25Nov/15

A reason to be thankful: Transplant patient gets surprise kidney donation from … – Syracuse.com


Syracuse.com

A reason to be thankful: Transplant patient gets surprise kidney donation from
Syracuse.com
Living donors are relatively rare. Of the 65 kidney transplant cases done at Upstate so far this year, only eight patients have received living donations. The rest received kidneys from deceased donors. It’s even more unusual for a mother with young

25Nov/15

Rashean Mathis opens up about concussions, hopes son avoids football – ESPN (blog)


Detroit Sports Nation

Rashean Mathis opens up about concussions, hopes son avoids football
ESPN (blog)
The concussion wasn’t diagnosed for a week after the hit and landed him on injured reserve. Rashean Jr. looks up to his father, and observes … “It has to be taken personally as well, and the player has to take more responsibility than anyone else to
Rashean Mathis worries about concussions in NFL; will donate brain to research Detroit Sports Nation
Lions’ Rashean Mathis plans on donating brain for research after deathsportal.co.nz

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25Nov/15

NCBT in Blood Donation Appeal – AllAfrica.com


Liberian Daily Observer

NCBT in Blood Donation Appeal
AllAfrica.com
The public has been urged to develop a positive attitude toward blood donation to save lives and sustain the blood bank. Alexia Mukamazimpaka, the head of blood donors’ mobilisation service at National Centre for Blood Transfusion (NCBT), made the call …
‘People Afraid of Donated Blood’Liberian Daily Observer

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25Nov/15

U regents say they were first kept in dark about Norwood Teague complaints – Minneapolis Star Tribune


Minneapolis Star Tribune

U regents say they were first kept in dark about Norwood Teague complaints
Minneapolis Star Tribune
In the days after Teague’s resignation, regent Michael Hsu wrote his colleagues to express concern that the board had been left out of important decisions related to the controversy. He complained that Kaler did not inform regents of the allegations

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25Nov/15

Corey’s Network widens scope of help for murder victims’ families – Neosho Daily News


Neosho Daily News

Corey’s Network widens scope of help for murder victims’ families
Neosho Daily News
Jan Chambers, who was among the recipients of Corey’s organ donations, attends that church, which offered its hall for free. … “We’re still recovering from that (fundraiser),” Norris said earlier this week as he finished sending out prizes to the

25Nov/15

PART 1: Remembering Rowan Stringer, whose cautionary tale should enact new … – Toronto Sun


Toronto Sun

PART 1: Remembering Rowan Stringer, whose cautionary tale should enact new
Toronto Sun
Rowan, a talented rugby player, died at that very same hospital on May 12, 2013 — Mother’s Day — after suffering two concussions within a week while playing the game she loved. She was 17. “Nothing can stop me!” Rowan wrote in a text …. That night

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25Nov/15

Doctors wary of asking families about organ donation, clinician warns – Glasgow Evening Times


Glasgow Evening Times

Doctors wary of asking families about organ donation, clinician warns
Glasgow Evening Times
The Health and Sport Committee met yesterday for the second day of evidence for Glasgow Labour MSP Anne McTaggart’s bill to introduce an automatic organ donor register, where individuals are required to “opt out” if they do not wish to donate organs