CTV News |
10 patients safely receive hepatitis C-infected lungs in new clinical trial
CTV News Researchers behind a bold experiment to use hepatitis C-infected lungs for transplant say such organs could help address a critical shortage of donors and make “some good come out” of the increasing number of opioid-related deaths. Ten patients have … |
CanadianBusiness.com (blog) |
Why we should pay Canadian donors for their blood plasma donations
CanadianBusiness.com (blog) A new bill would ban paying for plasma donations nationwide. It’s a counterproductive idea, not to mention hypocritical. |
Washington PostEPA chief Scott Pruitt tapped aide, donors to help wife land job at conservative groupWashington PostEnvironmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt last year had a top aide help contact Republican donors who might offer his wife a jo…
WCJB |
Charitable giving in US tops $400 billion for first time
WCJB NEW YORK (AP) — Fueled by a surging stock market and huge gifts from billionaires, charitable giving in the United States in 2017 topped the $400 billion mark for the first time, according to the latest comprehensive report on Americans’ giving patterns. Charitable giving in US tops $400B for the first timeYoungstown Vindicator |
Penn State NewsDonors honor memory of Penn State Professor Anatole Katok through new endowmentsPenn State NewsFollowing the recent death of Anatole Katok, the former Raymond N. Shibley Professor of Mathematics in the Eberly College of Science and direc…
News 12 New JerseyNJ hospital breaks record for largest living donor transplant chainNews 12 New JerseyGlennon says that he was inspired to donate a kidney by the idea of setting up a chain of transplants between people who were not related. Marlboro H…
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Contrary to popular belief, donating blood in Ramazan ‘is not a health risk’
The News International (blog) Pakistanis, compared with other nations, are largely reluctant to donate blood, but in the month of Ramazan, donations drop so low that hospitals and organisations treating blood-related diseases resort to making appeals and sending out SOS calls to … |
Global Sisters Report (blog) |
As kidney donors, Kerala sisters offer gift of life to ailing patients
Global Sisters Report (blog) (Alina Anto is not related to organ donor Rose Anto.) At the age of 24, both of Alina Anto’s kidneys failed and she had to return to her home state of Kerala. During that time, she had registered her name with the Kidney Federation for a suitable donor … |
Longer donor leukocyte telomere reduces infection-related mortality in aplastic anemiaHealioLonger donor leukocyte telomere length appeared associated with reduced infection-related mortality among patients with severe aplastic anemia who underwent hem…
Linn County LeaderMissouri House drops subpoena for Greitens-related recordsLinn County LeaderHis exit from office was part of a deal with a St. Louis prosecutor to drop a felony charge alleging he disclosed a donor list for The Mission Continues to hi…