27Mar/18

Las Vegas chef back at work after close call with kidney disease – Las Vegas Review-Journal


Las Vegas Review-Journal

Las Vegas chef back at work after close call with kidney disease
Las Vegas Review-Journal
“Donors who are approved to be living kidney donors are extremely healthy,” Magaro said. “They have minimal risk of developing any kind of chronic disease. These folks really have good working kidneys.” Statistically, she said, kidneys from living

26Mar/18

Davis Medical Center plans for organ donation awareness flag raising and registration events – WBOY-TV

YourErieDavis Medical Center plans for organ donation awareness flag raising and registration eventsWBOY-TVELKINS, W.Va. – April is designated as National Donate Life Month to raise awareness and attention for organ donation. Davis Medical Center (DMC)…

26Mar/18

NHS desperately calls for blood donations before Easter as relentless ‘Beast from the East’ bad weather causes … – Mirror.co.uk


Mirror.co.uk

NHS desperately calls for blood donations before Easter as relentless ‘Beast from the East’ bad weather causes
Mirror.co.uk
The NHS says that hospitals need more than 6,000 blood donations each day to treat people in emergency situations or to keep up ongoing treatments for blood disorders and cancers. Mike Stredder, NHS Blood and Transplant director of blood donation said

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26Mar/18

Perez champions organ donation education and awareness – Rochester Business Journal


Rochester Business Journal

Perez champions organ donation education and awareness
Rochester Business Journal
A life-saving liver transplant performed in 2003 at Strong Memorial Hospital turned out to be one of Richard Perez’s greatest blessings, and he hasn’t taken the opportunity for granted. Given another chance at life, the 63-year-old has spent the past

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26Mar/18

Opponents of March Look in Vain for a Puppet-master – Nonprofit Quarterly


Nonprofit Quarterly

Opponents of March Look in Vain for a Puppet-master
Nonprofit Quarterly
In the run-up to the March for our Lives on Saturday, opponents of gun reform did their level best to paint the organizers as puppets of…who-knows-who. Apparently, in the minds of some, the periodic mass murder of young people is not enough reason for

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