RAMLA, Israel — Hours after Hamas militants attacked southern Israel on Oct. 7, the country’s new fortified, subterranean blood bank kicked into action. Staffers moved equipment into the underground bunker and started saving lives. The Marcus National Blood Services Center in Ramla, near Tel Aviv, had been scheduled to open within days, but with more […]
SEATTLE — What would normally would be tossed out as medical waste after childbirth, has the potential to save a life. That was the case for a Seattle woman. “I started having what felt like asthma attacks,” said Alexes Harris. Harris is a professor of sociology at the University of Washington. Asthma was just one of […]
Abstract Hypertension is associated with significant cardiovascular morbidity. Blood pressure (BP) control on maintenance hemodialysis (HD) is strongly impacted by volume status. The objective of this study was to assess whether machine learning (ML) is effective in predicting post-HD BP in children and young adults on HD. We collected data on BP, IDWG, pulse, and […]
Largely unnoticed by the general public, the European Commission and the European Parliament’s Health Committee have been drafting new rules to regulate the use of ‘substances of human origin’ (SoHO), such as blood, plasma, and cells (Iraola 2023, European Parliament 2023). These substances are used in life-saving medical procedures ranging from transfusions and transplants to […]
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Law360 (November 3, 2023, 7:55 PM EDT) — Like all U.S. states, New Jersey requires a small blood sample from every newborn, but unlike many other states it keeps that blood for decades in a “creepy database” and uses it in any way it chooses without notice or permission, in violation of the Fourth and […]
Estes Park Health is hosting an on-site blood drive on Thursday, Dec. 14, 9:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. You can sign up ahead of time at https://blood-donation.uchealth.org/donor/auth/signin or walk in on that day. It takes approximately 30 minutes to save up to three lives through blood donation. All blood types are needed, but O-, O+ and A- […]
LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) – Santa Fe Station Hotel and Casino is hosting a blood drive, with free giveaways to all donors. According to a media release, the blood drive is on Monday, November 6 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. It will be held in the hotel’s Pecos Ball Room. All blood donors who […]
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) heads to Ibirapuera Gymnasium in Sao Paulo, Brazil, this Saturday (Nov. 4, 2023) for its penultimate international show of the year, bringing with it a quartet trio of new Brazilian signings. On this edition of “New Blood” — the series that never ceases to frustrate — we checkout two Contender Series […]
Earlier this year, the American Red Cross declared a national blood shortage. Even now, they say there is a critical need for blood donors. The American Red Cross says every two seconds, someone in the U.S. needs blood. Students at Seneca High School stepped up to help meet this need. Sofia Fernandez and Ben Williams […]