02Dec/15

Blood Assurance offering Star Wars movie T-shirts for blood donations – Bristol Herald Courier (press release) (blog)


The Chattanoogan

Blood Assurance offering Star Wars movie T-shirts for blood donations
Bristol Herald Courier (press release) (blog)
All community members who make a blood donation from Dec. 7 to Dec. 20 will receive a customized Star Wars themed donor T-shirt and will have the chance to win one of five Star Wars themed gift baskets valued at $200 each that will be given away at the …
Blood Assurance Asks Star Wars Fans To Help Save Local Patients’ LivesThe Chattanoogan

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02Dec/15

Wales begins controversial ‘opt-out’ organ donation – The Christian Institute


The Christian Institute

Wales begins controversial ‘opt-out’ organ donation
The Christian Institute
Wales has become the first part of the UK to introduce presumed consent organ donation, in a controversial move. From yesterday, adults over the age of 18 who have lived in Wales for more than a year will be assumed to have consented to donating their …
Wales: New Law To Increase Organ DonationHealth Aim
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02Dec/15

Family Seeks Kidney Donor, Uses Unconventional Way Of Looking For Living Match – CBS Local


CBS Local

Family Seeks Kidney Donor, Uses Unconventional Way Of Looking For Living Match
CBS Local
Most donations come from deceased donors, but according to Powell, a small but growing number are living donors. “As a living person you can donate your kidney or part of your liver,” Powell said. She adds that after giving an organ, healthy donors do

02Dec/15

Crohn’s Awareness Week: Six myths about colostomy bags that need to be stopped – The Independent


The Independent

Crohn’s Awareness Week: Six myths about colostomy bags that need to be stopped
The Independent
Despite improved public awareness, many myths persist about what it means to live with a colostomy bag. These misconceptions make it difficult for ostomates – a person with a stoma – to speak out about their condition and causes many new patients …

02Dec/15

Blood donation in honor of Officer Pierson – Rochester Democrat and Chronicle


Rochester Democrat and Chronicle

Blood donation in honor of Officer Pierson
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
The Rochester police officer’s union, the Locust Club, is holding a blood drive in honor of Office Daryl Pierson who was killed in the line of duty in 2014. The blood drive will be held from noon to 6 p.m. Dec. 10 at the union hall, 1425 Lexington Ave