22Nov/17

Kokomo teenager asking for Christmas cards, trying to raise awareness for organ donation – WTTV CBS4Indy


WTTV CBS4Indy

Kokomo teenager asking for Christmas cards, trying to raise awareness for organ donation
WTTV CBS4Indy
KOKOMO, Ind. – A Kokomo boy is going for a Christmas card world record and he needs your help. Xavier Johnson is trying to collect 700,000 Christmas cards, but there’s a bigger reason behind his request. The 14-year-old is trying to raise awareness for …

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22Nov/17

Analysis of aged brains reveals new details about Alzheimer’s disease and dementia – News-Medical.net


News-Medical.net

Analysis of aged brains reveals new details about Alzheimer’s disease and dementia
News-Medical.net
“Since the population of individuals over 90 years of age is rapidly increasing, understanding both healthy aging and age-related disease is essential,” says Ed Lein, Investigator at the Allen Institute for Brain Science. “This means we must

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22Nov/17

Thanks given during 50-year celebration of Loma Linda University Health’s organ transplantation program – Loma Linda University Health


Loma Linda University Health

Thanks given during 50-year celebration of Loma Linda University Health’s organ transplantation program
Loma Linda University Health
But at the “heart of donation and transplantation,” he said, is the human element, a legacy made possible by everyday people. Organ donation, either by living donors or by deceased donors and their families, is the “greatest gift that one person can

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21Nov/17

Boise woman clearly sees importance of organ donation – KTVB


KTVB

Boise woman clearly sees importance of organ donation
KTVB
BOISE – Kathy Cladis says she always had poor vision, even as a young girl. Years later she had surgery to correct it, and it worked, for a while. “As time went on then I felt the deterioration coming pretty bad,” Cladis said. As it went from pretty