My PICC Line

My personal journey, with aplastic anemia, through the healthcare industry

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Entries Tagged ‘American Red Cross’

Link PICCs:myths of marrow donation, saving cord blood, reasons people don’t donate blood and what healthcare reform has forgotten

Kevin Walsh, the author of The Marrow in Me as well as a past bone marrow donor and television anchor discusses five myths associated with marrow donation. BBC reports on a woman in the United Kingdom wants to donate her soon-to-be-born baby’s cord blood to help others. The trouble is she can’t. The stems cells [...]

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Blood is a big deal

The above video gives an informative look at blood. Although short, it captures the importance of blood in maintaining vitality. Many (myself included) depend on blood products from other people and that dependence increases at a rate of 6% each year, according to the American Red Cross. Thank you to those who are able to [...]

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