14Sep/15

Organ Donor Priorities Shift When Recipients Are Seen as Individuals, Study Finds – NJ Spotlight


NJ Spotlight

Organ Donor Priorities Shift When Recipients Are Seen as Individuals, Study Finds
NJ Spotlight
Who should get a “new” kidney when a donor organ is available is always a difficult decision. Should it go to the person who’s been waiting longest, or someone who can benefit most? A new series of studies coauthored by a pair of Rutgers University …

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14Sep/15

Judge rejects Paul Smith’s College alums’ request to intervene in name change – WatertownDailyTimes.com


WatertownDailyTimes.com

Judge rejects Paul Smith’s College alums’ request to intervene in name change
WatertownDailyTimes.com
Paul Smith’s College received a donation pledge of $20 million earlier this year from philanthropist Joan Weill, who requested that her name be added alongside that of college namesake Paul Smith. Mr. Smith was a well-to-do hotel owner and operator

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14Sep/15

Red Cross blood donor nothes up 46th donation after cancer scare – Community Newspaper Group


Community Newspaper Group

Red Cross blood donor nothes up 46th donation after cancer scare
Community Newspaper Group
A MAN who survived prostate cancer has donated more than 21 litres of blood in his lifetime – that’s more than five times the volume of blood in the average adult body. After five years of being cancer-free, Adrian Lester gave his 46th donation at the

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