This Saturday, February 4, is World Cancer Day – an annual global event that aims to unite the world against cancer. Its goal is to raise awareness of the devastating disease, educating the global population “while pressing governments and individuals...
As a blood donor, you probably know that healthy blood is necessary for overall health and well-being. We cannot survive without blood and there is no substitute for this precious resource. But many are born with blood disorders that cause...
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and is often symbolized by the widely recognized pink ribbon. First handed out to survivors at the Susan G. Komen New York City Race for the Cure in 1991, pink ribbons now seem to...
If you’ve ever considered becoming a blood donor, there is no better time than now. September is a month dedicated to bringing awareness to causes that affect thousands of people and children every year – many who benefit from, or...
By Kristin Stankus, digital community and social media specialist Here at Stanford Blood Center (SBC), we know blood is the liquid of life. So imagine living life knowing that if you happen to get injured or need surgery, you could...
In 1983, the federal government designated September as National Sickle Cell Awareness Month in an effort to bring awareness to the disease and focus on the need for research and treatment (American Society of Hematology). What is Sickle Cell...
July is National Cord Blood Month, so what better time to learn more about this precious resource that is used in thousands of “hematopoietic stem cell transplantation” procedures each year? What is cord blood? When a baby is born, the...
By Dayna Kerecman Myers Regular blood transfusions can significantly reduce the incidence of strokes in children with sickle cell anemia, a new study shows. Results of the clinical trial, published in August in the New England Journal of Medicine http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1401731?query=featured_home&&,...
By Winter Johnson With 19 heart transplants, 2013 was the busiest year ever for the Children’s Heart Center at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford, home to the only pediatric heart transplant program in Northern California. This success offers hope for those still...
The article below, from the fall 2013 edition of Stanford Medicine Magazine, presents the story of Maya Adam, a member of the Stanford community who was treated for placenta accreta at Stanford Hospital. During her surgery, she received 22 units of blood, more than...