The Blood Matters Blog

Our organs can age at extraordinarily different rates, according to a new study. Their biological ages don't just have the potential to differ – evidence suggests they can be critical indicators of future health, too.

Have questions about iron deficiency and blood donation? Let's explore all the important details surrounding iron levels, foods to eat and avoid, hemoglobin, and how you can save lives even if deferred.

Dr. Janet Vaughan, Dr. Winifred Mayer Ashby, Dr. Helen Taussig and Dr. Claudia Cohn each made history-making contributions to the world of blood banking and transfusion medicine.

Findings from an expansive study published in the New England Journal of Medicine provide some compelling data points supporting the use of a liberal blood transfusion strategy for heart attack patients with anemia.

Twin brothers Wyatt and Grady Griffin were born three months prematurely in May of 2017 after their mother's water broke. The boys received three blood transfusions during their three-month hospital stay.

The short answer is yes! And for most, you can donate blood immediately after getting a tattoo.

Following the viral success of a sickle cell disease video campaign in Canada, Global Blood Fund's executive director had a thought: How can we get this to Africa?

Gage Bullard was diagnosed with lymphoblastic lymphoma in February of 2017 when he was just a senior in high school. After years of treatment, Gage can say he is cancer-free and happily married with two beautiful children. It was a future he had hoped to build, but at one point wasn't sure he would have.

Worried by her test results, OBI Medical Director Dr. Michael Stevenson advised Jennifer Cotto see her doctor immediately. It was there Jennifer learned she had leukemia, a diagnosis made in time to save her life.

Thirty donor beds were sent to multiple blood centers across Mexico after San Antonio's South Texas Blood & Tissue donated them through Global Blood Fund.

Using donor-volunteered plasma, Our Blood Institute has successfully developed a new serum that has incredible life-saving potential for cancer patients.

Newly published findings out of Duke University Medical Center support the idea that red blood cell exchanges can significantly help sickle cell patients.