Can’t give blood yourself? Here are three other ways to support blood donation
If you know how much blood donations benefit cancer patients, you may already be eager to roll up your sleeve.
But what if you’ve been told that you either can’t or shouldn’t give blood? If this describes you, there are several ways you can still support blood donation here at MD Anderson.
We spoke with Adriana Maria Knopfelmacher-Couchonal, M.D., a transfusion medicine specialist in Laboratory Medicine. Here are three tips...
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The records of ...