10:49 AM, February 21, 2012
Heartfelt Haiku
By Donors & Friends of SBC
Last year for Valentine's Day, we asked you to write haiku poems for those closest to your heart. The response was better than anticipated so we asked for your poems again this year, this time to be written about donating blood and the patients who are fortunate to receive it. In addition to sharing them below, we've turned your three-line works of “heart” into cards, to be delivered to patients at the Palo Alto VA Hospital later this week.
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Last year for Valentine's Day, we asked you to write haiku poems for those closest to your heart. The response was better than anticipated so we asked for your poems again this year, this time to be written about donating blood and the patients who are fortunate to receive it. In addition to sharing them below, we've turned your three-line works of “heart” into cards, to be delivered to patients at the Palo Alto VA Hospital later this week.
1:35 PM, February 17, 2012
Some Facts About Malaria
By Billie Rubin, Hemoglobin’s Catabolic Cousin, reporting from the labs of Stanford Blood Center
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), “About 1,500 cases of malaria are diagnosed in the United States each year. The vast majority of cases in the United States are in travelers and immigrants returning from countries where malaria transmission occurs, many from sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.”
10:37 AM, February 14, 2012
Are You My Type?
By Julie Ruel, Social Media Manager, Stanford Blood Center
Do you consider blood type an important criterion for compatibility with the potential special someone in your life? According to Jenny Nakao Hones, a Japanese American who studies Asian cultures, superstitions, and customs, “One of the most popular methods in Japan that is gaining popularity around Asia is blood type analysis. Similar to other horoscope systems, blood type… has charts that indicate compatibility.”
3:23 PM, February 7, 2012
We Know You’d Do It Anyway, But…
By Julie Ruel, Social Media Manager, Stanford Blood Center
As a blood donor, you are a giving individual by design. We’re certain you would donate without recognition and regardless of the day’s giveaway. That said, it’s important to our organization that we don’t take the people behind the blood donations for granted. You are part of a very important, very small population and your loyalty to patients in the community deserves to be recognized.
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As a blood donor, you are a giving individual by design. We’re certain you would donate without recognition and regardless of the day’s giveaway. That said, it’s important to our organization that we don’t take the people behind the blood donations for granted. You are part of a very important, very small population and your loyalty to patients in the community deserves to be recognized.
9:20 AM, February 3, 2012
How Did RBCs Evolve?
By Billie Rubin, Hemoglobin’s Catabolic Cousin, reporting from the labs of Stanford Blood Center
Ill-conceived blood transfusions go back to the 1600's (disastrous transfusions of lamb's blood into humans), and the discovery of the ABO system goes back to the early 1900s. But just how old is blood itself? A picture from the Smithsonian in 2009 showed a red blood cell (RBC) in the soft tissue of a Tyrannosaurus Rex bone from 68 million years ago.
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Ill-conceived blood transfusions go back to the 1600's (disastrous transfusions of lamb's blood into humans), and the discovery of the ABO system goes back to the early 1900s. But just how old is blood itself? A picture from the Smithsonian in 2009 showed a red blood cell (RBC) in the soft tissue of a Tyrannosaurus Rex bone from 68 million years ago.
9:29 AM, January 26, 2012
A Letter to Blood Donors
The following letter was written by Michelle Moskalik in August, just three months before she passed away. Her family has been gracious in letting us share this with you.
I am an active 43 year old woman with a strong love for life. I am living with terminal breast cancer and acute leukemia (AML). As a result, I am transfusion dependent and now receive blood and platelets on a weekly basis.
9:28 AM, January 20, 2012
Benefits of Blood Transfusions
By Billie Rubin, Hemoglobin’s Catabolic Cousin, reporting from the labs of Stanford Blood Center
A unit of blood does so much for patients in need. The gift of life is donated, tested, processed and sent to hospitals’ transfusion service departments where more important work is done to ensure it is compatible with the recipient.
10:32 AM, January 18, 2012
Los Gatos Friends 'Thicker Than Blood'
By Bonnie Westman with the Los Gatos Patch.
Since 2006, Linda Swenberg and Michelle Abene donate platelets at Stanford Blood Center, in addition to significant volunteer work in the community.
1:58 PM, January 12, 2012
#WhyIGiveBlood: So Patients Can Live More Comfortable Lives
By Melissa Ramos, volunteer guest-blogger for Stanford Blood Center
John Paul Mayor is one of our very regular platelet donors. For our #WhyIGiveBlood campaign, we picked his brain about what inspired him to become a regular donor.
10:27 AM, January 10, 2012
The Safe Blood Africa Project: How SBC Donors can help
By Amanda Baker, Communications Intern, Stanford Blood Center
Think globally, act locally…help globally? At Stanford Blood Center, each of these are possible because now your blood donation that will save a life in your community can also help save lives overseas. Our online store recently added an option of donating the points you receive for giving blood towards helping blood centers in Nigeria, as part of the Safe Blood Africa Project.
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Think globally, act locally…help globally? At Stanford Blood Center, each of these are possible because now your blood donation that will save a life in your community can also help save lives overseas. Our online store recently added an option of donating the points you receive for giving blood towards helping blood centers in Nigeria, as part of the Safe Blood Africa Project.
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