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Memorial Medical Center launches kidney paired exchange program
The State Journal-Register This sort of kidney “swap” has gone on nationwide since the 1990s but has grown in popularity the past few years because of a stagnant number of available kidneys from deceased donors and a growing number of people on transplant waiting lists … |
Putnam Museum Event Aims to Boost Blood Donations – KWQC 6
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Putnam Museum Event Aims to Boost Blood Donations
KWQC 6 Call it ‘donor and a movie’. Once again, the Putnam Museum has teamed up with the Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center to help get more people to donate blood. The annual event at the Putnam offers a movie ticket in exchange for a donation of a … |
Blood donor policy may change to allow gay and bisexual men to be donors – Fayetteville Observer
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Blood donor policy may change to allow gay and bisexual men to be donors
Fayetteville Observer “We believe the current FDA indefinite blood donation deferral for a man who has sex with another man since 1977 is medically and scientifically unwarranted,” the organizations said in a joint statement last month. “The blood banking community strongly … Feds review plan to let homosexuals donate bloodWND.com |
Benefit to help Hemingford man with cancer – Scottsbluff Star Herald
Benefit to help Hemingford man with cancerScottsbluff Star HeraldWithin weeks, a matching donor stepped forward and Hudson returned to Texas for the transplant in October. Describing the chemo, transplant and recovery as gut wrenching, Hudson said the …
U scientists ask: Can poop prevent diabetes? – Minneapolis Star Tribune
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U scientists ask: Can poop prevent diabetes?
Minneapolis Star Tribune Half will get a fecal transplant, by endoscope, from donors with a healthy “microbiome,” the community of microorganisms that live in the gut. The other half will get their own microbes back. Drs. Elizabeth Seaquist and Lisa Chow, endocrinologists at … |
‘Terror link’ charities get British millions in Gift Aid – Telegraph.co.uk
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‘Terror link’ charities get British millions in Gift Aid
Telegraph.co.uk Al-Fatiha has been paid at least £20,000, and almost certainly far more, by the British Government under Gift Aid, a scheme which allows participating charities to claim back the tax paid by their donors. … The investigation is not Syria or terrorist … |
Why Nigerian NGOs Are Losing Foreign Donors, By Badaiki – The Guardian Nigeria
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Why Nigerian NGOs Are Losing Foreign Donors, By Badaiki
The Guardian Nigeria Ogbeide said the NGO, which has partnered the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) was setup to join government anti-corrupt agencies to eradicate corruption in the country. “We have been doing this for over 10 … |
Organ donation campaign attracts thousands – Arab News
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Organ donation campaign attracts thousands
Arab News More than 20,000 people participated in the Alkhobar carnival on Saturday for its “Let’s keep it on” or “Kllona Noheeha” campaign, which aims to increase the prevalence of organ donations. The campaign has been lauded by the Eastern Province Gov. |
Government could ease 31-year-old ban on blood donations from gay men – Washington Post
News Tonight AfricaGovernment could ease 31-year-old ban on blood donations from gay menWashington PostAn advisory group for the Department of Health and Human Services recently recommended, for the first time, that the ban be replaced with a 12-month …
MoH to mark National Day with ‘Save a Life, Give Blood’ campaign – Gulf Today
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MoH to mark National Day with ‘Save a Life, Give Blood’ campaign
Gulf Today SHARJAH: As part of the nationwide celebrations to mark the 43rd UAE National Day, University Hospital Sharjah (UHS) – a leading healthcare provider in the UAE and region – will organise a blood donation drive at its headquarters, in collaboration with … |