18Dec/12

Bif Naked On Beating Cancer, Getting Divorced And Staying Strong – Huffington Post Canada

Bif Naked On Beating Cancer, Getting Divorced And Staying Strong
Huffington Post Canada
He underwent chemotherapy and then a stem cell transplant — 20 months after he went into remission, in September 2011, <a href=”http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20541727,00.html”>according to People</a>, he found out the cancer had returned in

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18Dec/12

'Opt-Out' Organ Donor Law Worries Critics in Scotland; Rule Up for Review – Christian Post

‘Opt-Out’ Organ Donor Law Worries Critics in Scotland; Rule Up for Review
Christian Post
The committee is now tasked with reviewing if the change in organ donation law would go to increase the amount of available organs for transplant and is requesting evidence from health boards and transplant experts to determine whether such measures
Organ donation will increase if GPs promote it – Health – Independent.ieIrish Independent
APPLAUSE: Give the gift of lifeNanaimo News Bulletin
MTMC Receives “Medal of Honor” for Organ Donations on News Story at Wgnsradio

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18Dec/12

Saving Evan: The new transplant procedure

BACKGROUND:   A kidney transplant is surgery to replace your own diseased kidneys with a healthy donor kidney.  Conditions that run in the family will affect the kidneys; for instance, polycystic kidney disease is a disease where normal kidney tissue is replaced with fluid filled sacs.  Glomerular disease is another condition that damages the tiny filtering units in the kidneys called glomeruli …

18Dec/12

Don't miss the 'The Manger Service' on Christmas Eve at Portland Prairie Church – Spring Grove Herald

Don’t miss the ‘The Manger Service’ on Christmas Eve at Portland Prairie Church
Spring Grove Herald
Deb (Lapham) Wray provides accompaniment with the old pump organ. Dibley reads the a church was held Jan. 3, 1876, in the house of Dr. George and Ellen Healy Cass, who donated the land upon which the church sits. After wheat rust caused crop