Get Rewarded for Giving Blood It’s almost Labor Day. We get a three-day weekend with no work on Monday! While everyone is busy having fun, the blood supply typically dips during the Labor Day holiday. This year,Read more

For one weekend only, the Girl Scout cookies are returning to donor centers and select blood drives! This Saturday 1/19 – Sunday 1/20 when you donate blood, you get to pick your box of cookies.Read more

by Pamela L. Malvern, BSN, RN, CNN and Victoria Hall, BSN, RN Sickle cell disease is the most common indication when red cell exchange is carried out by Carter BloodCare clinical apheresis staff. The procedure canRead more

Girl Scouts of NE Texas and Cumulus Radio are helping bring awareness to the importance of blood donation. Kick off National Blood Donor Month with Girls Scout cookies at a variety of blood drives locationsRead more

National Blood Donor Month Getting sick on your honeymoon sounds a lot like the beginning of a quirky rom-com movie; but for Everett and Yasma Dunkley, it was hardly that. Instead this scenario was theRead more

by William Crews, MD Cryoprecipitated Antihemophilic Factor is more commonly known as cryoprecipitate, or simply cryo. Cryoprecipitate can only be made from Fresh Frozen Plasma (FFP), which has been removed from whole blood and frozen withinRead more

The Gift of Resilience The gift of life is precious, especially when it’s a gift you have to earn daily. Katherine Kay Blevens understands more than most that a chance to fight again is nothingRead more