07May/16

Overdose deaths are boosting organ donation rates – BioEdge


BioEdge

Overdose deaths are boosting organ donation rates
BioEdge
The number of deaths from opioid overdoses has skyrocketed in the US, but public health executives see a big positive in the tragedy – increased organ donation. Healthcare analysts have written extensively on the ramifications of the US opioid abuse …
Infographic: Drug overdoses lead to spike in organ donationsConcord Monitor

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07May/16

Sainsbury’s & Brigg Garden Centre to support Dying Matters Awareness Week – Scunthorpe Telegraph


Scunthorpe Telegraph

Sainsbury’s & Brigg Garden Centre to support Dying Matters Awareness Week
Scunthorpe Telegraph
HEALTH professionals from the Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust will be out in North Lincolnshire encouraging people to talk about death and bereavement as part of the Dying Matter Awareness Week. The awareness week takes place …

07May/16

For North Bay needle exchanges, access to federal funding ‘bittersweet’ – Santa Rosa Press Democrat

For North Bay needle exchanges, access to federal funding ‘bittersweet’
Santa Rosa Press Democrat
… exchange-related supplies this past year. Their entire exchange budget is $60,000. Whatever governmental funding they do get, none of it can go toward supplies. That’s the way the legislation is written, and so that’s what private donors and grants

07May/16

Cricketer Ahmad Shahzad appeals for blood donation for thalassaemia children – Daily Times

Daily TimesCricketer Ahmad Shahzad appeals for blood donation for thalassaemia childrenDaily TimesKARACHI: Test cricketer and opening batsman of Pakistan, Ahmad Shahzad, has advised the youth of country to go for blood tests for the detection of geneti…