12Feb/15

Organ donation: Australian donors and recipients share their stories – ABC Online

Organ donation: Australian donors and recipients share their stories
ABC Online
Fewer Australians donated their organs last year, but from those donors more organs are being used, Organ and Tissue Authority data shows. The new figures show people are donating at a rate of just 16.1 donors per million. Almost 1,200 people received
Gift of Life CEO addresses funeral director’s columnThe Hillsdale Daily News

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12Feb/15

Organ donation: Australian donors and recipients share their stories – Yahoo!7 News

Organ donation: Australian donors and recipients share their stories
Yahoo!7 News
Fewer Australians donated their organs last year, but from those donors more organs are being used, Organ and Tissue Authority data shows. The new figures show people are donating at a rate of just 16.1 donors per million. Almost 1,200 people received
Gift of Life CEO addresses funeral director’s columnThe Hillsdale Daily News

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12Feb/15

Donating Blood? Taking Iron Supplements Afterward Helps Speed Recovery … – Medical Daily


Medical Daily

Donating Blood? Taking Iron Supplements Afterward Helps Speed Recovery
Medical Daily
It can take months to recover the iron lost during a single blood donation, with such depletion linked to fatigue, slight neurocognitive changes, pica, and decreased exercise capacity — anemia. Another possible consequence of iron depletion is low …
Iron Supplementation Improves Hemoglobin Recovery Time Following Blood Science 2.0

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12Feb/15

It’s illegal to pay a surrogate mother in Canada. So what would motivate a … – The Globe and Mail

It’s illegal to pay a surrogate mother in Canada. So what would motivate a
The Globe and Mail
“We had tried three different egg donors – the only thing left to take out of the equation was me,” she says. The men asked her to try one last time. On Easter Sunday, 2013, she was implanted with … Her latest pregnancy brought some soreness and back

12Feb/15

Comment on “Using ecological thresholds to evaluate the costs and benefits of … – Science Magazine (subscription)

Comment on “Using ecological thresholds to evaluate the costs and benefits of
Science Magazine (subscription)
For example, several water-related cases are supported by international donors, which are not service users. If the economic viability of the PES system depends on subsidies, and the subsidies themselves are not scalable, the PES approach is confined

12Feb/15

Mother who lost son in fatal car crash remembers him through organ donor … – WPBF West Palm Beach

Mother who lost son in fatal car crash remembers him through organ donor
WPBF West Palm Beach
“I think everyone should be an organ donor because it’s amazing the feeling you get even though you lost someone, you’re saving someone else’s life. It’s amazing to know he (Christian) saved three lives and he’s still living in someone else. I think it

12Feb/15

Iron Supplementation Improves Hemoglobin Recovery Time Following Blood … – Science 2.0

Medical DailyIron Supplementation Improves Hemoglobin Recovery Time Following Blood …Science 2.0It is estimated that 25 percent to 35 percent of blood donors become iron depleted from regular blood donation. Although blood donation is allowed every 8…