Spotlight on green news & views: Battling over fossil fuel donors; fracking our drinking water
Daily Kos
On a related—but slightly less honorable—front, the Edison Electric Institute (EEI) is leading a charge to rebrand utilities. In order to improve their public image, they have hired a crisis communications expert. With policy battles between …

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Our View: Registering as an organ donor is an easy task that can save lives
LubbockOnline.com
The March 25 deaths of Mia Brittany Biera, 18, and Joseph Espinoza, 20, in a car crash were a tragedy for their loved ones and for our city. But as sad as the circumstances were, a bright spot emerged through the clouds for Biera’s relatives when they …
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Roadblocks for blood donation? Ink and drink
Bangalore Mirror
Tattooing, alcohol consumption, smoking and popping pills for minor ailments are major hurdles for patients needing blood to easily get donors in times of medical emergencies. This is happening despite more systematically maintained databases of blood …
The American Red Cross needs Blood Donors – Tallahassee Tech TimeDaily Star Gazette
Red Cross has significant need for type O negative bloodThe Morning Journal
Good News: Nate Strong Blood Drive set for Tuesday in RenoReno Gazette Journal

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For Tej, blood isn’t thicker than CM
Calcutta Telegraph
Like many a session in the Assembly and Council, health minister Tej Pratap today abstained from a much publicised blood donation camp, volunteered by the Bihar chapter of Commonwealth Parliamentary Association . Assembly Speaker Vijay Kumar Choudhary …

St. Lawrence County Clerk calls on residents to sign up as organ donors
North Country Now
More than one third of all deceased donors are age 50 or older and nearly 8 percent are age 65 or older. Becoming an organ donor is simple by joining New York State’s donor registry through DMV and indicating your decision on your driver’s license.
VCU Health Hume-Lee Transplant Center to raise flag for National Donate Life MonthProgress Index
Walk to support organ donationBrownsville Herald

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MU blood donation camp on Tuesday
Times of India
Mangaluru: Mangalore University Blood Donors Group (MUBDG), a part of communication club, department of MCJ in association with PG Student’s Council, Mangalagangothri and Indian Red Cross Society, will organize its fourth blood donation camp on …

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Quilts recognize the gifts of Lehigh Valley organ donors
Allentown Morning Call
Melissa Tyson of New Tripoli, along with her children and mother-in-law, were visibly overcome by the display, which honored Tyson’s husband, Jerome, who died after a work-related accident in 2012 at age 38. He was not a registered donor, but his …

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My View: ‘My passion is organ donation‘
Rockford Register Star
I have been blessed to be a part of the SwedishAmerican organization for 10 years — first as a bedside nurse, and now as a supervisor in the Critical Care Unit. I have always admired the hospital’s dedication to providing an exceptional care …
Butterfly Memorial Honors Organ DonorsKCRG

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Desensitization Method allows more successfully Kidney transplantation – Miami Gardens Tech Zone
Daily Star Gazette
The eight-year survival rates were nearly 77 percent among 1,025 patients who received an incompatible kidney from a live donor, and 63 percent for more than 5,100 matched patients remaining on a waiting list or received a new organ from a deceased …

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