11May/15

Wausau woman gets kidney via 68-person organ donation chain – Channel3000.com – WISC-TV3


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Wausau woman gets kidney via 68-person organ donation chain
Channel3000.com – WISC-TV3
She was included in the chain after De Pere school teacher Megan O’Leary donated a kidney to a matched recipient in exchange for a matched kidney for Neyens, her long-time family friend. The chain began in Minnesota with a woman who wanted to donate …

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11May/15

Youth charities that victimized Bergen residents must close, reimburse donors … – Cliffviewpilot.com


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Youth charities that victimized Bergen residents must close, reimburse donors
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New Jersey Youth Club, Inc. (NJYC) and a related organization, “New Jersey Youth Club of America A NJ Nonprofit Corporation” (NJYC of America), sent youngsters door-to-door to sell cookies and other merchandise for contributions that they said would be …
N.J. youth group accused of misusing donated money to shut downNJ.com

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11May/15

Wisconsin woman receives kidney through 68-person organ donation chain that … – Minneapolis Star Tribune

Wisconsin woman receives kidney through 68-person organ donation chain that
Minneapolis Star Tribune
After living with renal insufficiency for 30 years, 77-year-old Mitzi Neyens’ condition had begun to worsen in the past two years, she told Press-Gazette Media (http://gbpg.net/1QBCJh3 ). She was able to take part in the massive organ donation chain

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11May/15

Widespread male circumcision could prevent more than a million HIV infections – HSPH News


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Widespread male circumcision could prevent more than a million HIV infections
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“In the past decade, we have made great strides in pushing back HIV-related deaths and new infections through ART, but we have failed to achieve very high circumcision rates in the HIV-hyperendemic countries in sub-Saharan Africa,” said Bärnighausen

11May/15

Body’s immune response is stronger in the summer, Cambridge University study … – Telegraph.co.uk


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Body’s immune response is stronger in the summer, Cambridge University study
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The differences were found across different nationalities but were less pronounced among Icelandic donors. This may be due to the near-24 hour daylight … plan our research studies, could be profound. “Given that our immune systems appear to put us at