21Dec/17

We like to think the rules guiding organ transplant eligibility are fair … – CBC.ca


CBC.ca

We like to think the rules guiding organ transplant eligibility are fair …
CBC.ca
Exclusion criteria leave room for considerable discretion. Stereotypes based on social status, gender and race could play into a health care practitioner’s conclusion that a person lacks sufficient social support to ensure adherence to follow-up care

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21Dec/17

30 years on, Northern Ireland mum given Christmas gift of life, thanks to kidney donor – Belfast Telegraph


Belfast Telegraph

30 years on, Northern Ireland mum given Christmas gift of life, thanks to kidney donor
Belfast Telegraph
Noreen is now an organ donation campaigner and has been raising awareness of the importance of carrying donor cards. She continued: “The person whose kidney I have gave me my life back and there are no words. I look at my family and without that person

21Dec/17

Reindeer’s blood donation saves his brother’s life – Futurity – Futurity: Research News


Futurity: Research News

Reindeer’s blood donation saves his brother’s life – Futurity
Futurity: Research News
In dire condition due to a tick-borne disease, Little Buddy the reindeer wouldn’t have survived without help from his brother Moose.

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21Dec/17

Consenting to HIV-positive organ donation in the USA: legal and ethical considerations in comparison with a South … – Dove Medical Press

Consenting to HIV-positive organ donation in the USA: legal and ethical considerations in comparison with a South …
Dove Medical Press
Finally, the HIV-positive deceased donors in South Africa are often young trauma victims where HIV is diagnosed at the time of death and the patient is naïve to antiretroviral therapy (ART). In general, South Africa has very low ART resistance rates

20Dec/17

Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017: Implications for Charities and Philanthropists – HuffPost


HuffPost

Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017: Implications for Charities and Philanthropists
HuffPost
On Dec. 20, 2017, Congress enacted sweeping tax reform legislation commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Act”) shifting the landscape for many charitable organizations and individuals who support them philanthropically. Following is a
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The Edwardsville Intelligencer –Washington Post
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20Dec/17

Ethics module helps doctors navigate efforts to boost organ donation – American Medical Association (blog)


American Medical Association (blog)

Ethics module helps doctors navigate efforts to boost organ donation
American Medical Association (blog)
“Presumed consent” for deceased donors—a policy that makes the assumption that individuals are organ donors unless they have opted out of that choice—has been proven to increase organ donation in Spain. In the United Kingdom, presumed consent for

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20Dec/17

Local Transplant Recipients, Living Donors and Donor Families … – Business Wire (press release)

Local Transplant Recipients, Living Donors and Donor Families …
Business Wire (press release)
LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Dozens of Southern California organ, eye and tissue transplant recipients, living donors and deceased donor families joined local elected officials yesterday for the unveiling of the 2018 Donate Life Rose Parade® Float

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20Dec/17

Blood donation camp held to mark CM’S b’day – Daily Pioneer

Blood donation camp held to mark CM’S b’day
Daily Pioneer
To commemorate the birthday of Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat, a blood donation and a health check up camps were organised by the BJP workers at Mahanagar office on Wednesday. Many party workers and leaders donated blood on the occasion