04Feb/15

Valentine Date: A sweet ‘heart’ walking tour of San Francisco’s heart sculptures – Monterey County Herald

Valentine Date: A sweet ‘heart’ walking tour of San Francisco’s heart sculptures
Monterey County Herald
These 200 or so expressive external organs — hefty, 400-pound, 5-foot-tall fiberglass forms, customized by Bay Area artists with images of all the things that make this city tick — are part of the annual “Hearts in San Francisco” sculpture series

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03Feb/15

‘What’s Their Story?’ Piedmont man lands a new heart and the love of his life – myfox8.com

‘What’s Their Story?’ Piedmont man lands a new heart and the love of his life
myfox8.com
Carden was director of operations for a large company that custom built private jets and worked some 100 hours a week. “My heart gave … I want to do everything I can to raise awareness about how incredibly meaningful it is to be an organ donor

03Feb/15

Only 40 percent of Ebola donations have been received by affected countries – The Verge

Only 40 percent of Ebola donations have been received by affected countries
The Verge
Grépin’s analysis doesn’t perfectly capture Ebola-related aid efforts. The database she used is updated daily, but it relies mostly on self-reporting. This means that some large donors probably weren’t in the analysis, she says. Moreover, the UN’s

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03Feb/15

Film Aims To Raise Awareness on Organ Donation – NDTV


NDTV

Film Aims To Raise Awareness on Organ Donation
NDTV
Prof Elizabeth Pomfret, President, International Liver Transplantation Society, says, “The key in promoting organ donation is that there has to be trust in the society that their gift is being used fairly.” Prof Mohamed Rela, Director of the Institute