SAPEH, UTGSU Hold Sensitisation On Blood DonationAllAfrica.comThe Student Association of Public Environmental Health (SAPEH), University of The Gambia Student Union (UTGSU), in collaboration with the National Blood Transfusion Services (NBTS), recently…
Donor-Advised Funds Let Wall Street Steer Charitable Donations – Chronicle of Philanthropy (subscription)
Donor-Advised Funds Let Wall Street Steer Charitable DonationsChronicle of Philanthropy (subscription)None of this would matter much were if it not for the stunning success of commercial donor-advised funds in attracting donations. Now people are sudde…
MP backs charity’s calls for more bone-marrow donors – Morpeth Herald
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MP backs charity’s calls for more bone-marrow donors
Morpeth Herald Two-thirds of patients in the UK will not find a suitable match within their families so turn to the charity to find a suitable non-related donor. However, at present, the scheme can only find a perfect match for 60 per cent of people needing a … |
Daily Mail End The Donor Shortage Campaign: Should we all be put on the … – Daily Mail
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Daily Mail End The Donor Shortage Campaign: Should we all be put on the …
Daily Mail Every day in Britain, two people die waiting for a donor organ – and some experts believe this tragic situation needs a radical solution. Currently you have to join a register if you wish to be an organ donor, an ‘opt in’ system. But even if a person … |
Campaign for NV Blood Donation Day concludes – GreaterKashmir.com
Campaign for NV Blood Donation Day concludesGreaterKashmir.comThe valedictory function was held in Police Auditorium here to acknowledge the contribution of blood donors, promoters and motivators who actively participated in the month long campaign whi…
Screening form results in over 1000 blood donations wasted yearly – Globalnews.ca
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Screening form results in over 1000 blood donations wasted yearly
Globalnews.ca REGINA – Canadian Blood Services is working on removing a screening form it says is wasteful and no longer effective. “If you collect a million units, it’s over 1,000-1,500 units a year we will save from eliminating this step,” said Dr. Ted Alport, the … Why you should give blood this season |
New “dead heart” transplant uncovered in Australia, revolutionizing organ donation – The Weather Network
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New “dead heart” transplant uncovered in Australia, revolutionizing organ donation
The Weather Network Australian doctors have discovered a revolutionary type of heart transplant surgery that they say will change organ donation and help save lives. Researchers at St. Vincent’s Hospital have been working to create a means of transplanting a heart after … “Dead Heart” Transplants Could Change Everything We Know About Organ …Carbonated.tv (blog) ‘Dead heart’ transplant breakthrough at St Vincent’s HospitalThe Australian Doctors in Sydney transplant ‘dead heart’SBS WebMD –BizNews –ABC Online all 247 news articles » |
Marion woman meets her life saver – KCRG
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Marion woman meets her life saver
KCRG Her situation isn’t abnormal, according to Be the Match. Seventy percent of bone marrow recipients find matches in unrelated donors. Whether someone is a match is determined by their human leukocyte antigen, a protein found in most cells in the body. |
Leaving Life and Beyond – The New Indian Express
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Leaving Life and Beyond
The New Indian Express The exceeding demand for donation is a perennial problem. “The demand is much more than what we can supply and 95 per cent of all transplants have come from live donations related and unrelated donors and only 5 per cent from deceased donors,” says … |
South Fla. father raises organ donation awareness, calls son ‘walking miracle’ – Local 10
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South Fla. father raises organ donation awareness, calls son ‘walking miracle’
Local 10 EFFORT TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT THE NEED FOR ORGAN DONORS. A SIMPLE GAME OF POOL IS A PRECIOUS EXPERIENCE FOR JOEL AND HIS SON JUSTIN. 11 YEARS AGO JUSTIN WAS BORN PREMATURE BUT HIS PARENTS AND … |