01Jul/18

News Briefs: Blood donation opportunities, Lifetime Learners offers sessions – Westport News


Westport News

News Briefs: Blood donation opportunities, Lifetime Learners offers sessions
Westport News
Blood donation opportunities. DARIEN — The Red Cross needs help to bring back the A’s, B’s and O’s. This is not a typo. These letters represent blood types, and the reality is that during blood shortages these letters do go missing from hospital shelves.
What’s Columbus, Ohio without the support of blood donors?Columbus Business First
Red Cross, ISBTI celebrate World Blood Donor Day | State TimesState Times
Blood donation opportunities available throughout region; Red …Idaho County Free Press
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30Jun/18

Act of generosity kicks off 8-patient kidney ‘transplant chain’ – Peoria Journal Star


Peoria Journal Star

Act of generosity kicks off 8-patient kidney ‘transplant chain’
Peoria Journal Star
Transplants involving live kidney donors usually result in longer kidney function for the recipient than transplants involving deceased donors, he said. Memorial would like to be involved with more kidney transplant chains, Garfinkel said, adding that

30Jun/18

Man is Hailed as Hero in China After Rare Organ Donation Changes Five Lives – Good News Network


Good News Network

Man is Hailed as Hero in China After Rare Organ Donation Changes Five Lives
Good News Network
“He had always thought that if he was ever in that situation, he would like his organs donated – whatever they could take – so he could help out in some way,” Phillip’s father Peter told the BBC. “He always wanted to help people in whatever way possible.