19Jan/15

He’s a real life-saver! Andrew Storey celebrates 100th blood donation – Huddersfield Examiner

He’s a real life-saver! Andrew Storey celebrates 100th blood donation
Huddersfield Examiner
It started with the promise of an ice cold lager but led to Andrew Storey saving countless lives. For the Fartown man has just given his 100th blood donation, is now giving platelets every two weeks and has twice given bone marrow. To mark the

19Jan/15

Fairfield teen’s plight highlights organ donation – CT Post


CT Post

Fairfield teen’s plight highlights organ donation
CT Post
Mitchell Yeoh, 18, with his mom Lezah Yeoh in their home in Fairfield, Conn. on Wednesday, January 14, 2015. Mitchell, who suffers from a rare genetic disorder, is on leave from his freshman year at Harvard as he waits for both liver and kidney

19Jan/15

Organ donors, cardiac patients take part in Mumbai Marathon, bust myths – Daily News & Analysis


Daily News & Analysis

Organ donors, cardiac patients take part in Mumbai Marathon, bust myths
Daily News & Analysis
When Ragini and her husband N Jayendran hit the finish line after covering 21.097 km on Sunday, the couple had achieved much more than a personal milestone – they had just bust the myth that persons with a history of organ transplant should keep off …

19Jan/15

16 Years After, Court Declares FG’s Ban on Abalaka’s HIV Vaccine Illegal – THISDAY Live

16 Years After, Court Declares FG’s Ban on Abalaka’s HIV Vaccine Illegal
THISDAY Live
In a landmark judgement, 16 years after the federal government officially banned the use of the HIV vaccines discovered by Dr. Jeremiah Abalaka, a Federal High Court sitting in Makurdi, Benue State, has declared the ban illegal and inconsequential.

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19Jan/15

Why Duke University Should Not Broadcast Islamic Prayer Via Its Chapel … – Patheos (blog)


Patheos (blog)

Why Duke University Should Not Broadcast Islamic Prayer Via Its Chapel
Patheos (blog)
I call on the donors and alumni to withhold their support from Duke until this policy is reversed.” In the wake of criticisms, loss of …. And it is from this last section that militants derive justification for any act related to Islamic terrorism

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18Jan/15

Flesland: Increasing organ donation critical for New York – Poughkeepsie Journal

Flesland: Increasing organ donation critical for New YorkPoughkeepsie JournalMore than 10,000 New Yorkers are on a waiting list for an organ transplant. Nationwide, more than 120,000 men, women and children are waiting to be matched with someone. Accor…