Sunday Conversation: Linda D’Aquila builds support for life-saving organ donations Tampa Bay Times
TAMPA — To be an effective fundraiser requires a lot of listening. But Linda D’Aquila helped raise thousands of dollars for the LifeLink Legacy Fund with a good …
You could be a bone marrow donor: Here’s what you need to know The ColoradoanWith a teddy bear named Laura strapped on as a passenger, Bob Falkenberg set off on a bicycle pilgrimage in early September from Bellvue’s Morning *Fresh* …
How one Fort Collins girl gave hope to 86,000 people with blood cancers The ColoradoanTo the delight of doctors and cancer patients around the world, Laura Graves enjoyed Disneyland in January 1981 as a healthy 12-year-old girl. A little mor…
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DSWD discourages donation of used clothes for disaster survivors
ReliefWeb Those who would want to donate or host free meals for evacuees may coordinate with the Naga City Hall donation’s desk for scheduling and other related concerns. Increase of evacuees. Following the forced evacuation of residents living in the one … |
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Red Cross: Blood, platelet donations needed in wake of Hurricane Florence
Huntington Herald Dispatch People can also help by making a financial donation to support relief efforts. Hurricane’s impact on blood and platelet donations. Hurricane Florence’s wrath left catastrophic damage behind and also took a toll on blood and platelet donations. Nearly … Truliant donates $10000 to American Red Cross for Hurricane Florence reliefAsheboro Courier Tribune |
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Loudoun County School Board recognizes donor contributions to Academies of Loudoun, STEM education
Loudoun Times-Mirror The Academies’ common area outside of the Student Service Suite will be named after the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation for its pledged gift of $300,000 to support the EDGE Academy, a hands-on, STEM-related after-school program that serves potential future … |
Deccan ChronicleAgenda to revive organ donationDeccan ChronicleThiruvananthapuram: Close on the heels of the visit of Luc Noel, WHO consultant for organ donation who termed the existing process of declaring a person brain dead quite complicated, expert…
How UW Medicine seeks to prevent cancer transmission from organ donationsBecker’s Hospital ReviewJorge Reyes, MD, chief of transplant surgery at Seattle-based UW Medicine, shared several steps the health system takes to lower the risk of cancer transmi…
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NIH Seeks ‘Self” Cure in Patients With Sickle Cell Disease
AJMC.com Managed Markets Network When a patient with SCD receives the bone marrow of another person, there is the risk that the immune system of the patient with sickle cell rejects and attacks the donor cells. The chances of either instance even in matched-related transplants can be … |
Donate Life NYS Recognizes DMV for Increasing Organ and Tissue Donation EnrollmentPR Newswire (press release)DMV remains the primary source for enrollment in the New York State (NYS) Donate Life Registry (Registry), a confidential database of people wh…