CNNMoneyGoogle pledges millions to match refugee crisis donationsCNNMoneyGoogle is the latest company to make a grand gesture to help with the refugee crisis in Europe. The tech giant, which has already given over $1 million to relief organizations, is…
Increasing Transplant Organ Supply Through Uncontrolled Donation After Cardiac … – Health Affairs (blog)
Health Affairs (blog)Increasing Transplant Organ Supply Through Uncontrolled Donation After Cardiac …Health Affairs (blog)Each year, thousands of people die in the United States while waiting for a kidney or liver transplant and tens of thousands rem…
Malnutrition linked to nearly half of deaths among under-fives – The Guardian
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Malnutrition linked to nearly half of deaths among under-fives
The Guardian … do not weigh enough for their height; and 42 million children are overweight. Nearly half of all deaths of children under five are still related to malnutrition (either lacking sufficient calories or overweight). … Tanzania and India.” Despite … |
Push for Australia to introduce opt-out system for organ donation – Sydney Morning Herald
Sydney Morning HeraldPush for Australia to introduce opt-out system for organ donationSydney Morning HeraldZaidee was the only child in Victoria to donate her organs in 2004 after her sudden death from an aneurysm, and the foundation established in her…
Can Anything Be Done About All the Money in Politics? – New York Times
New York TimesCan Anything Be Done About All the Money in Politics?New York TimesFourth, the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (better known as McCain-Feingold), which took effect in 2004, banned soft money and set tougher disclosure requirements for non-…
Increasing Transplant Organ Supply Through Uncontrolled Donation After Cardiac Death – Health Affairs
Increasing Transplant Organ Supply Through Uncontrolled Donation After Cardiac Death Health AffairsEach year, thousands of people die in the United States while waiting for a kidney or liver transplant and tens of thousands remain on the wai…
Become an organ donor – or opt out on being a recipient – The Bolton News (blog)
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Become an organ donor – or opt out on being a recipient
The Bolton News (blog) THE belief that, as is happening in Wales, you are presumed to be willing to be an organ donor unless you register to opt out is probably the best way to deal with the shortage of donated organs. In fact, I feel quite strongly that if you want to opt … |
Snowmass raises Related on community purpose offer for Base Village – Aspen Times
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Snowmass raises Related on community purpose offer for Base Village
Aspen Times “I would think it would be in the best interest of Related in overcoming some of the negative publicity … to consider doing a significant contribution back to the nonprofit as one of the lead donors,” Butler said. The elected officials also pushed the … |
Bill Bolling, former Food Bank director, Appointed to Decatur City Commission – Atlanta Progressive News
Bill Bolling, former Food Bank director, Appointed to Decatur City CommissionAtlanta Progressive NewsACFB utilizes more than 1,700 volunteers a month, over 150 staff members, a large fleet of trucks, and a 129,000 square-foot facility to procure and di…
UW docs test ‘heart in a box’ to boost scarce transplants – The Seattle Times
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UW docs test ‘heart in a box’ to boost scarce transplants
The Seattle Times For now, the organs will come from donors who’ve been declared brain-dead, but still have functioning hearts, Smith said. The OCS has been used successfully in Europe in a patient whose heart had stopped beating in his body. The organ was retrieved … |