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Sharing the gift of life
The Hindu From an unrelated donor, maybe 6-8 years.” Besides renal cases, Kauvery Hospital is planning to start an exclusive facility for liver and cardiac transplant this year, and has stepped up its eye donation campaign. Out of the 232 transplants done at … |
Good Neighbor: Double Transplant Recipient Starts Organization to Register More Organ Donors – WGRZ.com
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Good Neighbor: Double Transplant Recipient Starts Organization to Register More Organ Donors
WGRZ.com AMHERST, NY – April is Donate Life month, and while the month is almost over, the work to increase the number of organ and tissue donations has a long way to go. A double-transplant recipient with a mission to raise awareness is this week’s 2 On Your … |
Study links age-related changes in human pancreas to diabetes development – News-Medical.net
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Study links age-related changes in human pancreas to diabetes development
News-Medical.net A Stanford-led national collaboration to procure and analyze human pancreatic tissue from deceased donors illustrates how the organ’s function changes as we age, and could point the way toward new diabetes treatments. Age-related changes in the human … |
NY educators to develop school curriculum on organ donation – Bristol Herald Courier (press release) (blog)
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NY educators to develop school curriculum on organ donation
Bristol Herald Courier (press release) (blog) ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York education officials say they’re working with lawmakers and organizations that promote organ donation to develop a model curriculum that will be made available for free to school districts statewide in September. Niagara Health System recognized for promoting organ donationErie Media STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT ENCOURAGES ORGAN AND TISSUE DONATIONEmpireStateNews.net HaysMed physician earns award from Midwest Transplant Networkhays Post |
George Mason’s Plans to Honor Scalia Spark Protests Over the University’s Direction – Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription)
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George Mason’s Plans to Honor Scalia Spark Protests Over the University’s Direction
Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription) Critics of George Mason U.’s agreement to rename its law school after the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia (shown in 2011) see the move as evidence that the university is being steered rightward by conservative donors. In death, the late … |
Cancer Care Ontario ‘covering up’ casualties by hiding stem cell data, critics charge – Toronto Star
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Cancer Care Ontario ‘covering up’ casualties by hiding stem cell data, critics charge
Toronto Star … Juravinski Hospital in Hamilton and The Ottawa Hospital — the only three Ontario centres equipped with highly specialized staff and space to provide allogeneic treatments using stem cells or bone marrow from donors unrelated to patients — have … |
The Obama Watch Bob McDonnell’s Revenge – American Spectator
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The Obama Watch Bob McDonnell’s Revenge
American Spectator Just ask New York hotelier Sant Singh Chatwal, who funneled $180,000 worth of straw donations to Democrat candidates, including Hillary Clinton, and got off with three years’ probation and a fine. If D’Souza’s case wasn’t fishy enough … Nakoula spent … |
Organ donation: Two men gave new lease of life to 8 people in 2 days – Hindustan Times
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Organ donation: Two men gave new lease of life to 8 people in 2 days
Hindustan Times Considering his critical condition, the team of transplant coordinators started educating the family about donating organs. “Since Sourav’s family had heard about the concept, it was not difficult to convince them, and they agreed in the first … |
Angola: Minister Calls On Young People to Join Blood Donation – AllAfrica.com
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Angola: Minister Calls On Young People to Join Blood Donation
AllAfrica.com Luanda — Angola’s minister of Youth and Sports Gonçalves Muandumba Thursday in Luanda appealed the young people to join the blood donation campaigns organised as ways to contribute to saving lives. The official was speaking to the press on the … |
Nigeria’s Raging Tuberculosis Crisis – AllAfrica.com
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Nigeria’s Raging Tuberculosis Crisis
AllAfrica.com The United States government, The Global Fund, WHO, Leprosy Mission in Nigeria, German Leprosy, Netherlands Leprosy Relief, Damien Foundation, the Canadian and UK governments remain the highest donors to tuberculosis-related programmes in … |