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Steps being taken to protect the blood supply from Zika
Miami Herald As the number of confirmed cases of Zika continues to grow, so do concerns about the virus infiltrating the nation’s blood supply. Two blood transfusion-transmitted cases confirmed in early February in the Brazilian city of Campinas have prompted the U … |
Decline seen in blood donations – Brantford Expositor
Brantford Expositor |
Decline seen in blood donations
Brantford Expositor Pat Utley is recovering from a heart attack almost a year ago, and struggling with problems related to medications and blood thinners. She had internal bleeding. “It was happening in such tiny increments neither of us noticed how serious this was … |
Murdered Fargo Officer Saves Several Lives Via Organ Donation – CBS Local
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Murdered Fargo Officer Saves Several Lives Via Organ Donation
CBS Local MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A fallen North Dakota police officer is credited with helping save the lives of at least five people. Fargo Police Officer Jason Moszer was shot and killed while responding to a domestic violence call last week. Moszer had been … Officer Jason Moszer’s organ donation helps at least 5 peopleValley News Live Thursday News Update (2/18)WDAY |
Medical infrastructure woefully short to give fillip to organ donation – Bangalore Mirror
Bangalore MirrorMedical infrastructure woefully short to give fillip to organ donationBangalore MirrorThis is one of the reasons why NGOs that work actively to create awareness on organ donation are slowly shifting focus from public awareness to hospit…
London firefighter trying to get active again on organ donor list – WKYT
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London firefighter trying to get active again on organ donor list
WKYT LONDON, Ky. (WKYT) – For the second time in his life Darren Wyatt needs a new kidney. “My first renal problems was when I was 13,” says the London City Firefighter, a volunteer role he’s served since 1988. His mother donated his first kidney, decades … |
Cruz Leads Presidential Field In Oil And Gas Donations – Chem.Info
Chem.Info |
Cruz Leads Presidential Field In Oil And Gas Donations
Chem.Info A report by The Guardian in August found that Republican candidates’ super PACs had already taken in some $62 million from the energy industry. Cruz’s PAC alone received $36.5 million as of last summer from just four industry-related donors: investors … |
Johns Hopkins Surgeons Are About to Attempt the US’ First Penis Transplant – Mic
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Johns Hopkins Surgeons Are About to Attempt the US’ First Penis Transplant
Mic The penis is not included among the organs doctors are permitted to harvest from an organ donor. Potential matches would only come from suitable donors by special permission from the deceased’s family. “We’re looking at the age of the patient and … |
Harte praises Drumm family for fund-raising initiative – The Ulster Herald
The Ulster Herald |
Harte praises Drumm family for fund-raising initiative
The Ulster Herald The new shirt is part of a larger fund-raising initiative in aid of a number of charities, with the main benefactors being Northern Ireland Transplant Association, as Matthew’s organs helped save the lives of seven people. Offering his support to this … |
Dates set for blood donation opportunities – The Albany Herald
Dates set for blood donation opportunitiesThe Albany HeraldDonors of all blood types are needed to help accident and burn victims, patients undergoing organ transplants, those receiving cancer treatments and others who rely on blood products. Red Cross…
7 kidney donors, 7 recipients, 6 hospitals, 3 cities. What could possibly go wrong? – Sydney Morning Herald
Sydney Morning Herald |
7 kidney donors, 7 recipients, 6 hospitals, 3 cities. What could possibly go wrong?
Sydney Morning Herald The beauty of the paired kidney exchange program is that it makes transplants available to people who might otherwise die waiting for them. “If they stay on the deceased–donor waiting list, some of them have a chance of a match as low as one in 100 … |