08Mar/17

Quadriplegic Manitoba politician wants presumed consent for organ donation – CBC.ca

CBC.caQuadriplegic Manitoba politician wants presumed consent for organ donationCBC.caA Manitoba politician left paralyzed from the neck down by a highway collision is pushing for a law that would make all people in the province an organ donor unless t…

08Mar/17

Quadriplegic Manitoba politician wants presumed consent for organ donation – rdnewsnow.com

Quadriplegic Manitoba politician wants presumed consent for organ donation
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WINNIPEG — A Manitoba politician left paralyzed from the neck down by a highway collision is pushing for a law that would make all people in the province an organ donor unless they opted out. Steven Fletcher, who has used a wheelchair since hitting a …

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08Mar/17

IRS has 7000 unreleased documents related to conservative and Tea Party targeting – Washington Examiner

IRS has 7000 unreleased documents related to conservative and Tea Party targeting
Washington Examiner
Judicial Watch’s FOIA requests have continued to hold the agency’s feet to the fire, even years after the events. In 2015, Judicial Watch released documents from a FOIA request that suggested the IRS targeted some of the donors of the groups who were

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08Mar/17

Live after you die – Daily Excelsior


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Live after you die
Daily Excelsior
There is less rejection and lower doses of anti-rejection drugs in living donor recipient compared to deceased donor. The transplanted kidney, or “graft,” has better odds of surviving if from a living donor, as show in the UNOS data for kidney
Living kidney donors rates continues to growScoop.co.nz (press release)
WHAT’S UP DOC? Kidney transplantWicked Local Hamilton
Kidney Patient Press Conference on Capitol HillPR Newswire (press release)

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08Mar/17

Live kidney donations on the rise ahead of law change to fully compensate donors lost wages – Stuff.co.nz


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Live kidney donations on the rise ahead of law change to fully compensate donors lost wages
Stuff.co.nz
About 95 per cent of transplants are successful in the first year. Van der Gulik’s and Heal’s case was rare, but the pair were the inspiration for a bill now passed into law by National MP Chris Bishop. The Compensation for Live Organ Donors Act comes
Real people of the GC: Brett BullockGold Coast Bulletin
Kidney Patient Press Conference on Capitol HillPR Newswire (press release)
Commemorating World Kidney DayRising Sun Chatsworth

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