12Jun/15

Jenna Lowe: Tragic organ donor campaigner who urged people to ‘Get Me to 21 … – Mirror.co.uk


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Jenna Lowe: Tragic organ donor campaigner who urged people to ‘Get Me to 21
Mirror.co.uk
A girl who invited an entire country to celebrate her 21st birthday in a bid to find an organ donor that could save her life has tragically died weeks before her big day. Jenna Lowe suffered from a rare lung disorder called pulmonary hypertension and
Tragic tale of the girl who invited an entire country to her 21st birthday so Daily Mail
Letter: Let’s all be organ donorsIndependent Online
Tributes pour in for Jenna LoweCitizen

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12Jun/15

Secretive Donors Gave US Climate Denial Groups $125 Million Over Three Years – AlterNet


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Secretive Donors Gave US Climate Denial Groups $125 Million Over Three Years
AlterNet
Almost all of the think tanks and activist groups on the Donors rolls work on a broad range of topics – and in most cases there was no way of tracking what portion of funding went to climate change related work. But all of the groups have a record of

12Jun/15

Red Cross asking for help in summer blood-donation campaign – KPAX-TV


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Red Cross asking for help in summer blood-donation campaign
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“You really want to eat well and drink a lot of water the day before and the day of the blood donation. You have to weigh at least 110 pounds and be in general good health. And it’s really pretty easy. I know a lot of people that are afraid of needles
IHVN Advises Nigerians On Blood Donation HabitsAllAfrica.com
Blood donation opportunities availableMonroe Courier
World Blood Donor Day – Need to promote voluntary blood donation highlightedDental News Pakistan
I am in dna of India
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12Jun/15

Updated: UI will comply with judge’s order in Salaita FOIA case – Champaign/Urbana News-Gazette

Updated: UI will comply with judge’s order in Salaita FOIA case
Champaign/Urbana News-Gazette
URBANA — A Champaign County judge today ordered the University of Illinois to release thousands of pages of documents related to its decision to revoke a job offer to controversial Professor Steven Salaita. Presiding Judge Thomas Difanis said the

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12Jun/15

World Blood Donor Day 2015: blood types [infographic] – OUPblog (blog)


OUPblog (blog)

World Blood Donor Day 2015: blood types [infographic]
OUPblog (blog)
World Blood Donor Day 2015 is celebrated on 14 June each year. This Sunday, the theme is “Thank you for saving my life,” a chance for everyone who has benefited from a blood donation to thank the donors that selflessly donated to the cause. The demand …
Journalists ‘bleed for story’ to promote daily’s campaignHoldTheFrontPage.co.uk
National Blood Week – ‘An hour of my time could help save three adult lives’The Oxford Times

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12Jun/15

Paying Donors May Help Organ Shortage – Renal and Urology News


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Paying Donors May Help Organ Shortage
Renal and Urology News
Revenue policies were also associated with a 4.9% increase in the number of deceased donors per capita and an 8.0% increase in the number of transplants of organs from deceased donors. This works out to an additional 6.5 deceased donors and 8 …
How we can increase Australia’s organ donation rateThe Conversation AU

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