Category Archives: Blood

MADISON (WKBT) — Beginning next year, Wisconsin police officers could start drawing blood for alcohol and drug arrests. They would take over for medical workers who are currently assigned the task.

OSF St. Paul Medical Center, 1401 E. 12th St., Mendota, will host a community blood drive noon to 5 p.m. Friday, Nov. 17, with ImpactLife Blood Center in conference room C.  ImpactLife is the provider of blood and blood components to OSF St. Paul and many other communities the region. ImpactLife is the only provider […]

OSF Center for Health in Streator, 111 Spring St., will host a blood drive with ImpactLife from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Community Education space. Additionally, OSF St. Elizabeth Medical Center, 1100 E. Norris Drive, Ottawa, will host a blood drive 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. in meeting room 1. ImpactLife is the […]

Illinois Valley Community College students and staff in made the Halloween blood drive a well-attended, successful event. Now, the IVCC Red Cross Club is looking ahead to Nov. 17, when the club will assist with another drive from noon to 5 p.m. at the Ottawa Knights of Columbus, 401 W. Main St. The club works […]

Editorial 13:29 JST, November 6, 2023 Fewer and fewer young people are donating blood and registering as bone marrow donors. The spirit of working together to protect the lives and health of the ill and the injured must be valued. According to the Japanese Red Cross Society (JRCS), the number of people ages 16-69 who have […]

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On-track dicing not affected by off-track friendships, Championship 4 say. Kyle Larson, William Byron finish third and fourth behind winner Ross Chastain, champion Ryan Blaney. Christopher Bell drops out early Sunday with exploded brake rotor. Larson admits he’s a fan of the Blaney family. In the waning laps of Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series finale at […]

Taking a simple blood test and an online psychiatric assessment can now help you diagnose bipolar disorder, Cambridge University researchers say. In a study published in the JAMA Psychiatry journal on 25 October, researchers say that while the blood test can diagnose up to “30 percent of patients with bipolar disorder, it is even more […]

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 for […]

A recent study published in the journal Nutrition describes the impact of caffeine intake on cerebral blood flow in young, healthy individuals. Study: Effects of caffeine on cerebral blood flow. Image Credit: Danijela Maksimovic / Shutterstock.com Background Caffeine is the most commonly consumed pharmacologically active substance worldwide and is present in variable amounts in coffee, tea, soft drinks, chocolates, […]