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 Individual efforts for a noble cause 
Times of India On July 8, 2011 when Samal, a resident of Manoharpur under Medinipur gram panchayat near Bhawanipatna who has been practicing since 1994, organized the first organ donation awareness camp at Medinipur village under the banner of ‘Life Vision’, …  | 
Coroner: Mahaney died of liver failure, not beating – Cincinnati.com
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 Coroner: Mahaney died of liver failure, not beating 
Cincinnati.com Pat Mahaney, the subject of a brutal beating by six “bored” teens last summer, died of natural causes, the Hamilton County Coroner ruled Monday. Mahaney, 46, died July 12, almost a year after his beating by the teens. The ruling likely means the …  | 
The real 'ardhangini' – Times of India
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 The real ‘ardhangini’ 
Times of India In India, wives are referred as ‘ardhangini’ – undivided part of body – and in case of Ramesh and Sharda that has been proved literally. In 2005, when Ramesh couldn’t find any donor, Sharda saved his life by donating her liver and the same thing …  | 
Kiran and Aamir pledge to donate their organs – Times of India
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 Kiran and Aamir pledge to donate their organs 
Times of India It’s also important that once we pledge our organs, we need to create the right kind of systems to help facilitate the donation easily and use the organs correctly. What I have heard is that the logistics is nightmarish and people don’t come to collect …  | 
Lack awareness a major hurdle in organ transplants – Business Standard
Lack awareness a major hurdle in organ transplantsBusiness StandardAccording to Neelam Mohan, director, department of pediatric gastroenterology, hepatology and liver transplantation, Medanta-The Medicity Hospital, maintaining a donor after s/he is bra…
Tammy Baldwin, 84 Dem Lawmakers Urge End to Gay Blood Donation Ban in … – Towleroad
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 Tammy Baldwin, 84 Dem Lawmakers Urge End to Gay Blood Donation Ban in … 
Towleroad Baldwin She sent a letter signed by 84 other Democratic lawmakers Friday to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius expressing concern that the ban “continues to perpetuate inaccurate stereotypes against gay and bisexual men and … Sen. Warren Pushes To End Blood Donation BanWBUR Quigley continues leading efforts to revise discriminatory blood donation policyChicagoPride.com Massachusetts Senator wants blood donation policies re-evaluatedWCVB Boston Gayapolis –The Hill (blog) –UPI.com all 27 news articles »  | 
Saving Kidney Tissue May Not Improve Survival in Renal Cancer – Cancer Network
Saving Kidney Tissue May Not Improve Survival in Renal CancerCancer NetworkUndergoing nephron-sparing surgery (NSS) for small renal masses substantially reduced the risk of moderate renal dysfunction compared with radical nephrectomy, but not that of k…
Can the Truth Come Back With a Capital 'T'? (Part 4) – Huffington Post
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 Can the Truth Come Back With a Capital ‘T’? (Part 4) 
Huffington Post While fMRI and EEG studies are helpful to diagnose brain death and map the activation of high level circuits associated with self-awareness or decision making, our current imaging tools still do not, in fact, answer fundamental cause and effect …  | 
P Chidambaram fills in Sushilkumar Shinde's shoes Rajya Sabha – Times of India
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 P Chidambaram fills in Sushilkumar Shinde’s shoes Rajya Sabha 
Times of India NEW DELHI: With Union home minister SushilkumarShinde away recuperating from a lung surgery at Mumbai’s Breach Candy hospital, finance minister P Chidambaram will step in to help the ministers of state for home in Parliament. Ministers of state RPN …  | 
Solid Organ Transplant: What Vaccines Do Kids Need? – Medscape
Solid Organ Transplant: What Vaccines Do Kids Need?MedscapeIn some solid organ transplants, for example in liver transplantation, immune suppression may be weaned enough that live virus immunizations can be given after transplantation. This can only be…
