FYI from the NHLBI Index

May 2009: Vol. 10, Issue 1
Constituents' Corner

Sarcoidosis Group to Hold 5th Annual Sarcoidosis Walk for a Cure

National Anemia Action Council Launches New Tutorial for Deferred Blood Donors

Sarcoidosis Group to Hold 5th Annual Sarcoidosis Walk for a Cure

Janine’s Sarcoidosis Outreach Foundation and Support Group (JSOF) will host its 5th Annual Sarcoidosis Walk for a Cure on October 24, 2009, at the JCC Community Center, 5601 S. Braeswood Blvd., Houston, Texas. We invite all to join us as we empower communities through Sarcoidosis education, awareness, and research into a cause and cure.

Our guest will be Marc A. Judson, M.D., Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC. Dr. Judson is the director of the MUSC Sarcoidosis Center, one of the largest sarcoidosis clinics in the United States. His other interests include non-invasive pulmonary aspergillus disease and lung transplantation.

If you are unable to join us, you can be a virtual walker, or we will have someone walk for you. For more information, please phone Emma Carroll at 800-846-5158 or 832-248-6621, or send email to her at Sarcoidosis@jsof.org.

CCF grant guidelines and application forms are available at www.childrenscardiomyopathy.org/site/grants.php.

Submitted by Children's Cardiomyopathy Foundation

National Anemia Action Council Launches New Tutorial for Deferred Blood Donors

The National Anemia Action Council has launched a new online tutorial Anemia & Blood Donation for blood donors who have been deferred because of a low blood count and the professionals who work with them. Every month at least one million people visit local blood drives and donation centers in the United States; unfortunately, about 10% of them are not allowed to donate because their blood count falls below the acceptable level set by the FDA. Deferred donors are often sent away with little or no advice on how to raise their blood counts, stay healthy, and try to donate again. The new tutorial provides this information. To view the tutorial, please visit http://www.anemia.org/patients/blood-donation/.

Submitted by the National Anemia Action Council

 

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