Facebook Organ Donor Initiative Sets Record Rates For New DonorsRedOrbitA new study by the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine found that when users were allowed to broadcast their organ donor status, new donor registration increased 21-fold. T…
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Facebook’s organ donor status boosts numbers more than 20-fold
Livemint Organ donation has long been an interest of Sheryl Sandberg, chief operating officer at Menlo Park, California- based Facebook Inc. Demand for organs far outpaces the number of donors, with more than 118,000 Americans waiting for a life-saving … |
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Union National Bank organizes blood donation drive in cooperation with Abu …
AME Info (press release) Mr. Sandeep Shivram Poduval, VP & Departmental Manager-Corporate Communications & Community Service Division at UNB commented “Organizing blood donation drives is an integral part of UNB’s CSR initiatives as supporting the community and social … |
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Trei oameni pe oră mor sau sunt mutilaţi în traficul de organe. Printre victime …
RTV.NET Potrivit organizaţiei Organs Watch, un hindus poate primi circa o mie de dolari pe piaţa neagră pentru rinichiul dat; un român, 2.700 dolari; un turc, până la 10.000 de dolari. Clienţii, la rândul lor, le plătesc intermediarilor până la 200.000 de … |
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Facebook’s Organ Donor Feature Encourages More People to Get on the List
TIME Last May, Facebook announced that users could post their organ donor status to their Facebook Timelines. To see whether this strategy was effective in boosting donor rates, researchers from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore … Facebook’s Organ Donor Status Spurs Boost in AwarenessBloomberg Facebook update prompts massive upswing in organ donor registrationsWired.co.uk The Facebook effect: Social media dramatically boosts organ donor registrationEurekAlert (press release) NBCNews.com (blog) –Medical Daily all 11 news articles » |
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Blood donation campaign to be held during Ramadan
Daijiworld.com Dubai, Jun 18: ‘Donate blood, save life and live healthy’, thanks to all the donors and all the members of community associations of Karnataka in UAE who took part in ‘Save life campaign’. Few enthusiastic members of Tulunadu with the wise leadership … |
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From Nepal, a Push to End Human Trafficking
New York Times But now there are lots of cases of trafficking for cheap labor, forced labor, trafficking for marriage, trafficking for organ transplants. The law … Even though Nepal shares a long border with China, it isn’t very accessible, particularly compared to … |
Social media boosts organ donor registrationHealth24.comThe gains were made in May 2012 when the social-networking giant Facebook created a way for users to share their organ donor status with friends and provided easy links to make their status offici…
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Facebook’s Organ Donor Status Spurs Boost in Awareness
Bloomberg Organ donation has long been an interest of Sheryl Sandberg, chief operating officer at Menlo Park, California-based Facebook Inc. (FB) Demand for organs far outpaces the number of donors, with more than 118,000 Americans waiting for a life-saving … Facebook’s Organ Donor Feature Encourages More People to Get on the ListTIME (blog) Governor push for student organ donor programmeTimes of India Facebook Helped Boost Organ Donor RegistrationYahoo! News Medical News Today –The Hub at Johns Hopkins –Wired.co.uk all 74 news articles » |
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Solving The Organ Donor Shortage
WBUR Are lab grown blood vessels, hearts and lungs the answer to the nation’s organ donor shortage? We’ll look at the brave new science. Murnaghan Family. Sarah Murnaghan, center, celebrates the 100th day of her stay in Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia … Scientists Developing Lab-Grown OrgansDesign & Trend |