19May/15

DPS teacher gives student ultimate gift: Life – Detroit Free Press


Detroit Free Press

DPS teacher gives student ultimate gift: Life
Detroit Free Press
A’Ja left school early three days a week for four years so she could undergo grueling dialysis treatments. She had a … He has performed hundreds of transplants and works to raise awareness of the importance of minority organ donation. “I’ve had a lot

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19May/15

Health commissioner to run with organ donation team at Vermont City Marathon – vtdigger.org

Health commissioner to run with organ donation team at Vermont City Marathon
vtdigger.org
BURLINGTON – Health Commissioner Harry Chen, MD, will be anchoring a five-person relay team of organ donors and recipients at the Vermont City Marathon on May 24. “Organ donation is one of the most selfless and meaningful acts a person can make,” …

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19May/15

Construction on Inova cancer institute could begin early next year (Video) – Washington Business Journal

Construction on Inova cancer institute could begin early next year (Video)
Washington Business Journal
Inova plans to establish the center in one of the campus’s interconnected towers, each of which is about 187,000 square feet, and to add another roughly 75,000 square feet to house the cancer institute and related space, Inova CEO Knox Singleton said …

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19May/15

Is it fair to make a public appeal for a live organ donor – The Globe and Mail


Ottawa Citizen

Is it fair to make a public appeal for a live organ donor
The Globe and Mail
It is entirely understandable for those in desperate need to give up on the wait list for a deceased donor and instead reach out to friends and family, and even the public if they can, to find a live donor. But there is an inescapable unfairness in all
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19May/15

Cancer charities in East Tennessee accused of $187 million scam – Chattanooga Times Free Press


Sedalia News-Journal

Cancer charities in East Tennessee accused of $187 million scam
Chattanooga Times Free Press
The complaint alleges Cancer Fund of America, Children’s Cancer Fund of America, Cancer Support Services and The Breast Cancer Society portrayed themselves to donors as legitimate charities. …. The Breast Cancer Society settlement provides an option
4 Tennessee cancer charities accused of scamming $187 millionWKRN.com
Who Is James Reynolds Snr., The Man At The Center Of What The FTC Says Is A Bustle
AG Koster sues four sham cancer charities for defrauding donors of more than Sedalia News-Journal

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19May/15

Give life donate blood in honor of World Blood Donor Day – KLEW


KLEW

Give life donate blood in honor of World Blood Donor Day
KLEW
“Blood is always needed especially in the summertime,” said Karen Parvin with American Red Cross. “Summertime is especially hard to recruit blood donors in because you know what we are all on the go doing something, going places and it’s harder to book …
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19May/15

Albertans sign up in droves for organ donation registry, but much work remains – Edmonton Journal


Edmonton Journal

Albertans sign up in droves for organ donation registry, but much work remains
Edmonton Journal
EDMONTON – More than 115,000 Albertans have signed up with a new provincial registry over the past year to declare an intent to donate their organs, a figure health leaders say is a good start toward reviving the province’s moribund donation rates.