The classic, one-size-fits-all blood pressure cuff being used by most doctor’s offices could be hazardous to your health, experts are warning. A new study, published Monday in respected journal JAMA Internal Medicine, found that standard, or “regular,” blood pressure cuffs are delivering “strikingly inaccurate” readings for patients who required a different size — particularly for […]
“I do hope a lot of officers line up and help,” said Cpl. John Stephens, Accident Reconstruction Specialist. “It’s in the back of mind that it could happen to any one of us any given day, there’s a lot of people in the community that giving blood can affect so – it’s important.”
Denise Gutta, a team supervisor of the American Red Cross, said that the group’s monthly blood drive at Avon Lake Public Library, 32649 Electric Blvd., is consistently one of its most fruitful. Once again, the library had a steady flow of donors Aug. 7, Gutta said. The American Red Cross has a goal to get […]
Starting Monday, the American Red Cross is accepting blood donations from many members of the LGBTQ community who are now eligible under new guidelines. This comes after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration expanded eligibility recommendations to include more gay and bisexual men. People who have new or multiple partners, and have had anal sex […]
LANSING, Mich. (WILX) – More members of the LGBTQ+ community can now give blood. New federal guidelines focus on specific behavior-based risks, rather than broad bans. The Director of the University of Michigan Health Blood Bank said expanding the donor pool is essential. ”The need for blood is constant. And we need to be able […]
<div data-thumb="https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/tmb/2023/ou-researchers-discove.jpg" data-src="https://scx2.b-cdn.net/gfx/news/2023/ou-researchers-discove.jpg" data-sub-html="Credit: Journal of Natural Products (2023). DOI: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.3c00382″> Credit: Journal of Natural Products (2023). DOI: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.3c00382 Fungal infections are killing thousands of Americans each year, some with a morbidity rate of nearly 80%. To make matters worse, only a handful of antifungal treatments are available, and even those are becoming less effective […]
SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) – A local non-profit partnered with The Blood Connection to celebrate National Lighthouse Day at Fort Pulaski. In honor of National Lighthouse Day, Friends Of Cockspur Island Lighthouse and The Blood Connection hosted a blood drive to save both lighthouses and lives. The non-profit’s president says all funds from blood drive will […]
Researchers with the University of Oklahoma’s Natural Products Discovery Group recently published findings that indicate a novel breakthrough treatment for fungal infections. Fungal infections are killing thousands of Americans each year, some with a morbidity rate of nearly 80%. To make matters worse, only a handful of antifungal treatments are available, and even those are […]
BATON ROUGE – As most students prepare to return to school, a local boy is hospitalized battling a rare bacteria and other health issues — but his classmates are rallying to support him. A prayer vigil for Madden Brown is being held at Central Private school Monday at 8 p.m. Madden is a rising 8th-grade […]
RICHMOND, Va. — Studying cardiovascular disease in breast cancer survivors isn’t new at VCU Health, but one study is taking it a step further. “To understand why we see racial disparities. Why we see cardiovascular disease among breast cancer survivors,” said Arnethea Sutton, Ph.D. with VCU Massey Cancer Center. Dr. Sutton, a researcher is three […]