November 7, 2023 ─ This Veterans Day, Saturday, November 11, 2023, Our Blood Institute invites the public to celebrate our nation’s veterans, active service members and their families by making a lifesaving donation at any OBI donor center. To commemorate the occasion, in addition to a free Grinch-themed T-shirt, veteran blood donors will receive an […]
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Calif. inches toward ending closed-colony animal blood banks Pancake blood draw Photo by Dr. Kim Tong As veterinary technician Christina Furr, right, drew blood from Pancake at Lenity Vet Specialists and Emergency Care in Northern California, the dog started to doze off in the hands of veterinary assistant Yasuo Maehata. Lenity is home to Brave […]
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Upcoming blood drive celebrates historic ban lift on gay men donations, increases local blood pool
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12 minutes ago REHOBOTH BEACH, Del.- A historic partnership is breaking boundaries and increasing the number of local blood donors with one upcoming event. CAMP Rehoboth Community Center is joining forces with The Blood Bank of Delmarva to host a blood drive this Saturday. The event follows the FDA’s groundbreaking decision to lift the ban […]
No matter how you look at it, blood is a crucial part of our survival and, by extension, the healthcare system. It’s also one of the most vital and most-needed components in medicine, with statistics showing that one in three men will require blood in their lifetime. The stark reality, however, is that only one […]
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Signs of the debilitating bowel condition Crohn’s disease can be detected in routine blood tests up to eight years before the onset of symptoms, and up to three years before a diagnosis of ulcerative colitis. The discovery suggests that early stages of inflammatory bowel diseases may begin far earlier than previously assumed, and may eventually […]
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Photo by McKenna Love Students wait for screening to donate blood for the Versiti Blood Center Tuesday in Carter Hall. .sno-story-photo-area { width: 100%; margin-bottom: 0px; max-width: 100%; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; } .sno-story-photo-area img { object-fit: contain; } .sno-story-photo-area .sno-story-photo-image-area { height: unset; max-height: unset; background: #dddddd; } .sno-story-photo-area .sno-story-photo-image-area img { height: unset; […]
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In 1953, the Swiss novelist Max Frisch published a play called “The Arsonists.” It’s a pitch-dark comedy about a small town ravaged by a group of maniacs disguised as traveling salesmen, who sweet-talk their way into people’s homes and then set them on fire. Its protagonist is a dolt called Biedermann — bieder being German […]
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Chilling Details Emerge in Disappearance of Woman as 2-Year-Old Daughter Says She Saw Her ‘In Blood’
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Authorities in Georgia are seeking the public’s help in finding an 18-year-old woman who was last seen on Oct. 30, the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office says. Since Gabriella Dixon went missing, chilling details have emerged about the case, according to multiple reports. Citing a missing persons report, WMAZ, WGXA and 41NBC reported that Dixon’s 2-year-old […]
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Groundbreaking blood test for rheumatoid arthritis treatment is ‘first step towards a better future’ for patients
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Seven years ago, Northeastern graduate Susan Dina Ghiassian was the first employee of Scipher Medicine Corp., a precision medicine company co-founded by Northeastern professor Albert-László Barabási. The Waltham-based company where Ghiassian is senior director of data science and network medicine now has 100 employees and recently received Medicare approval for a groundbreaking blood test, PrismRA, […]