In a remarkable stride towards improving healthcare in Somalia, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the Swedish Government, with additional support from Governments of Switzerland, Finland, and Italy, have joined hands to establish a state-of-the-art blood bank in the country’s capital, Mogadishu. This pioneering initiative, which is set to be inaugurated and handed over […]
Monthly Archives: August 2023
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The American Red Cross is now welcoming more donors into its lifesaving mission through updated FDA blood donation eligibility guidelines that eliminate longstanding broad, time-based deferrals based on sexual orientation. Historic changeUnder this new donor screening process, all donors answer the same eligibility questions regardless of gender or sexual orientation and will be assessed for […]
If you were told to do more exercise to lower your blood pressure, you might think you’d need break out you running gear or hit the weights. But one of us (Jamie) recently published research that found exercises that you hold in a static position, such as planks and wall sits, are actually the best […]
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Open this photo in gallery: Blood samples from volunteers are handled in the laboratory at Imperial College in London on July 30, 2020.The Associated Press At the height of the pandemic, Canadians became familiar with the concept of waste-water testing to track SARS-CoV-2 through human waste flushed down the toilet. But there is another bodily […]
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More gay men can give blood as ‘one of the most significant changes in blood banking history’ gets underway
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CNN — Back when Kody Kinsley was in high school, he was so dedicated to boosting the US blood supply that he helped run blood drives. But Monday will be the first time as an adult that Kinsley — now the secretary of North Carolina’s Department of Health and Human Services — will actually be […]
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Researchers have found a novel way to combat fungal infections by blocking the fungi’s production of fatty acids. The new compound, NPD6433, has shown effectiveness across a broad spectrum of fungi and offers hope in the face of increasing global drug resistance. Researchers at the RIKEN Center for Sustainable Research Science (CSRS) and the University […]
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Kids are a veritable source of germ spreaders. A 2015 year-long study of 26 households discovered the younger your kids are and the more kids you have, the higher your chances for acquiring infections and the longer you run the risk of being sick. Kids who were under 5 spent 50% of the year with […]
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Starting Monday, more gay and bisexual men can donate blood under new guidelines from the U.S.Food and Drug Administration. North Carolina’s health secretary will be among the first in line. Gay and bisexual men no longer must abstain from all sex for three months before donating blood. Only people who’ve had anal sex with new […]
A UK man has baffled doctors after he developed a mysterious bacterial infection after he was bitten by a stray cat. The 38-year-old endured “painful” hand swelling, puncture wounds and abrasions around eight hours after the feral feline attacked him. Doctors, who classed him as obese, said the man was rushed to hospital following the […]
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GREENVILLE — Huddled in their designated corner before the bout, the players of the Greenville Roller Derby tug on skates and loop laces into tiny bows. Joining the notes of laughter and chatter in the rink is the short crackle of padding being fastened, ripped off and fastened again as they adjust their mouth guards. An […]