12:11 PM
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May 8, 2012
A Blossoming Community Blood Drive
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By Monica Doleshel-Aguirre, Blood Drive Account Manager, Stanford Blood Center
Midge Zylker had a goal to start a community blood drive in her Rose Garden neighborhood to make it convenient for the residents to donate blood on a regular basis.
11:57 AM
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May 3, 2012
Big Numbers in Our Blood
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By Billie Rubin, Hemoglobin’s Catabolic Cousin, reporting from the labs of Stanford Blood Center
Each of the approximately 30 trillion red blood cells (RBCs) in our bodies (30,000,000,000,000) has about 280 million hemoglobin (Hgb) molecules in it. And each hemoglobin molecule can transport four oxygen molecules from the lungs to any other cell in the body (including your brain, which is using that oxygen to read this right now).
11:59 AM
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April 26, 2012
#WhyIGiveBlood: 300 Donations and Counting
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By Jim Early, 300-time blood donor
Above, Jim (with nurse, Raquel Morgia, sneaking in a smile) stands beside a quilt his wife made from his collection of SBC t-shirts.
When I was twenty-two I was sick with an intestinal disease. In a month’s time I went from healthy to hospital patient and for the next seven weeks I lived in the Old Hoover Pavilion Stanford Hospital. I ate nothing by mouth and instead received all my nutrition from IVs into my arms and eventually via a central line. A year later I was back again and after another three weeks opted for corrective surgery. After some major surgery, a few revisions, and many units of blood, (during and post op) I was healthy again. While being treated I thought very little about where the blood came from or who was giving it, I just wanted to feel better.
11:13 AM
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April 24, 2012
Chronic illness in childhood: One patient’s story
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By Erin Digitale, Writer for Stanford School of Medicine’s Communications & Public Affairs Department
Rahman Humphries was trying to pass a 100-yard swimming test on his way to becoming an Eagle Scout. He dreamed of achieving the highest award that the Boy Scouts offer, but he was struggling to make the distance.
10:48 AM
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April 17, 2012
Casey’s Rocky Start
By Julie Ruel, Social Media Manager, Stanford Blood Center
Casey Rockey was born with supravalvular aortic stenosis, a rare heart condition that causes a narrowing of his aortic valve at the opening. He required beta blockers for a year to manage his stenosis and tachycardia and, at age three and a half, it was time for open-heart surgery.
11:36 AM
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April 11, 2012
Blood Drive Coordinator Dedicated to #SavingLives
By Julie Ruel, Social Media Manager, Stanford Blood Center
Stacey Tinianov began coordinating our Cisco blood drives in 2009 and, to date, has brought in almost 3,000 units of blood. Less than a year after taking on her responsibilities as a blood drive coordinator, she joined our Donor Cup competition and won the award for highest number of units collected. She and her husband both donate as often as they can and she loves, loves, loves to tweet about her upcoming blood drives, and her many other activities for that matter, as @coffeemommy.
11:17 AM
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April 4, 2012
Life is Precious
By Tim Gilmore, Blood Drive Account Manager, Stanford Blood Center
Last year, my cousin’s husband, Darren, became extremely ill. He was rushed to a hospital in Central California but after days of declining health, doctors decided that he needed to be taken by medevac to Stanford Hospital. Upon his arrival, he was met by world-class physicians who rushed to diagnose his symptoms. After being stabilized at Stanford, his health started to improve and we learned that he had leukemia. He started a treatment plan immediately and began receiving numerous blood products.
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Life is Precious
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Last year, my cousin’s husband, Darren, became extremely ill. He was rushed to a hospital in Central California but after days of declining health, doctors decided that he needed to be taken by medevac to Stanford Hospital. Upon his arrival, he was met by world-class physicians who rushed to diagnose his symptoms. After being stabilized at Stanford, his health started to improve and we learned that he had leukemia. He started a treatment plan immediately and began receiving numerous blood products.
11:51 AM
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March 29, 2012
Tips & Tricks: Tracking Your Cholesterol Online
By Julie Ruel, Social Media Manager, Stanford Blood Center
Millions of Americans are affected by high cholesterol, which leaves them at an increased risk for heart disease and stroke. Tracking cholesterol levels over time is an important routine for many and an effective way of staying in tune with your health.
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Tips & Tricks: Tracking Your Cholesterol Online
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Millions of Americans are affected by high cholesterol, which leaves them at an increased risk for heart disease and stroke. Tracking cholesterol levels over time is an important routine for many and an effective way of staying in tune with your health.
9:54 AM
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March 27, 2012
A Plan for Clean, Sustainable Energy Worldwide in 20-40 Years
By Mark Z. Jacobson, PhD, Director of the Atmosphere/Energy Program and Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Stanford University
Global warming, air pollution, and energy insecurity are three of the most significant problems facing the world today. My upcoming talk at Stanford Blood Center’s Café Scientifique on 3/29/12 discusses a plan to solve the problems by powering 100% of the world's energy for all purposes, including electricity, transportation, industry, and heating/cooling, with wind, water, and sunlight (WWS) within 20-40 years.
9:29 AM
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March 23, 2012
Transplants for Two: Twins Get New Livers to Treat Rare Disease
Twins Sophia and Charlotte Gonzalez required numerous blood transfusions as newborns and again during their recent liver transplants. The below article is by Erin Digitale, Writer for Stanford School of Medicine’s Communications & Public Affairs Department.
In a small room at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, Megan and Ricky Gonzalez each held one hand of their daughter Sophia, comforting her as she recovered from a Nov. 8 liver transplant. Near Sophia’s crib, her identical twin, Charlotte, babbled happily in the girls’ double stroller. Charlotte was waiting her turn — which came Nov. 27 — for her own liver transplant to treat the metabolic disease that nearly killed both girls as newborns.
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