08May/13

Get Involved: Save a Life Through Organ Donation – 5280 The Denver Magazine (blog)

Get Involved: Save a Life Through Organ Donation
5280 The Denver Magazine (blog)
Every 10 minutes in the United States, another person is added to the waiting list for an organ transplant. More than 6,500 people a year—about 18 a day—die before a suitable organ becomes available. A recent survey by Astellas Pharma US found that
Editorial: Cape Breton case raises organ donation issues anew – Calgary HeraldCalgary Herald
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08May/13

Organ donation education project scoops Young Social Innovators award – thejournal.ie


Irish Times

Organ donation education project scoops Young Social Innovators award
thejournal.ie
Students from Eureka Secondary School from Kells have been named the Young Social Innovators of the Year 2013 with their project titled ‘Bring Organ Donation Into Education’. Image: Chris Bellew/Fennell Photography. STUDENTS FROM THE aptly named
Students from Kells, Co Meath, come out on top in Young Social Innovators of Irish Times

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08May/13

" A Sense of Urgency " : MMA Races to Learn More About Fighter Brain Injury – Bleacher Report


Bleacher Report

” A Sense of Urgency ” : MMA Races to Learn More About Fighter Brain Injury
Bleacher Report
a (more or less total) lack of oxygen in the brain, temporarily… its exactly what would happen if you were drowning, and it is terribly, terribly detrimental to brain functioning, to say the least. if it goes on too long, brain death would occur