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Facebook Launches Organ-Donation Tool
AllFacebook This morning’s big announcement by Facebook Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg and Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg on ABC News’ “Good Morning America” involves organ donation. “GMA” anchor Robin Roberts, sporting a … |
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County Clerk Organ Donor Foundation Reaches $4 Million
The Chattanoogan Hamilton County Clerk Bill Knowles, one of the founding board members of the Tennessee County Clerks Organ Donor Awareness Foundation, announced the foundation has reached the $4 million mark in donations since its inception in 1996. “Mr. Knowles … |
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French national’s organs harvested
The Hindu In the past four years of the State government launching the cadaver transplant programme, quite a few foreigners have received organs from Indian donors. Djealatchoumy’s was the rare instance of organ donation by a foreign national, an official said. |
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George Zimmerman Shouldn’t Have Had A Gun
Raw Story It’s hard for me to post on the outcome of the George Zimmerman trial without just repeating what everyone else has said about racism, our screwed up court systems, the lack of regard for the lives of young black men. Absent racism, there would be no … |
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John clocks up blood donation number 400
Illawarra Mercury Blood donation saved John Williams’ life and he has saved countless others after clocking up more than 400 donations over the past four decades. The Horsley resident was just 20 when he received a life-saving blood transfusion during open-heart surgery … Blood Donation Reduces your Risk of Heart Disease and CancerGuardian Express EDITORIAL: Blood donation is an important duty for anyone who expects such …nwitimes.com Take a break this summer to give life-saving bloodThe Tennessean Muscatine Journal –Indiana Public Media –Southeast Missourian all 84 news articles » |
Lack of awareness to blame for low blood donationTimes of IndiaPUNE: According to a recent survey conducted by World Health Organization (WHO), it was found that male blood donors are more in number than their female counterparts. The reasons of not do…
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Political parties come within ambit of RTI Act: CIC
The Hindu They had asked the six political parties to make available details of voluntary financial contributions received by them and the donors‘ names and addresses. The political parties, with the exception of the CPI, however, refused to give away … |
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BMA backs ‘opt-out’ organ donation scheme
GP online ‘There has been welcome progress in the number of people signing up to the Organ Donor Register and donation rates, but despite this rise, there are still many people in Scotland waiting for an organ transplant,’ he said. ‘Some of these people will die … Opt-out organ donation in Wales: a model for Australia?HealthCanal.com Dalton man waiting for new kidney backs donation rule changesNW Evening Mail Why hold up organ opt-out?Herald Scotland |
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Opt-out organ donation in Wales: a model for Australia?
HealthCanal.com And is it one that Australia should consider following? By way of context, Australia currently has very low organ donation rates by world standards (13.8 donors per million population according to 2010 data), trailing at least 22 other countries … BMA backs ‘opt-out’ organ donation schemeGP online Organ donation: Scotland should ‘consider opt-out’Scotsman Gosport MP urges people to sign up to NHS organ donor registerDaily Echo Buckinghamshireexaminer –Express.co.uk –Herald Scotland all 39 news articles » |
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Team banding together to promote organ donation
This is Plymouth This year the campaign aims to encourage more people than ever before to join the NHS Organ Donor Register and to talk to their close family and friends about their donation wishes. And the team are backing their calls. The wristbands, which are red … Stretford and Urmston MP helps to raise awareness of organ donation for …Messenger Newspapers I’m an organ donor, see my wristbandTelegraph.co.uk Gosport MP urges people to sign up to NHS organ donor registerDaily Echo The Star –Scotsman –BBC News all 35 news articles » |