Category Archives: Blood

Standing blood pressure test found to be more accurate in detecting hypertension

<div data-thumb="https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/tmb/2023/standing-blood-pressur.jpg" data-src="https://scx2.b-cdn.net/gfx/news/hires/2023/standing-blood-pressur.jpg" data-sub-html="Graphical abstract. Schematic summary of the abstract including main objective, study protocol, essential results, and clinical implications. AUROC area under the receiver-operating-characteristic curve, BP blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure, HTN hypertension, SBP systolic blood pressure. Credit: Scientific Reports (2023). DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-42297-6″> Graphical abstract. Schematic summary of the abstract including main objective, […]

Canes goalie Andersen out with medical issue

Kristen Shilton, ESPN NHL reporterNov 6, 2023, 11:58 AM ET Close Kristen Shilton is a national NHL reporter for ESPN. Open Extended Reactions Carolina Hurricanes goaltender Frederik Andersen is dealing with blood clotting that will sideline him indefinitely. The team provided an update on Andersen’s status Monday afternoon after revealing earlier in the day that […]

LIFELINE Blood Services Announces Battle of the Armed Forces

PRESS RELEASE FROM LIFELINE BLOOD SERVICES: LIFELINE Blood Services Announces Battle of the Armed Forces Jackson, TN – LIFELINE Blood Services is embracing the spirit of friendly competition to make a life-saving impact! Starting on Monday, November 6 at both LIFELINE center locations is a blood drive contest known as the Battle of the Armed […]

A blood test shows MS worsening one to two years before it happens

Credit: CC0 Public Domain 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 […]

Gulf War Illness cuts white blood cells’ ability to make energy

Share this Article You are free to share this article under the Attribution 4.0 International license. Gulf War Illness significantly reduces the ability of white blood cells to make energy and creates a measurable biochemical difference in veterans who have the disease. Gulf War Illness (GWI) affects approximately 250,000 US veterans. “Historically, GWI has been […]

BD taps new FDA clearance for its ‘one-stick’ hospital blood draw system

BD is building on its goal of providing patients with a “one-stick hospital stay” with a new FDA clearance for painless blood collection hardware that works through already placed IV lines.  The company first picked up the needle-free blood draw system through its 2021 acquisition of Velano Vascular, maker of the PIVO device, which threads […]

Andersen undergoing evaluation for medical issue with Hurricanes

Frederik Andersen is out indefinitely with a blood clotting issue.  The 34-year-old last played Nov. 2, making 24 saves for the Carolina Hurricanes in a 2-1 loss to the New York Rangers. He is 4-1-0 with a 2.87 goals-against average and .894 save percentage in six starts this season. “During recent medical testing, it was […]

Environmental pollutants in blood linked to ALS risk, survival odds

A person’s degree of exposure to multiple environmental pollutants — reflected by their presence in the blood — may be used to predict amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) risk and survival, according to new research. Greater exposure to these chemicals was associated with increased odds of an individual developing ALS, as well as a higher mortality […]

Mia’s Freedom: automatic control of blood sugar – UT Health San Antonio

Newly approved system eliminates much of the labor of maintaining insulin levels Freedom is an individual concept. For 15-year-old Mia Campos of San Antonio, it means sleeping without alarms, visiting a friend’s house overnight, and feeling steady throughout a busy school day. Mia was 10 when, on a trip to a gymnastics competition in Florida, […]

Inspira™ Announces Israeli Innovation Authority Grant for New VORTX™ Disposable Blood Oxygenation Technology

Inspira’s VORTX is as a potential frontrunner in the $4 Billion Disposable Blood Oxygenator market  RA’ANANA, Israel, Nov. 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Inspira™ Technologies OXY B.H.N. Ltd. (Nasdaq: IINN, (Nasdaq: IINNW) (the “Company” or “Inspira Technologies”), a company dedicated to transforming the multi-billion dollar acute respiratory care market with the INSPIRA ART medical device line, is pleased […]