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How elderly Utah man recently received ‘sweetest’ present for his ailing wife
Sacramento Bee An elderly Utah man has been taking some serious steps to get his wife a new kidney. All that walking has paid off. Wayne Winters told KSTU-TV a match was found. The 74-year-old Farr West resident has walked the streets wearing a sandwich board that … |
Big Think (blog) |
Anti-Aging Stem Cell Therapy Shows “Remarkable” Results in Human Trials
Big Think (blog) “With the aging of the population, stem cells hold great promise to treat aging-related disability and frailty, improving physical capacity and quality of life,” said Joshua M. Hare, who worked on the project and is Director of the Interdisciplinary … |
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AidData Proposes Strategies for Better SDG Financing
IISD Reporting Services A report from AidData titled, ‘Realizing Agenda 2030: Will Donor Dollars and Country Priorities Align with Global Goals?,’ considers the concepts of baseline (how much financing did sustainable development receive pre-2015?); alignment (did donors … |
The Week Magazine |
Is philanthropy driven by the human desire to cheat death?
The Week Magazine Giving to charity activates parts of the brain related to reward and pleasure. Yes, the rich do have some distinctive reasons for giving to charity, such as the desire not to “morally … In several documented cases at U.S. universities, only around 1 … |
NDTVIndian Americans Raise $2.4 Million For Public Health In IndiaNDTVThe donation worth $2 million made by Mr Chirag Patel, co-CEO and chairman, Amneal Pharmaceuticals, and his family, at the second annual gala of WHEELS Global Foundation (WGF) will g…
Myjoyonline.com |
Global nutrition crisis threatens human development – 2017 Global Nutrition Report
Myjoyonline.com Crucially, donors are only spending 0.01 per cent of official development assistance on diet related Non-Communicable Diseases, a ‘disturbingly low’ level. Pledges to invest in nutrition must be ‘concrete’ and ‘acted upon’, not ’empty rhetoric’, the … |
Cold weather shelter needs donationsSisters NuggetTo be successful this winter, the Sisters Cold Weather Shelter (SCWS) will need continued support from donors, businesses, and organizations (see related story, page 13). In order to meet their $25,000 …
Indian Americans raise USD 2.4 mn for public health in IndiaOutlook IndiaThis donation will go towards the soon-to-be established WHEELS India Niswarth (WIN) Foundation, which will be based out of the IIT-Gandhinagar and Indian Institute of Public Heal…
ReutersExclusive: FBI agents raid headquarters of major US body brokerReutersPORTLAND, Oregon (Reuters) – Federal agents have seized records from a national company that solicits thousands of Americans to donate their bodies to science each year, then …
CBC.ca |
Prominent Republican, Democrat party donors connected to …
CBC.ca A leak of offshore records provides a glimpse into the finances of Republican and Democratic contributors – including a banking magnate who quietly held an … |