01Dec/16

End the outdated, unscientific restrictions on gay blood donors – Los Angeles Times


Los Angeles Times

End the outdated, unscientific restrictions on gay blood donors
Los Angeles Times
More than 30 years ago, as the AIDS epidemic exploded, the nation’s blood banks banned donations from men who had sex with other men. The logic was sound at the time. Tests of the era couldn’t adequately detect HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.
E-blood bank system to be launched todayTimes of India
Educate to eradicate AidsTimes of Malta

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01Dec/16

Organ donation can give people more time – here’s how you can register – Exeter Express and Echo


Exeter Express and Echo

Organ donation can give people more time – here’s how you can register
Exeter Express and Echo
Living donations offer an alternative for patients waiting for an organ from a deceased donor. However, it does require major surgery for both parties. Living donations include kidneys, livers and bone and amniotic membrane. Kidneys are the most common …

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01Dec/16

Kirstie Tancock: Devon organ donation campaigner dies – BBC News


BBC News

Kirstie Tancock: Devon organ donation campaigner dies
BBC News
Organ transplant campaigner Kirstie Tancock, who underwent two double lung transplants, has died. Her husband and mother confirmed the 27-year-old died in a “peaceful and pain free” way. Mrs Tancock was born with cystic fibrosis, but became a personal …
Organ donation can give people more time – here’s how you can registerExeter Express and Echo
Honiton organ donation campaigner Kirstie Tancock diesView News
Young Pole Dancer Who Became The Face Of Organ Donation Dies Aged 27SWNS
Plymouth Herald –Daily Mail –Irish Mirror
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01Dec/16

Organ donation: ‘It has made losing him easier’ – BBC News – BBC News


BBC News

Organ donation: ‘It has made losing him easier’ – BBC News
BBC News
More organs are being donated and more lives are being saved, says the health secretary, a year after a revolutionary change in the law over organ donation.
Organ donation: MP is best emerging stateTimes of India
What is the law on organ donation and should England adopt Welsh opt-out system?Exeter Express and Echo
One year since the automatic organ donation law came into force …ITV News
Free Press Journal –South Wales Evening Post
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01Dec/16

Wales organ donations ‘encouraging’ in year after consent law – BBC News


BBC News

Wales organ donations ‘encouraging’ in year after consent law
BBC News
More organs are being donated and more lives saved a year after Wales became the only nation in the UK to introduce a new donation law, say ministers. Adults are regarded as having allowed organ donation unless they have opted out. In the last year, …
Organ donation: MP is best emerging stateTimes of India
One year since the automatic organ donation law came into force – has it made a difference?ITV News
What is the law on organ donation and should England adopt Welsh opt-out system?Exeter Express and Echo
South Wales Evening Post –Free Press Journal –South Wales Argus
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