Ophthalmologists Encourage Organ Donation to Help Restore Sight for ThousandsPR Newswire (press release)A corneal transplant can help restore vision by replacing the damaged cornea with one from an organ donor. Lorie Gordon needed a new cornea because …
Chicago Teacher Pension Money Invested With Rahm Emanuel’s Friends and … – International Business Times
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Chicago Teacher Pension Money Invested With Rahm Emanuel’s Friends and …
International Business Times It is the kind of transaction Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s much-touted ethics reforms appeared designed to halt: Chicago teachers’ pension money flowed to financial companies connected to some of the mayor’s friends and top donors. Emanuel, whose … |
Hamad Medical Corporation marks World Kidney Day – Al-Bawaba
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Hamad Medical Corporation marks World Kidney Day
Al-Bawaba Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) will this week hold awareness activities to mark this year’s World Kidney Day (WKD), being observed worldwide under the theme: “Kidney Health for All”. WKD aims to raise awareness of the importance of … HMC makes every … |
TNTJ organizes massive blood donation campaign – Yahoo! Maktoob News
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TNTJ organizes massive blood donation campaign
Yahoo! Maktoob News A South Indian organization named Tamil Nadu Thowheed Jamaath (TNTJ) successfully organized a blood donation campaign on Friday. Three major hospitals from the Eastern Province coordinated in the event — Al-Khobar King Fahd Hospital, Dammam … |
More bone marrow donors needed – TriValley Central
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More bone marrow donors needed
TriValley Central Those who don’t must turn to international registries to find an unrelated donor. Around 15 years ago, doctors couldn’t do a transplant on anyone over the age of 50, according to Dr. Leslie Lehmann, clinical director of the Stem Cell Transplant Center … |
Are you part of the organ donation team? – Swindon Advertiser
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Are you part of the organ donation team?
Swindon Advertiser Town midfielder Louis Thompson said: “As a team, we are delighted to be supporting NHS Blood and Transplant’s campaign to encourage Swindon Town fans and their friends and family to join the Organ Donor Register. “We are asking our fans to get behind … |
Actively promote blood, organ donations: Doc – Daily Express
Actively promote blood, organ donations: DocDaily ExpressKota Kinabalu: Blood, organ and tissue donations are a noble act of altruism that should be better explained and actively promoted in our society, said MCA Kota Kinabalu Women Chief, Dr Pamela Yo…
A Guidance Document From the American Society of Transplantation’s Living … – Medscape
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A Guidance Document From the American Society of Transplantation’s Living …
Medscape The ILDA should be integrated into the prospective donor’s evaluation to assess motivation and voluntary status, determine understanding of donation–related risks and benefits of follow-up, and either confirm the individual’s desire to proceed or … |
Organ donation numbers suggest time for change – Crikey (blog)
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Organ donation numbers suggest time for change
Crikey (blog) Little headway has been made on organ donor rates in New South Wales since data was first collected in 1989. In that year, NSW had 86 multi organ donors, while in 2014 it had 93 donors. In 1989, more than one-third of organ donation occurred in NSW but … Boosting organ donation goes beyond doctors’ roleThe Straits Times Organ need exceeds donationsObserver-Reporter |
‘Finally seeing some light in her eyes’: Twin girl recovering after liver … – CTV News
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‘Finally seeing some light in her eyes’: Twin girl recovering after liver …
CTV News Three-year-old Phuoc, who received a liver transplant from her father Michael Wagner, was reunited with her family last week when she returned to her home in Kingston, Ont. for the first time since the surgery. Both Phuoc and her twin sister, Binh, who … |