22Oct/18

OneLegacy Foundation Continues Support of Ava’s Heart Foundation Through Additional $100000 Grant – Business Wire (press release)

OneLegacy Foundation Continues Support of Ava’s Heart Foundation Through Additional $100000 Grant
Business Wire (press release)
LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Through its grants and ongoing community engagement, the OneLegacy Foundation works throughout the year to help support, educate and inspire people to take action in support of organ and tissue donation. Evidence of that

22Oct/18

Milton Keynes MP registers to become potential lifesaver – Milton Keynes Citizen


Milton Keynes Citizen

Milton Keynes MP registers to become potential lifesaver
Milton Keynes Citizen
Iain said: “Currently, only six out of 10 blood cancer patients in the UK find an unrelated matching blood stem cell donor. That’s why I registered with DKMS in the fight against blood cancer and would urge others in my constituency who are eligible to

22Oct/18

Chicago man makes 500th blood donation – WatertownDailyTimes.com

Chicago man makes 500th blood donation
WatertownDailyTimes.com
CHICAGO — Richard Packman first donated blood after a family at his church organized a blood drive because their child had been diagnosed with cancer. More than two decades later and after more than 1,000 hours, Packman sat on a recent Friday …

22Oct/18

Dan Jarvis: “Opt-out organ donation can help draw people together” – PoliticsHome.com


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Dan Jarvis: “Opt-out organ donation can help draw people together”
PoliticsHome.com
Plans to introduce an organ donation ‘opt-out’ system will face their final hurdle in the House of Commons this week. With the nation and Parliament bitterly divided over Brexit, Dan Jarvis believes now is the perfect opportunity to pull together – and

22Oct/18

Blood donations urged after deadly train derailment in Taiwan’s Yilan – Taiwan News


Taiwan News

Blood donations urged after deadly train derailment in Taiwan’s Yilan
Taiwan News
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Members of the public are urged to donate blood as the number of injuries from the deadly train derailment in northeastern Taiwan’s Yilan County yesterday afternoon has risen to 187. The Puyuma express train, headed for Taitung …