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Since moving to Rochester eleven years ago, Dan has found many opportunities to give back to the community. He has volunteered as a hospitality service…
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The holiday season is a busy time for many people, but Denise Rokke, a quality specialist in the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, always…
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For the past 11 years, Sara Goodman has worked as a laboratory assistant in Internal Operations at Mayo Medical Laboratories. But that’s not all Goodman…
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The Rochester Alternative Learning Center (RALC) and the Mayo Clinic Blood Donor Center joined forces yesterday to meet the needs of patients and families alike. The…
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Fifteen years ago, while working at IBM, John Simonette walked by a Mayo Clinic mobile blood drive on the IBM campus in Rochester and thought,…
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Heather Berg, a Technical Resource Specialist at Mayo Medical Laboratories in Rochester, started her blood donor experience as a student volunteer at her local high…
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Until 2014, Marie and Jason lived, what many would call, an ordinary life. The couple were parents of 7-year-old twins and heard the news that they…
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Janet Koball, Quality Assurance Specialist at Mayo Clinic, completed her goal of donating blood for the first time and is taking her accomplishment to heart…
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There is always a constant need for blood donors in Olmsted County. Mayo Clinic reporter Vivien Williams interviewed Justin Kreuter, M.D., Director of Mayo’s Blood Donor…
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For Alissa Spitzer, Education Development Assistant at Mayo Medical Laboratories in Rochester, donating blood is a family affair. Spitzer’s mother Diane Todd, a retired ostomy…
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On the Sept. 10 broadcast of Mayo Clinic Radio, co-hosts Tracy McCray and Tom Shives, M.D., spoke with Justin Kreuter, M.D., Medical Director of the Mayo Clinic Blood…
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Darla Schletty, Software Quality Coordinator at Mayo Medical Laboratories, has been donating blood since she first heard about it from her high school teacher. And…
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Imagine trying to read or travel if all of the signs were missing A's, B's, and O's. It wuld e quite hrd t understnd wht…
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Many first-time donors come to their donation with a fear of needles but most find that the donation process is easy and relatively painless. Here…
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New recommendations that all U.S. donated blood be tested for Zika virus have been issued by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The plan begins…
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Given the rapid increase and widespread use of apps, it seems inevitable that there will soon be an app that caters to almost everything, including blood…
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As students head back to school, we are thrilled to share the results of our Annual Summer High School Blood Donor Challenge. Olmsted County high…
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Joshua Rhoades, MT(ASCP), Clinical Laboratory Technologist in the Infectious Diseases Serology Laboratory at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, has been donating blood for more than 10…
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A recent study in the medical journal, Transfusion, found an association between blood donation and lowered blood pressure. Researchers studied approximately 300 whole blood donors over…
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According to the American Red Cross, an estimated 38 percent of the U.S. population is eligible to donate blood at any given time, although less…