Sentences with phrase «for brain donation»

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According to a report from ESPN, the NFL's donations for brain trauma research are often directed to league - affiliated doctors.

But only 25 percent actually have the required donor identification papers that would allow a physician to take a needed organ in the event of a documented brain death, said Marita Völker - Albert, spokesperson for the Federal Center for Health Education (BZgA), a government agency that is promoting organ donation.

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.

Amaral felt that Annese was using the event as a way to attract donations for what he was calling the Brain Observatory.

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.

Hoping to do good for science, they have enrolled in the Brain and Body Donation Program of the Banner Sun Health Research Institute — widely considered the world's preeminent brain Brain and Body Donation Program of the Banner Sun Health Research Institute — widely considered the world's preeminent brain brain bank.

Brain Canada invested $ 3 million toward this research program to develop the new drug - testing platform; in addition, ACHRI provided the matching dollars for this award from the support of community donations through the Alberta Children's Hospital Foundation.

On the memo line of the check, please indicate that the donation is for «The Wrinkled Brain Project»

Brain donation makes it possible to advance science and work toward cures for neurological diseases.

-- Health: Donation made for the treatment of persons suffering from cancer, kidney failure, Brain tumor heart disease & handicapped.

candidate in Mind, Brain, and Education, announced that the Class of 2015 had broken the all - time record for participation in a class gift drive, with a remarkable 74 percent of graduates making a donation.

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.

«We know that books build better brains — and a million young brains will be shaped for the future through this incredible donation from Scholastic,» continued Reach Out and Read's Executive Director Anne - Marie Fitzgerald.