WalesOnlineThis severely-ill student is facing a race against time to find a stem cell donorWalesOnlineOptometry student Vithiya Alphons had just returned to Cardiff University for her final year when she was diagnosed with an aggressive form of leukae…
Food poverty and fuel poverty go hand in hand – New Statesman
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Food poverty and fuel poverty go hand in hand
New Statesman It’s a suitably chilly morning to usher in Fuel Poverty Awareness Day 2016; a day primarily designed for those of us (like me) whose central heating clicked on unthinkingly at 6am to ensure the rush to work and school took place in glowing warmth, with … |
Charlottetown man calling for more organ donation awareness – CBC.ca
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Charlottetown man calling for more organ donation awareness
CBC.ca A Charlottetown man in need of a double-lung transplant is calling for more to be done to get the word out about organ donation. Garth Matthews has two lung conditions — chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis … |
Charity cost MSD ratepayers hundreds of thousands – Cincinnati.com
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Charity cost MSD ratepayers hundreds of thousands
Cincinnati.com Between 2011 and 2014, records show, MSD invested significantly more money in the Project Rebuild Foundation than the foundation collected from donors. Despite the …. But he said he didn’t know MSD had hired companies for foundation-related work. |
214 units of bloods collected at Blood Donation Camp in CGC Jhanjeri – Punjab News Express
Punjab News Express214 units of bloods collected at Blood Donation Camp in CGC JhanjeriPunjab News ExpressMOHALI: Chandigarh Group of Colleges Jhanjeri organized a Blood Donation Camp in the college in association with Blood Transfusion Society of PGI,…
Illinois’s organ donor registry has helped thousands, but thousands still waiting – The Southern
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Illinois’s organ donor registry has helped thousands, but thousands still waiting
The Southern Blacks are almost 15 percent of the state’s population of 12.8 million, but are almost half of the people awaiting organs. Organ donor representatives make targeted appeals to various ethnic donors, such as through National Minority Donor Awareness … |
The family of a teen organ donor meets transplant recipient for the first time – KAUZ-TV
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The family of a teen organ donor meets transplant recipient for the first time
KAUZ-TV One heart brought two families together for the first time today in Wichita Falls as a transplant recipient met his donor’s family. Thursday afternoon Mike Wendt, who received Shon Blair’s heart, met the family of the young man who saved his life. |
Dave Bakke: Former high school sweetheart pays debt with kidney donation – The State Journal-Register
The State Journal-RegisterDave Bakke: Former high school sweetheart pays debt with kidney donationThe State Journal-RegisterBoth of his parents died from complications related to the disease. The Mayo Clinic estimates that nearly half the people who ha…
A word from the QEII Foundation – TheChronicleHerald.ca
A word from the QEII FoundationTheChronicleHerald.caOur campaigns focus on the highest priorities of the QEII and often, we co-fund leading-edge technology in partnership with the provincial government and other health related organizations. Every day,…
Blood donation sites – Moorpark Acorn
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Blood donation sites
Moorpark Acorn Simi Valley: 1 to 7 p.m. Fri., March 11 at Rancho Santa Susana Community Center, 5005-C Los Angeles Ave. To donate, a blood donor card or driver’s license or two other forms of identification are required at check-in. Individuals who are 17 years of … |