27Jul/16

Cameroon: The Best Benefit in Blood Donation Is Satisfaction – AllAfrica.com

Cameroon: The Best Benefit in Blood Donation Is Satisfaction
AllAfrica.com
Professor Thérèse Nkoa, Technical Adviser No 2 in the Ministry of Public Health, explains the importance of donating blood. What is the situation of blood donation in the country? Before talking about blood donation, it is important to start with blood …

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27Jul/16

Gay Blood Donation Policy: FDA Seeks Public Comments On Donor Deferral Recommendations – International Business Times

International Business TimesGay Blood Donation Policy: FDA Seeks Public Comments On Donor Deferral RecommendationsInternational Business TimesThe United States Food and Drug Administration Tuesday started official reconsideration of its blood donor def…

27Jul/16

‘I’m here today because of organ donation’: Auburn High graduate memorializes donor on his cap – Auburn Citizen


Auburn Citizen

‘I’m here today because of organ donation‘: Auburn High graduate memorializes donor on his cap
Auburn Citizen
“And they decided to grant her wishes to be an organ donor.” That decision came just in time for Gagne’s son, Aaron Weed. At 5 years old, Aaron was diagnosed with urinary reflux and chronic renal failure. For years, he went through a series of

27Jul/16

Rotary Club asks families to have ‘the chat’ for DonateLife Week – St Marys-Mt Druitt Star


St Marys-Mt Druitt Star

Rotary Club asks families to have ‘the chat’ for DonateLife Week
St Marys-Mt Druitt Star
The rate of approval for registered donors is 91 per cent, but the rate drops significantly to 52 per cent where the deceased was not registered or had not informed family of their wishes. “This is a conversation that could one day save lives,” Ms

27Jul/16

Cord blood outperforms matched, unrelated donor in bone marrow transplant – Science Daily

Cord blood outperforms matched, unrelated donor in bone marrow transplant
Science Daily
Our results show that, long term, receiving a cord blood transplant is less likely than receiving a transplant from an unrelated, matched donor to result in graft-versus-host disease,” says Jonathan Gutman, MD, investigator at the CU Cancer Center and

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