New York lags nation on organ donation
Bristol Herald Courier (press release) (blog)
The figures were released on Organ Donor Enrollment Day to encourage more people to sign up. Schneiderman says New Yorkers can register on the state Donate Life Registry, when they apply or renew a driver’s license or when they register to vote.
Register to be an organ donorRochester Democrat and Chronicle
NY Attorney General highlights Organ Donor Enrollment Day to boost donationsNEWS10 ABC
Advocates push registrations on Organ Donor Enrollment DayNews 12 Bronx (registration)
York Daily Record/Sunday News –WSHU
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Blood donation opportunities abound in October
Asheboro Courier Tribune
DURHAM — The American Red Cross urges eligible donors to give blood to support cancer patients and other patients during Breast Cancer Awareness Month this October. More than 1.6 million new cases of cancer are expected to be diagnosed in the U.S. …
American Red Cross blood donation opportunitiesWLNS
Blood Donation Drives in Northwest ArkansasKNWA
Red Cross blood donation opportunities Oct. 16-31Quad-Cities Online
Watertown Public Opinion –Avenue Mail –RedCrossBlood.org
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Former North Stars player joins the push to find kidney donors
Minneapolis Star Tribune
That’s because it’s harder than ever to find kidney donors, whether living or deceased. About 108,000 people are listed on the national kidney transplant waiting list, yet only about 18,000 people received a kidney transplant last year and 4,745 died …

Calls for review of gay blood donation ban – Sky News
Sky News Australia
The Vic government is calling for the ‘discriminatory’ ban on gay men donating blood to be reviewed.
About bloody time: push for review of gay blood donation banSame Same
Blood donor restrictions for gay men should be removed, Victorian Government saysABC Online
Victoria calls to end gay blood ban – Star ObserverStar Observer

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Vic wants review of gay blood donation ban
NEWS.com.au
The Victorian government wants a ban on gay men donating blood reviewed on the grounds it’s discriminatory. Victorian Health Minister Jill Hennessy will on Friday tell a meeting of the country’s health ministers in Canberra that the “discriminatory …

The Problem With Denying Organ Transplants to Drug Users
ATTN
Overdoses now account for more deaths annually than car accidents, and drug users have become “the fastest-growing category of donor” for transplant patients. “They rank fourth, behind donors who died of strokes, blunt injuries, and cardiovascular …
Doctors push for live donor registryPune Mirror
‘Life is better with just one kidney’, organ donor saysTimes of Malta
Surging overdose deaths fuel organ donationsBecker’s Hospital Review

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Organ donation: How it can help
13WHAM-TV
Only 34 percent of people in the Finger Lakes region are organ donors. New York State ranks second to last for organ donation. Hess says that’s sometimes due to myths, being uninformed or grief. Scott Semans was faced with a hard decision at the time …

Feingold calls for all political groups to disclose donors
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
He also said that 501(c)(4) nonprofit groups engaged in electioneering — such as launching political and campaign-related ads — should disclose their donors. Feingold, whose signature legislation was a campaign finance overhaul co-authored with …

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