Category Archives: Blood

Kankakee County • 1-6 p.m. Nov. 10 at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Bourbonnais • 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Nov. 11 at United Methodist Church, Third and Division streets in Aroma Park • 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Nov. 24 at Northfield Square Mall, 1600 N. St. Rt. 50, Bourbonnais • […]

Magnesium is a mineral found in food, supplements, and some medicines. In 2022, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a qualified health claim allowing foods and supplements with magnesium to include information on their labels that “consuming diets with adequate magnesium may reduce the risk of high blood pressure,” but scientific “evidence is inconsistent […]

<a href="https://medicalguru.us/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/132235929_web1_donate-RP-001.jpg" data-caption=" Phlebotomist Brenda Scott, right, monitors Zoe Foxbog as she donates blood during Monday’s Future Farmers of America Blood Donor Day at Elida High School. “> Phlebotomist Brenda Scott, right, monitors Zoe Foxbog as she donates blood during Monday’s Future Farmers of America Blood Donor Day at Elida High School. ELIDA — Students […]

PORTLAND, Ore. — The suspect accused of killing a 66-year-old man in an October hit-and-run had a blood alcohol level of more than 3 times the legal limit during the crash, recent court documents reveal. Vichea Pok, 39, is facing charges of manslaughter, DUII, reckless driving, and reckless endangerment. PREVIOUSLY | Portland man charged with […]

The Commander of the German Air Force, Lieutenant General Ingo Gerhartz, arrived at Israel’s Sheba Medical Center so he and his staff could donate blood. Read more: Gerhartz met with Major General Tomer Bar, his Israeli counterpart, and was given a thorough review of the war effort against Hamas. He expressed support for the operations […]

Nature is full of surprises, not always pleasant from our point of view: numerous species, from plants to animals, are poisonous. Many creatures bite or sting, sometimes very painfully, to hunt or defend themselves. And in the great arena of the struggle for survival, there are also animals that have specialized in exploiting a precious […]

Multiple sclerosis patients whose blood tests reveal elevated NfL, a biomarker of nerve damage, could see worsening disability one to two years later, according to a new study spearheaded by researchers at UC San Francisco. The study is the first to quantify the timeframe preceding disability worsening in which injury to the central nervous system […]

A new study has found a link between high blood insulin levels, frequently seen in people with obesity and type 2 diabetes, and pancreatic cancer. The researchers say their findings may lead to new cancer prevention strategies and targeting treatments to slow or prevent the progression of the cancer. Obesity and type 2 diabetes (T2D) […]

Researchers have developed a cost-effective, multi-cancer blood test that can detect a protein, LINE-1-ORF1p, produced by cancer cells, potentially leading to early detection. This protein is elevated in many cancers and the test’s ability to spot it early can save lives. Most cancers become deadly by maintaining a low profile, only showing symptoms when they’re […]