22Sep/17

A $200-million donation threatens to tar UC Irvine’s medical school as a haven for quacks – Los Angeles Times


Los Angeles Times

A $200-million donation threatens to tar UC Irvine’s medical school as a haven for quacks
Los Angeles Times
The donation, the seventh-largest ever to a single public university, will be used for a new building on campus to house the Samueli College of Health Sciences, which will incorporate UCI’s medical and nursing schools and planned schools of pharmacy

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22Sep/17

WHL Suits Up with Don Cherry to Promote Organ Donation – Presented by RE/MAX – Western Hockey League


Western Hockey League

WHL Suits Up with Don Cherry to Promote Organ Donation – Presented by RE/MAX
Western Hockey League
“It makes you wonder why everyone hasn’t registered to be an organ donor like I have. I’m grateful to both the Western Hockey League and … With close to 4,500 Canadians awaiting organ donation today – 76 per cent whom require a kidney – the Cherry

22Sep/17

Francia Raisa Back At The Gym After Donating Her Kidney Is The Only Fitspo You Need – Elite Daily

Francia Raisa Back At The Gym After Donating Her Kidney Is The Only Fitspo You Need
Elite Daily
Gomez’s best friend, actress Francia Raisa, donated her kidney to Gomez, and both women bravely took to Instagram last week to share their experience and spread awareness about Gomez’s condition. If you need anymore inspiration than these two friends

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22Sep/17

Kettering blood donor: ‘I knew it was 500, but they surprised me’ – MyDaytonDailyNews


MyDaytonDailyNews

Kettering blood donor: ‘I knew it was 500, but they surprised me’
MyDaytonDailyNews
Not only has her support helped countless patients who needed blood transfusions, her donations have added up to quite a significant number. She was honored this past Aug. 31 by the Community Blood Center in Dayton when she made her 500th lifetime …

22Sep/17

Islamophobic US Mega-Donor Fuels German Far-Right Party With Viral Fake News – The Intercept


The Intercept

Islamophobic US Mega-Donor Fuels German Far-Right Party With Viral Fake News
The Intercept
The Gatestone posts, which are often translated into German, are regularly promoted by AfD politicians and AfD-related social media groups to justify the party’s crusade against Chancellor Angela Merkel’s open-door refugee policy. One viral Gatestone

22Sep/17

Sanders Donor and Democratic Delegate: DeVos ‘Deserves’ to Be the Prisoner of ‘Game of Thrones’ Rapist – Washington Free Beacon


Washington Free Beacon

Sanders Donor and Democratic Delegate: DeVos ‘Deserves’ to Be the Prisoner of ‘Game of Thrones’ Rapist
Washington Free Beacon
Marrocco posted an article on her personal Facebook page about DeVos flying her private jet for work-related travel, in which she castigated DeVos, calling her “human pollution.” “This woman is just human pollution. She’s pollution to our education

22Sep/17

Giving City: With more donors giving this year, how long will it last? – MyStatesman.com


MyStatesman.com

Giving City: With more donors giving this year, how long will it last?
MyStatesman.com
Volunteers with Mission U-Too provide hot meals for flood victims in La Grange on Sept. 4. The Labor Day holiday was a day for relief help for the flood victims as Mueller’s Barbecue of Taylor and Southside Market and Barbecue of Elgin and Bastrop

22Sep/17

Organ donor ‘soft opt-out’ system called for in IPF World Week – Irish Medical Times (registration)


Irish Medical Times (registration)

Organ donor ‘soft opt-out’ system called for in IPF World Week
Irish Medical Times (registration)
The Irish Lung Fibrosis Association (ILFA) has called for the introduction of a ‘soft opt-out’ system for organ donation, where organ donation will only proceed if the donor’s next of kin agrees. According to the ILFA, the terms ‘hard’ and ‘soft