Category Archives: Blood

Our Blood Institute partners with Last Frontier Council, Boy Scouts of America for fundraising blood drive

#inform-video-player-1 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } #inform-video-player-2 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } The Last Frontier Council, Boy Scouts of America and Our Blood Institute are holding a dual fundraising and blood drive in five of OBI’s donor centers. From now through Wednesday, Nov. 15, every blood donation made in the name […]

How to lower your blood sugar: Follow these steps

High blood sugar, or hyperglycemia, is common in people who have diabetes. A person’s blood sugar can be high when the pancreas doesn’t produce enough insulin, or if the body becomes resistant to insulin.     We spoke with Sonya Khan, M.D., a specialist in endocrine disorders, about ways to lower your blood sugar and why managing […]

Blood test could help identify impact-related brain disease

CINCINNATI (WKRC) – There could soon be a new blood test to help identify those at risk for brain diseases due to concussions and head trauma. Right now, to diagnose impact-related brain disease, which comes from repeated blows to the heads, doctors must wait until the person is deceased. But now, researchers at the Cleveland […]

Annual ‘Blood Battle’ between Michigan, Ohio State starts with Big House event

ANN ARBOR, MI – The Blood Battle will soon start between University of Michigan and Ohio State University. The main blood donation event for the 41st blood donation competition between the two rivals takes place Nov. 19 at Michigan Stadium, according to a Michigan Medicine release. The “Be a Hero at the Big House” event, […]

Blood Money

Following the selection of 36-year-old Jimmy Odukoya to succeed his late father, Taiwo Odukoya, as the Senior Pastor of the Fountain of Life Church, Lagos, a lot of social and church commentary has focused on the new pastor’s physical appearance. With bulging biceps, earrings, tattoos, and (what would seem obligatory these days) dreadlocks, the junior […]

Measurable Markers in Blood Can Be Detected Up to Eight Years Before IBD Diagnosis

Credit: wildpixel/Getty Images Results of a collaborative study between the Francis Crick Institute, London, and Aalborg University in Copenhagen have shown that there are measurable markers in the blood that can be detected up to eight years before a diagnosis of an inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). The researchers say their findings show that the earliest […]

Rhode Islanders donate at annual blood drive in memory of fatal crash victim

A Rhode Island mother hosted the second annual blood drive in memory of her son. A blood drive for Gianni Guerrieri was hosted at Exeter-West Greenwich Regional High School Tuesday afternoon in conjunction with the Rhode Island Blood Center. Gianni and two other young men died in a crash in West Warwick in 2021. Many […]