 2014Knoxville News SentinelSome of the issues caused by the disease are premature aging, sun sensitivity, multi organ failure, cataracts, and hearing issues. The family, who has lost tw…
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Newberry Family Decorates Home For March Of Dimes
WLTX.com “They had to do an emergency C-section because basically when the body can’t stop the pregnancy it starts shutting down your organs and the only way to save the mother and the child is to deliver the baby,” she said. Vaden was born at 3 lbs, 2 oz and … |
The cost of digital silence in Turkey: 40 million eurosOpen DemocracyThe authorities did not provide any alternative so the university had to search for other ways to get them through their education. Other collateral victims were those needing blood a…
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Ickey Woods to raise asthma awareness during weekend appearances
WLWT Cincinnati Ickey also wants to raise awareness about the importance of organ donation. Jovante was an organ donor, and was able to save four lives. … “(She) hasn’t put feet on the floor in four weeks. And won’t until (a transplant) happens.” “I know out there … |