January's National Awareness

Happy New Year!!

Did you know that many groups and organizations have designated certain months "Awarenss" months for their cause? For instance, the American Red Cross has designated Janaury as National Blood Donor Month. Do you know the 4 major blood types?

type A

type B

type AB

type O

There is also another factor to naming a blood type. It is called the "rh" factor. A person is either rh+ (rh positive) or rh- (rh negative). So...

type A is either A+ ("A" positive) or A- ("A" negative)

type B is either B+ or B-

type AB is either AB+ or AB-

type O is either o+ or O-

Go to redcross.org to learn more about being a blood donor and about your blood.

January is also national Glaucoma Month. Glaucoma is the leading cause of preventable blindness. Glaucoma can damage the optic nerve that sends images from the eye to the brain. Please visit www.glaucoma.org to learn more about glaucoma.