Facebook users urged to donate organs

Facebook's new organ donation initiative hopes to inspire users to share what's inside of them on a whole new level.

CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who launched the campaign on ABC's Good Morning America on Tuesday, said the program should make it easier for interested people to register and to encourage their friends to do the same.

"Starting today, you can add that you're an organ donor to your timeline, and share your story about when, where or why you decided to become a donor," Zuckerberg said in a statement.

"Even one individual can have an outsized impact on the challenges facing another, and on the world."


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Women who experience menopause early in life are subject to higher risks of osteoporosis, mortality and fragility fracture later on, says a study done in An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
390 women, average age 48, were recruited in the study and regularly followed-up thereafter.

The study divided its subjects into two groups: those who experienced menopause early (i.e. prior to the age of 47) and those who experienced it later on.

56% of those who followed up in the early group had osteoporosis at the age of 77, compared to 30% in the late group.

The mortality rate in the later menopause group was slightly over 35%, compared to well over 52% in the early menopause group.

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