New rules bringing kidneys to hardest-to-transplant patients
TBO.com
It’s been a year since the United Network for Organ Sharing changed rules for the transplant waiting list, aiming to decrease disparities and squeeze the most benefit from a scarce resource: kidneys from deceased donors. Now data from UNOS shows that …

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Organ donation connects 2 complete strangers
The Coloradoan
Dean Gebhardt had never met Cynthia McCully. He’d never heard her name before or seen her face. Even during the poking and the prodding, the blood tests and paperwork to donate one of his kidneys, he didn’t know who it was all for. He just wanted to …

Questions raised about Rules Chairman David Lewis’ actions related to printing …
Charlotte Observer
Two Republicans in the state House are questioning actions Rep. David Lewis took during this year’s legislative session related to a state printing contract held by a campaign donor. It’s the second time this month that fellow Republicans have accused …

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What Hong Kong can learn from Wales about organ donation
EJ Insight
When 19-year-old Jamella Lo died in October after being stricken with primary pulmonary hypertension and needing a lung transplant, her death highlighted growing public concern about organ donation. Lo died 10 days after her father made a public appeal …
Dorset County Hospital Christmas lights switch-on highlights organ donationBlackmore Vale Magazine
Hospitals to get government aid for hiring transplant coordinatorsDaily News & Analysis
Heartfelt thanks for happy Jack Starczewski, four, whose life has been saved …Gloucester Citizen
Gloucestershire Echo
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Transgender people and the FDA’s new blood donation guidelines
LGBT Weekly
Dec. 21, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued final blood donation guidelines. The policy updated blood donor deferral recommendations, which they stated would reflect “the most current scientific evidence and to help ensure continued safety …

Texas colleges can withhold donors‘ recommendation letters
KTXS
The opinion cites new law passed this year that prevents the release of information related to university applicants. State Rep. Carol Alvarado, a Houston Democrat who helped write the change that was passed, said she didn’t think recommendation …
Texas state universities can withhold applicant recommendation letters from donorsTyler Morning Telegraph

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Community Calendar Dec. 27
Log Cabin Democrat
Now through May 2016 — The Enlightened Mentorship At-Risk after-school program is held five days a week, Monday throught Friday, at 2223 Washington Avenue in Conway. Class times are from … Weekdays — After School Program, 3:30-6 p.m. Free program …

Questions raised about Rules Chairman David Lewis’ actions related to printing …
News & Observer (blog)
Two Republicans in the state House are questioning actions Rep. David Lewis took during this year’s legislative session related to a state printing contract held by a campaign donor. It’s the second time this month that fellow Republicans have accused …

Texas colleges can withhold donors‘ recommendation letters
KFDA
The opinion cites new law passed this year that prevents the release of information related to university applicants. State Rep. Carol Alvarado, a Houston Democrat who helped write the change that was passed, said she didn’t think recommendation …

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