10May/16

Using Tweets and Posts to Speed Up Organ Donation – New York Times


New York Times

Using Tweets and Posts to Speed Up Organ Donation
New York Times
Donate Life America, by contrast, allows individuals to register online as an organ donor just by logging in with email or a Facebook or Google account — much easier. In practice, legal registration may be overemphasized. It may be just as important
Vivienne leads the line for organ donation awareness eventDublin People

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10May/16

Organ donation still possible for some cancer patients – STLtoday.com

Organ donation still possible for some cancer patients
STLtoday.com
Dear Dr. Roach • My question is in regard to organ donation. The current status on my driver’s license is as an organ donor. However, I have cancer. I was diagnosed with stage 4 ovarian carcinoma almost two and a half years ago, and I am doing well

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10May/16

Utah prosecutor wants grand jury probe of Harry Reid, Mike Lee, feds, others – Salt Lake Tribune


Salt Lake Tribune

Utah prosecutor wants grand jury probe of Harry Reid, Mike Lee, feds, others
Salt Lake Tribune
However, the FEC filed a complaint in federal court that accuses Johnson and Swallow of violating election laws by using the straw donors to provide $50,000 to Lee’s campaign. Johnson also had contributed or arranged for donations of $20,000 to Reid’s …

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10May/16

Opiod overdoses lead to surge in organ donations – Santa Fe New Mexican


The Australian Women’s Weekly

Opiod overdoses lead to surge in organ donations
Santa Fe New Mexican
Coinciding with a rise in drug-related deaths, the number of organ donors who died of drug overdoses has sharply increased in recent years —“a silver lining to what is absolutely a tragedy,” Alexandra K. Glazier, president of the New England Organ
Giving a stranger the gift of lifeDaily Pioneer

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10May/16

Dark comedy, ‘Under the Skin,’ gets you laughing about organ donation. Really. – Dallas Morning News (blog)


Dallas Morning News (blog)

Dark comedy, ‘Under the Skin,’ gets you laughing about organ donation. Really.
Dallas Morning News (blog)
FORT WORTH — Those looking for a romantic view of organ donation won’t find it in Michael Hollinger’s Under the Skin, a dark comedy that asks what we owe less-than-deserving recipients. What you may find, however, is something better when you scratch …

10May/16

Grieving family of Greg Bryant still deciding on organ donation – ESPN

ESPNGrieving family of Greg Bryant still deciding on organ donationESPNThe family of Gregory Bryant, the UAB running back who was shot in Florida and declared brain dead Sunday morning, says he is still hooked to machines while his parents decide wheth…