22Jan/15

Father qualifies as liver donor for ailing child – The Kingston Whig-Standard


The Kingston Whig-Standard

Father qualifies as liver donor for ailing child
The Kingston Whig-Standard
The family is trying to raise awareness about live liver donations. (Elliot Ferguson/The … The surgery is to take place within two weeks. “That is … Plus, she added, there is no guarantee that the transplanted organ will be accepted by the girl’s
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22Jan/15

Red Cross Odisha Unit organized Blood Donation Camp on the eve of 5th … – Orissadiary.com


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Red Cross Odisha Unit organized Blood Donation Camp on the eve of 5th
Orissadiary.com
Report by Odisha Diary bureau, Bhubaneswar: In order to encourage more young voters to take part in the political process, Government of India has decided to celebrate January 25 every year as ‘National Voters’ Day’. To mark this occasion, today

22Jan/15

Woman Repays Kindness of Adoptive Father by Donating Kidney to Him – Yahoo Parenting

Woman Repays Kindness of Adoptive Father by Donating Kidney to Him
Yahoo Parenting
Kidney transplants from people who aren’t related aren’t perfect matches, but they work as long as their blood types match, Shaffer said. Of the 24,383 kidney transplants that took place in 2014, 4,777 came from living donors, according to data from

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22Jan/15

FDA blood donation ban perpetuates HIV stigma – Red and Black


Red and Black

FDA blood donation ban perpetuates HIV stigma
Red and Black
According to federal regulations, Merritt, a sophomore agricultural economics major from Alpharetta, technically can’t donate his blood since he is a sexually active gay man. The Food and Drug Administration changed its lifetime ban on blood donations
Science Scene: Donating blood is A-Positive way to help othersUT The Daily Texan
FDA lifts lifetime blood ban for men who have sex with men, moves to one year Iowa State Daily

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