28Jul/14

Organ donation is the gift of life – Columbus Dispatch

Organ donation is the gift of life
Columbus Dispatch
This month’s milestone at OSU — the 400th heart transplant since 1986 — is an excellent reminder of the need for people to register to become an organ donor and also make their wishes clear to friends or relatives. While 95 percent of American adults

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27Jul/14

Can I be a living liver organ donor? – The Patriot-News

Can I be a living liver organ donor?The Patriot-NewsKidney: The entire organ can be given. Kidneys are the most common type of living organ donation. The remaining kidney compensates for the lost kidney. Liver: Donors can give one of two lobes. Liver c…

27Jul/14

FDA Considers Lifting Ban on Gay Blood Donation – Newsmax Health

FDA Considers Lifting Ban on Gay Blood DonationNewsmax HealthThe United States should repeal a 30-year policy that bans blood donations from gay and bisexual men, according to a team of medical and legal experts writing this week in the Journal of the …

26Jul/14

Burlington trio promotes organ donation – Quad City Times

Burlington trio promotes organ donation
Quad City Times
A trio in green dubbed the “G-Force” traveled from Burlington, Iowa, to promote the memory of Garrett M. Brockway and the practice of organ donation before an audience of 18,000 runners and walkers and tens of thousands of onlookers. Cathy Rheinschmidt …

26Jul/14

Good Morning: Be an organ donor and give ‘the greatest gift’ – Freeport Journal-Standard


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Good Morning: Be an organ donor and give ‘the greatest gift’
Freeport Journal-Standard
I learned the importance of organ donation at a young age. As I’ve mentioned before, I have two older brothers. At 16, my brother Jason missed the physicals offered at the high school and had to go to the doctor to get cleared to play golf. The doctor
SHOWCASING the importance of organ donation, Fingal athletes will be among Fingal Independent

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26Jul/14

Royal Gathering Ministry marks anniversary with blood donation – GhanaWeb

Royal Gathering Ministry marks anniversary with blood donation
GhanaWeb
Royal Gathering Ministry International, an interdenominational prayer and missions Ministry will embark on a blood donation exercise at the Koforidua Regional Hospital today. Today’s exercise forms part of activities lined up to mark its one year

26Jul/14

Blood donation proposed as fine for traffic violation – Sun.Star

Blood donation proposed as fine for traffic violationSun.StarBACOLOD City Councilor El Cid Familiaran has proposed an ordinance that will require traffic violators to donate blood instead of paying fines. If approved, the ordinance, which hurdled the f…

26Jul/14

Are you an organ donor? – SunLive

Are you an organ donor?
SunLive
Figures released from NZ Transport Agency show that more than half of Tauranga City driver’s licence holders have ticked the donor box when applying for their licence. A total of 57 per cent, or 52,916 of the total 92,785 Tauranga motorists, would

26Jul/14

A MOTHER SAYS GOODBYE: Young victim gives hope to others through organ … – The Wilson Times (subscription)

A MOTHER SAYS GOODBYE: Young victim gives hope to others through organ
The Wilson Times (subscription)
A MOTHER SAYS GOODBYE: Young victim gives hope to others through organ donation. Mother: “I … “The doctors told me that legally he is brain dead, but I wanted him to be a organ donor, so that is why he is still on the ventilator,” Carter said. Later

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26Jul/14

Transplant Coordinators to Spread Awareness on Organ Donation – The New Indian Express

Transplant Coordinators to Spread Awareness on Organ Donation
The New Indian Express
Aayush Hospitals chairman Dr K Gopala Krishna said that transplantation would not be possible without organ donation. “There is a dire need for educating the people on the issue and make them donate organs voluntarily, which again is possible only by …