01Dec/14

UM defeats Ohio State in two life-saving donation challenges off the football … – University of Michigan Health System News (press release)

UM defeats Ohio State in two life-saving donation challenges off the football
University of Michigan Health System News (press release)
This fall, the Wolverines and Buckeyes went head-to-head trying to sign up more people to the state’s organ donor list, to the Be the Match Registry for bone marrow and to collect more pints of blood. The U-M signed up 85,803 organ donors to Ohio State

30Nov/14

Amercian Red Cross encouraging blood donations during winter – TriCities.com


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Amercian Red Cross encouraging blood donations during winter
TriCities.com
BECKLEY, W. Va. — This holiday season the American Red Cross is encouraging individuals to give something that means something – a blood or platelet donation. This potentially lifesaving act can give patients in need another holiday season with family …
Present to donate blood and enter to win a winter getawayHibbing Daily Tribune

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30Nov/14

Campaign addresses organ donor shortages – Saudi Gazette

Campaign addresses organ donor shortages
Saudi Gazette
Al-Juwairah said: “Our volunteers attended workshops on topics such as the organizing association, what the Shariah says on organ donation by Dr. Mohammad Bisha, the importance of organ donation and the role it plays in society, crowd management, and …

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30Nov/14

Does Britain really want to be the country nobody would migrate to? – The Guardian


The Guardian

Does Britain really want to be the country nobody would migrate to?
The Guardian
But those two things are, necessarily, related: he told me how much a kilo of sugar was, and how long you’d have to wait for a bus. He said some things were better, but overall, life was quite hard. In fact, I was writing about feminism in Europe, and

30Nov/14

President Obama Single-Handedly Protects Americans’ Health and Combats … – PoliticusUSA

President Obama Single-Handedly Protects Americans’ Health and Combats
PoliticusUSA
Republicans and their fossil fuel-related industry donors immediately decried, loudly, the President using the authority granted him by the “Act” that has been touted as the most “powerful environmental law in the entire world.” An act, by the way

30Nov/14

Cynthia Simison: Toy for Joy campaign delivers smiles on Christmas morning – MassLive.com


MassLive.com

Cynthia Simison: Toy for Joy campaign delivers smiles on Christmas morning
MassLive.com
Together, we’ve been committed to taking all the steps to document the need of the families we help and ensure costs related to the program are kept to a bare minimum. Along the way, we’ve garnered a key community partner in the … More important than

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30Nov/14

Eight donors and recipients take part in Australia’s biggest kidney swap – Sydney Morning Herald

Eight donors and recipients take part in Australia’s biggest kidney swap
Sydney Morning Herald
Many of the pairs listed on the register are highly sensitised, which makes them difficult to match with deceased donor kidneys – some have less than a one-in-10 chance of receiving a kidney from a deceased organ donor. All donors were male and all …