15Jul/13

John clocks up blood donation number 400 – Illawarra Mercury


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John clocks up blood donation number 400
Illawarra Mercury
Blood donation saved John Williams’ life and he has saved countless others after clocking up more than 400 donations over the past four decades. The Horsley resident was just 20 when he received a life-saving blood transfusion during open-heart surgery
Blood Donation Reduces your Risk of Heart Disease and CancerGuardian Express
EDITORIAL: Blood donation is an important duty for anyone who expects such nwitimes.com
Take a break this summer to give life-saving bloodThe Tennessean
Muscatine Journal –Indiana Public Media –Southeast Missourian
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15Jul/13

India Floods: 6000 Missing Presumed Dead – Heart


The Hindu

India Floods: 6000 Missing Presumed Dead
Heart
Almost 6,000 people who have been missing since northern India was struck by floods and landslides last month are now presumed dead. Entire villages and towns were wiped out by monsoon deluges in the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand during peak 
Indian relatives search for missing a month after ‘Himalayan tsunami’Daily News & Analysis

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15Jul/13

LI-COR VRDye Secondary Antibodies for Microscopy and Flow Cytometry Now … – SelectScience.net (press release)

LI-COR VRDye Secondary Antibodies for Microscopy and Flow Cytometry Now
SelectScience.net (press release)
LI-COR offers VRDye™ secondary antibodies and protein labeling kits for immunofluorescence microscopy and flow cytometry applications. The VRDye products broaden LI-COR’s dye product portfolio, which now spans from the visible to the near-infrared 

15Jul/13

BMA backs 'opt-out' organ donation scheme – GP online

BMA backs ‘opt-out’ organ donation scheme
GP online
‘There has been welcome progress in the number of people signing up to the Organ Donor Register and donation rates, but despite this rise, there are still many people in Scotland waiting for an organ transplant,’ he said. ‘Some of these people will die
Opt-out organ donation in Wales: a model for Australia?HealthCanal.com
Dalton man waiting for new kidney backs donation rule changesNW Evening Mail
Why hold up organ opt-out?Herald Scotland

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15Jul/13

Opt-out organ donation in Wales: a model for Australia? – HealthCanal.com


Scotsman

Opt-out organ donation in Wales: a model for Australia?
HealthCanal.com
And is it one that Australia should consider following? By way of context, Australia currently has very low organ donation rates by world standards (13.8 donors per million population according to 2010 data), trailing at least 22 other countries
BMA backs ‘opt-out’ organ donation schemeGP online
Organ donation: Scotland should ‘consider opt-out’Scotsman
Gosport MP urges people to sign up to NHS organ donor registerDaily Echo
Buckinghamshireexaminer –Express.co.uk –Herald Scotland
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