The American Red Cross will hold a blood drive from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 30, at Allegion-LCN, located at 1224 N. Main St. in Princeton. The American Red Cross urges blood and platelet donors to make and keep donation appointments to help hospitals restock blood products for patients ahead of the holiday […]
Friday, November 3, 2023 3:45PM FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) — A new ordinance on infectious disease labs will go into effect this weekend in the City of Fresno. The council passed the ordinance last month, with it to begin 30 days after approval. This comes following the discovery of an illegal lab in Reedley, which had […]
ByParmita Uniyal, New Delhi Nov 03, 2023 09:02 PM IST Share Via Copy Link While hypotension doesn’t seem as alarming as high blood pressure, if not managed, it can cause severe complications. Ever felt dizzy and lightheaded while getting up quickly or during the course of the day? It could be due to low blood […]
After two years spent battling a rare blood disorder, an Alachua County firefighter is officially back on the job. Alachua County Fire Rescue held a welcome-back party for Brandon Boothby, who spent two years fighting aplastic anemia, Friday morning at Station 24 in Jonesville. “There were times when I was told that this is not […]
Atrial flutter and atrial fibrillation (A-fib) are both heart arrhythmias. These conditions cause problems with the way your heart beats. They affect the electrical signals that help your heart beat at a normal rate and rhythm. Atrial flutter and A-fib force your atria (the upper chambers of your heart) to contract and push blood into […]
Amanda Kells walked into the Octapharma Plasma donation center on Gaines School Road in Athens, Georgia, on Thursday, Sept. 21, expecting to give plasma, as she aims to do twice a week. But for the second time that week, her iron levels were too low to donate, and she was turned away. The 46-year-old mom […]
Joseph M. Scandura, MD, PhD Multiple studies are evaluating pelabresib (CPI-0610) for the treatment of patients with myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs). With more data on the agent expected to be released from trials in this space toward the end of the year, Joseph M. Scandura, MD, PhD, reflected on its potential role for patients with myelofibrosis […]
CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. – The Armed Services Blood Program (ASBP) helps ensure mission readiness for injured military personnel in need of blood and functions as the military’s only blood program. Aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, the ASBP operates out of the Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune’s Blood Donor Center. Blood collected from ASBP is […]
CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. – The Armed Services Blood Program (ASBP) helps ensure mission readiness for injured military personnel in need of blood and functions as the military’s only blood program. Aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, the ASBP operates out of the Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune’s Blood Donor Center. Blood collected from ASBP is […]
As one digestive disease declines in Palm Beach County, another is spiking, sewage testing shows. Rotavirus, a diarrhea-causing pathogen that mostly infects children, is skyrocketing in north county wastewater as the stomach-flu causing norovirus slowly recedes, the latest data from the Jupiter-area Loxahatchee River District show. Concentrations of a respiratory contagion, adenovirus, are also on […]