MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'be the match'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 03:33:06 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4450281&cid=t_243687_87_f&fid=36941&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mazecordblood.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D1120 Nordstrom, Inc. announced today that it is recognizing Black History Month in 2011 by teaming up with Be The Match(R) to help raise awareness of the critical need for more African American marrow and umbilical cord blood donors. For more information about Nordstrom’s approach to recognizing Black History Month and other heritage months throughout 2011, please visit www.nordstrom.com/livingwell. (Source: Cord Blood News) Cord Blood News blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4450281 Tue, 08 Feb 2011 23:51:24 +0100 4450281 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4281302&cid=t_243687_87_f&fid=36941&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mazecordblood.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D976 Thousands of patients with leukemia and other life-threatening diseases depend on Be The Match Foundation to raise funds to help make bone marrow and umbilical cord blood transplants possible. When you give to Be The Match Foundation, we put your funds to work to: Grow our Be The Match Registry® Provide financial assistance to help patients throughout their transplant journey Advance medical discovery to help patients live longer, healthier lives (Source: Cord Blood News) Cord Blood News blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4281302 Wed, 22 Dec 2010 17:58:54 +0100 4281302 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3678530&cid=t_243687_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fmatch-devan-tatlows-blood-marrow-save-his-life%2F2010.06.17 Four-year-old Devan Tatlow’s struggle with leukemia has caused quite a stir on the Internet, prompting celebs like Paris Hilton and Kim Kardashian to encourage people to donate their bone marrow. Dr. Jon LaPook talks with Devan’s family about their search for a match. Watch CBS News Videos Online Umbilical Cord Blood: Save It and Save Lives By Jon LaPook, M.D. Imagine throwing a lifesaving treatment in the garbage. That’s exactly what happens in the United States over ten thousand times a day because we do not routinely offer to collect precious umbilical cord blood at the time of birth. Thousands of Americans — many of them children — needlessly die annually because they cannot find either a bone marrow or umbilical cord blood match to help treat condition... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3678530 Thu, 17 Jun 2010 20:00:42 +0100 3678530 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3671693&cid=t_243687_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fmatch-devan-tatlows-blood-marrow-save-his-life%2F2010.06.17 Four-year-old Devan Tatlow’s struggle with leukemia has caused quite a stir on the Internet, prompting celebs like Paris Hilton and Kim Kardashian to encourage people to donate their bone marrow. Dr. Jon LaPook talks with Devan’s family about their search for a match. Watch CBS News Videos Online Umbilical Cord Blood: Save It and Save Lives By Jon LaPook, M.D. Imagine throwing a lifesaving treatment in the garbage. That’s exactly what happens in the United States over ten thousand times a day because we do not routinely offer to collect precious umbilical cord blood at the time of birth. Thousands of Americans — many of them children — needlessly die annually because they cannot find either a bone marrow or umbilical cord blood match to help treat condition... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3671693 Thu, 17 Jun 2010 20:00:42 +0100 3671693 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2447440&cid=t_243687_87_f&fid=38368&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDisruptiveWomenInHealthCare%2F%7E3%2FwCGv6_l91iM%2F The following guest post is from Alison McCauley, Internet and Social Media Associate at Amplify Public Affairs. The National Marrow Donor Program® (NMDP) recently stepped up its donor recruitment efforts with two key changes: (1) Renaming its donor registry, and (2) Expanding its online outreach efforts with social media tools. The NMDP donor registry, newly renamed Be The Match (BeTheMatch.org), has a Facebook cause, a YouTube channel, a MySpace profile and group, and it has presences on BlackPlanet, Plaxo, and LinkedIn. The Be The Match website is engaging, it encourages communication among site users, and it facilitates the organization of donor drives, fundraising, and other events.  It even has its own social network - LifeJourneys Transplant Community.  Members, called Champions,... Disruptive Women in Health Care blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2447440 Mon, 01 Jun 2009 14:00:04 +0100 2447440