24Oct/15

The week’s odd news: Guinness declares longest baguette at 400 feet in Italy – Appleton Post Crescent


Appleton Post Crescent

The week’s odd news: Guinness declares longest baguette at 400 feet in Italy
Appleton Post Crescent
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County authorities are investigating the theft of a human leg from a van belonging to an organ and tissue donation organization. The limb was stolen early Oct. 19 while … But it wasn’t her behind the wheel — the vehicle

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24Oct/15

Blood donation connects Spokane women in unlikely way – KREM.com (subscription)


KREM.com (subscription)

Blood donation connects Spokane women in unlikely way
KREM.com (subscription)
SPOKANE, Wash. — One Spokane woman’s blood donation connected two women and a boy battling cancer in the most unlikely way. The connections were all revealed Friday, at a car giveaway. It all started when Amanda Wilkins donated blood through the …

24Oct/15

Okanagan employers encourage organ donation – Globalnews.ca


Globalnews.ca

Okanagan employers encourage organ donation
Globalnews.ca
KELOWNA – Between 30 and 40 per cent of Canadians waiting for a kidney will die before they get the transplant they need. Those waiting in B.C. have the longest median wait time: 4.8 years. Those statistics are some of the reasons why the Kidney …
Facebook becomes lifeline for some patients seeking organ donationsSan Jose Mercury News

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