08Mar/15

Ode to woman power at Navi Mumbai Happy Streets Season-II grand finale – Times of India

Ode to woman power at Navi Mumbai Happy Streets Season-II grand finale
Times of India
Navi Mumbai: After 18 weeks of fun and games, Season-II of Happy Streets came to an end on Sunday with special events for women to commemorate International Women’s Day. Though Happy Streets will be back in October, residents rued the fact that

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08Mar/15

Kidney donation triggers transplant chain in San Francisco – Naples Herald


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Kidney donation triggers transplant chain in San Francisco
Naples Herald
In late 2003, a living, unrelated donor provided an organ for a transplant. A new chance at life got him thinking. “I talked to my doctor about kidney-paired donation. He was excited about the idea but didn’t know how to do it,” he recalled. “I was a

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08Mar/15

The Cost Of Living – Alcohol And The NHS Funding Debate – Huffington Post UK


Huffington Post UK

The Cost Of Living – Alcohol And The NHS Funding Debate
Huffington Post UK
“I had gone weeks without drinking. I guess there … If I helped raise awareness and possibly some people considered joining the organ donation scheme – then it would be very churlish to refuse the man, who if it turned out I needed it, would be

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08Mar/15

Event held to boost United Way Oakville Community… – www.muskokaregion.com/


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Event held to boost United Way Oakville Community…
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He spoke of his experiences and recovery recently, at a reception at O’Connor MacLeod Hanna LLP to raise awareness and increase donors for UWO’s Community Leadership Program. Through annual donations of $1,000 or more, the initiative supports the

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08Mar/15

Woman’s body, organ donation failure ‘heart breaking’ – CBC.ca


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Woman’s body, organ donation failure ‘heart breaking’
CBC.ca
A Dartmouth man is calling for oversight of organ donation programs at hospitals in the Halifax-region. He says he has no closure because he was unable to fulfill his mother’s last wish that her organs be donated after her body was forgotten in a

08Mar/15

Registries seek to match donors with rising marrow demand – Columbus Ledger-Enquirer


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Registries seek to match donors with rising marrow demand
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer
In the United States, about 30 percent of patients find a donor within their family, according to Be the Match. 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
Registries seek to match donors with marrow demand that is risingPicayune Leader

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