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blood supply

Maintaining a

Healthy Blood

Supply in

Baton Rouge

By

Carolyn Heneghan

Shortages in the blood supply are a

real threat to the medical community

across the nation and Baton Rouge is no

exception. Consider these facts about

blood and the U.S. blood supply from

the American Red Cross:

• Every two seconds someone in the

U.S. needs blood.

• More than 38,000 blood donations are

needed every day.

• One out of every 10 people admitted

to a hospital needs blood.

• While the average red blood cell

donation is one pint, the average red

blood cell transfusion is about three

pints.

• Approximately 60 percent of the U.S.

population is eligible to give blood, but

only 5 percent do so in a given year.

• Blood shortages are particularly

pronounced during the summer and

winter holidays.

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1087

1727

India’s

Caraka Samhita

recommends a moderate diet

high in fiber and carbohydrates

to prevent diabetes.

Liquid

William the Conqueror, King of England,

may have thought of the first fad diet. In a vain

attempt to lose weight so he could ride his horse, the

king embarks on an all-liquid diet. The bump in his

fairly sound plan is that the liquid is alcohol.

Swamp People

Thomas Short derives

the strange notion that living near swamps

makes people fat (perhaps after visiting

Louisiana). Need to lose weight? Simply step

away from the swamp.

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The

Quest

for

Blood