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Annual Christmas Mix-and-Mingle fundraiser in Oakville Saturday will help leukemia patients and families
InsideHalton.com It’s even more difficult to find a compatible match from an unrelated donor and usually that match comes from your own ethnic group. Through DonorDrive4Dorothy, Vernon-Brown hopes to raise more awareness in the Afro-Canadian community about blood … |
Overdose deaths drive spike in organ donations – WCAX
Overdose deaths drive spike in organ donationsWCAXAs of mid-October this year, out of 268 organ donors, 73 have died from drugs. The other center covering our region, the Center for Donation and Transplant, has seen their drug-related donors nearly tri…
What Donors Want—Post-election Donations Spike for Nonprofit Journalism Sites – The Nonprofit Quarterly (blog)
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What Donors Want—Post-election Donations Spike for Nonprofit Journalism Sites
The Nonprofit Quarterly (blog) For instance, the Center for Public Integrity in Washington and the related International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (of Panama Papers fame) have seen a 70 percent increase in donations over the same period last year. At ProPublica … |
Views sought on organ donor opt-out scheme – Mearns Leader
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Views sought on organ donor opt-out scheme
Mearns Leader The consultation asks whether the current system for authorising organ and tissue donation should be turned on its head. Currently, in Scotland, organ and/or tissue donation after a person’s death only occurs if they have given advance authorisation or … Highland MSP calls for more organ donorsStrathspey & Badenoch Herald |
Kiadis Pharma: 1 Year Follow-Up Data Presented At ASH | Investing … – Investing.com
Kiadis Pharma: 1 Year Follow-Up Data Presented At ASH | Investing …Investing.comKiadis Pharma BV (AS:KDS) has presented one-year follow-up data from a Phase II study in leukaemia patients (n=23) at the 58th meeting of the American …and more&nb…
Lichfield blood donor Eddie’s surprise as 50 years of blood donations achieved – Lichfield Mercury
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Lichfield blood donor Eddie’s surprise as 50 years of blood donations achieved
Lichfield Mercury A LICHFIELD man made his 134th blood donation recently and was surprised to discover that it was 50 years to the day since he made his first. Eddie Mason, of Grange Lane, still has a book certifying his first blood donation on October 24 1966. His … |
Egypt’s recent crackdown on international organ traffickers, explained – Ventures Africa
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Egypt’s recent crackdown on international organ traffickers, explained
Ventures Africa Egyptian authorities just raided a network of organ traffickers, saying the international group allegedly bought organs from poor citizens and sold them to customers abroad. For many whose organs have been bought, there are tales of deception and … |
Heroin addicts more likely to be organ donors – and lots of people want their organs – PennLive.com
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Heroin addicts more likely to be organ donors – and lots of people want their organs
PennLive.com Joe Gotowski of Mount Joy, Pa. is waiting for a transplant that will involve: stomach, liver, small bowel, pancreas and colon. He needs a liver because the intravenous nutrition will eventually destroy it. All the organs will come from one person … |
Viewpoint: Wall right to consider move to a presumed consent law – Saskatoon StarPhoenix
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Viewpoint: Wall right to consider move to a presumed consent law
Saskatoon StarPhoenix When applied to the issue of whether or not to become a potential organ donor, nudge theory recommends shifting from an “explicit consent” opt-in approach, where potential donors have to purposefully mark their interest in donating in the event of … |
Highland MSP calls for more organ donors – Strathspey & Badenoch Herald
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Highland MSP calls for more organ donors
Strathspey & Badenoch Herald Under an opt-out system, organs could be removed from a dead person if they had not registered or expressed an objection during their lifetime. People have to opt in under the current system which includes signing up to the Organ Donor Register. |