13Feb/17

Stricken Israeli Traveller Needs Blood Donations To Survive in Peru – Forward


Forward

Stricken Israeli Traveller Needs Blood Donations To Survive in Peru
Forward
RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA) — An international against-the-clock blood donation call boosted by social media aims at saving the life of an Israeli tourist hospitalized in Peru after contracting a serious blood-related illness. The family of 21-year-old Zohar

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13Feb/17

Valentine’s Day in hospital will be scary yet special for this Kansas City family – Kansas City Star


Kansas City Star

Valentine’s Day in hospital will be scary yet special for this Kansas City family
Kansas City Star
Their excitement started building after Tyler Chapman decided last year to get tested to see if he could be a living donor. No one else had offered. Waiting for a kidney from a deceased donor can take years — so long that, on some of his lowest days

13Feb/17

What day is it? Drink wine, be (randomly) kind to a grouch this week – TwinCities.com-Pioneer Press


TwinCities.com-Pioneer Press

What day is it? Drink wine, be (randomly) kind to a grouch this week
TwinCities.com-Pioneer Press
Drink wine, be (randomly) kind to a grouch this week … Do a Grouch a Favor Day this week — and the love might even come back your way. … It’s a new week and a new chance to make every day special. Here’s a … Also: Book Giving Day, Organ Donor Day.

13Feb/17

If I were to ask you to donate blood on Valentine’s Day – Myjoyonline.com


Myjoyonline.com

If I were to ask you to donate blood on Valentine’s Day
Myjoyonline.com
Contrast that to the situation in developing countries where blood donation is used more often for management of pregnancy-related complications, childhood malaria complicated by severe anemia, and trauma-related injuries. In Ghana just like other …

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