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Blood

Hoxworth Blood Center Urgently Seeking Donors

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19
Jul

<a href="https://media2.citybeat.com/citybeat/imager/u/original/15642084/news_ohio_buckeyeflame_blooddonation_pexels-charliehelen-rob.png" rel="contentImg_gal-15642076" title="Photo: Charlie Helen-Robinson, Pexels" data-caption="   Photo: Charlie Helen-Robinson, Pexels ” class=”uk-display-block uk-position-relative uk-visible-toggle”> click to enlarge Hoxworth Blood Center, the second oldest blood bank in the country and internationally-recognized leading center in transfusion medicine, is urgently seeking blood donors. Hoxworth Blood serves over 30 hospitals and medical centers in the area and […]

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Blood

Saving surgical patients’ blood, cleaning it, and giving it back

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19
Jul

BANGOR — For nearly 20 years, Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center has been leading the way in decreasing blood loss and providing an alternative to receiving transfused blood during surgery. The perioperative autologous blood collection and processing program, or Cell-Saver Program, was launched at the medical center by a few cardiac nurses during coronary […]

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Blood

Joliet bank sponsors Route 66 blood drive at Rialto Theater

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19
Jul

As a founder of the Red Cross Illinois River Valley Chapter in Romeoville, Jim Rolfe knew the importance of blood drives. But Rolfe, senior vice president and corporate relations officer at Old National Bank, felt the value of those drives April 10 when a mass shooting occurred in Louisville, Kentucky. “That happened at one of […]

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Cardiovascular

Extreme heat straining health systems: World Health Organization

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19
Jul

The extreme heat in the northern hemisphere is putting an increasing strain on healthcare systems, hitting those least able to cope the hardest, the World Health Organization said Wednesday. The WHO said the heat often worsens pre-existing conditions, saying it was particularly concerned about those with cardiovascular diseases, diabetes and asthma. Millions of people across […]

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Cancer and neoplasms

MD Anderson research highlights for July 19, 2023

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HOUSTON ― The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center’s Research Highlights showcases the latest breakthroughs in cancer care, research and prevention. These advances are made possible through seamless collaboration between MD Anderson’s world-leading clinicians and scientists, bringing discoveries from the lab to the clinic and back. Recent developments include promising results from combining immunotherapy […]

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Infection

Pierce County man diagnosed with drug-resistant fungus in first reported case in Washington

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19
Jul

by KOMO News Staff Wed, July 19th 2023, 11:36 PM UTC A photo showing the outside of the Tacoma Pierce County Health Department in Tacoma, Wash. A Pierce County man was diagnosed with Canada auris (C. auris), which is a drug-resistant fungus that can cause severe infections, according to the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department. (KOMO)

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Blood

AEW Dynamite Blood & Guts preview, full card: July 19, 2023

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19
Jul

AEW Dynamite is live tonight from the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts, where it proudly presents Blood & Guts! Tonight’s special episode will feature the long-awaited WarGames Blood & Guts double-ring cage match between the Golden Elite and the Blackpool Combat Club in AEW’s debut at an arena formerly only run by WWE. We’ll also see the […]

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Infection

2-Step Testing Helps Predict and Treat Recurrent C difficile Infection

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19
Jul

Clostridioides difficile (C difficile) is a bacterium that can cause life-threatening diarrhea and disease in individuals with dysbiosis of the gut microbiota. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates there are close to half a million C difficile infections (CDIs) each year in the United States alone. Risk factors for severe or […]

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