07Feb/16

We can no longer say being an organ donor is all too hard | EDITORIAL – The Maitland Mercury

We can no longer say being an organ donor is all too hard | EDITORIAL
The Maitland Mercury
If you’re healthy enough, there really isn’t any excuse not to register as an organ donor, especially given the news that the federal government is making it easier to do so. Australians will soon be able to register as organ donors by taking 10

07Feb/16

Scoppe: The other problem with SC legislators policing their own ethics – The State (blog)


The State (blog)

Scoppe: The other problem with SC legislators policing their own ethics
The State (blog)
Actually, there is no definition of “personal” in the law, which says simply that public officials can’t use campaign funds “to defray personal expenses which are unrelated to the campaign or the office” and that campaign funds may not “be converted to

07Feb/16

Three city hospitals now game for pancreas, intestine transplantation – Daily News & Analysis


Daily News & Analysis

Three city hospitals now game for pancreas, intestine transplantation
Daily News & Analysis
A pancreas transplant is a surgical procedure to place a healthy pancreas from a deceased donor into a person whose pancreas no longer functions properly. Almost all pancreas transplants are done to treat type 1 diabetes. Pancreas is an organ that lies …