As part of the partnership, the NFL will encourage players to sign up to donate their brains to the Boston University Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy, and the league also will contact the families of nearly 100 former players known to have Alzheimer's and dementia and ask that they consider
brain donations as well.
Not exact matches
Political campaigns often focus on wringing
donations out of their online supporters (and we'll discuss online fundraising in depth in a later chapter), but real people are are worth more than just the contents of their bank accounts — smart campaigns will try to tap their
brains and time
as well (mmmm,
brains....).
Political campaigns often focus on wringing
donations out of their online supporters, but real people are are worth more than just the contents of their bank accounts — smart campaigns will try to tap their
brains and time
as well!
Amaral felt that Annese was using the event
as a way to attract
donations for what he was calling the
Brain Observatory.
The study looked specifically at
donation after circulatory death (DCD), in which circulation, heartbeat, and breathing have stopped (
as opposed to
brain death, in which all the functions of the
brain have stopped).
The need for ongoing care for hearing - related issues was acknowledged in September 2014 when One Fund Boston, the charity created to accept and distribute
donations to help those affected by the bombings, created the One Fund Center, which will serve patients who have had difficulties with tinnitus and other hearing - related problems; mental health issues, including post-traumatic stress disorder and anxiety; and traumatic
brain injury and its associated symptoms such
as headache, cognitive symptoms and balance difficulties.
The researchers examined data from the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) / United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS), the nation's organ transplant network, on all reported «eligible deaths,» — defined
as potential
brain - dead organ donors age 70 years or less without any medical conditions precluding
donation — from 2008 to 2013.
In 2005 the institute expanded its autopsy program to include body
as well
as brain donations.
Brown President Christina Paxson said the $ 100 million
donation — one of the largest single gifts in Brown's history — will help establish the University
as a leader in devising treatments and technologies to address
brain - related disease and injury.
Donations made to the TGen Foundation will be used to fund TGen's research needs for improving human health by helping scientists discover new treatments, therapies and cures for many diseases such
as autism, melanoma, pancreatic cancer,
brain tumors, diabetes and others.
As an Administrative Assistant you will have the ability to participate in our ** world renowned **
Brain and Body
Donation Program by assisting our Pathology Team and the On - Call Rapid Autopsy Program