10Feb/15

Low-dose iron supplementation improves hemoglobin recovery after blood … – Healio

Low-dose iron supplementation improves hemoglobin recovery after blood
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Researchers assigned 111 participants — 51 with low ferritin and 60 with high ferritin — to receive 37.5 mg ferrous gluconate daily for 168 days after blood donation. The other 104 participants — 50 with low ferritin and 54 with high ferritin

10Feb/15

Study shows iron supplementation after blood donation shortens hemoglobin … – National Institutes of Health (press release)


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Study shows iron supplementation after blood donation shortens hemoglobin
National Institutes of Health (press release)
A National Institutes of Health-funded study comparing low dose iron supplementation to no supplementation in blood donors found that supplementation significantly reduced the time to recovery of post-donation lost iron and hemoglobin — an iron-rich …
Iron supplementation improves hemoglobin recovery time following blood donationMedical Xpress
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10Feb/15

Iron supplementation improves hemoglobin recovery time following blood donation – Medical Xpress

Iron supplementation improves hemoglobin recovery time following blood donationMedical XpressAmong blood donors with normal hemoglobin levels, low-dose oral iron supplementation, compared with no supplementation, reduced the time to recovery of the pos…

10Feb/15

Why is organ donation taboo for many Africans? – BBC News


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Why is organ donation taboo for many Africans?
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At the Lions Eye Hospital in Nairobi, the eye bank has never been full since its was set up four years ago. Dr Jyotee Trivedy, a senior ophthalmologist at the hospital, says the problem lies in the lack of indigenous Kenyan donors. “One African cornea

10Feb/15

Instant messaging leads to organ donation – KHOU

Instant messaging leads to organ donation
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According to the United Network for Organ Sharing, there were 5,256 living liver donations in 2014, in contrast to 21,780 from deceased donors. Baylor Dallas transplant specialist Dr. Giuliano Testa says many people don’t realize they can donate a

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10Feb/15

Cory Booker, biggest Democratic recipient of pro-Israel donations, faces … – NJ.com


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Cory Booker, biggest Democratic recipient of pro-Israel donations, faces
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WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Cory Booker received more money from pro-Israel donors than any other Democratic candidate in the last election cycle. Now he faces pressure to join them in supporting increased sanctions on Iran. Booker so far has resisted …

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