Halloween may be over but Executive Director of Greater KC area and NW chapter JoAnn Woody of the American Red Cross wants patrons to know that the blood shortage is on the rise. Woody exclaimed how blood is always needed especially rare types like O. Woody exclaimed this time of year is always in greater […]
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Blood drives to be held around southern Denton County – Cross Timbers Gazette | Southern Denton County | Flower Mound
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Carter BloodCare recently announced that it will hold three blood drives in different parts of southern Denton County this month. “Local patients and their families are thankful for lifesaving blood donors,” the organization said in a news release. “This month, Texans are urged to help neighbors in need by donating at a Carter BloodCare blood […]
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Most cancers become deadly by keeping a low profile, causing no symptoms until they’re too advanced to treat. Ovarian and gastroesophageal cancers are among the most notorious for this sly disease progression, often leading to late-stage diagnoses. Now an international team of researchers, including from The Rockefeller University’s Laboratory of Cellular and Structural Biology, have […]
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When Seattle-based bruja Bri Luna founded her website, The Hood Witch, 10 years ago, it served as a spiritual intervention of sorts. In 2013, witches were all the rage on social media. Young white women flooded Tumblr and Instagram feeds with their lacy, gothic apparel, immaculately curated altars and strikingly alabaster skin. That same year, […]
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The Blunt Community Blood Drive will be held tomorrow (Nov. 2, 2023) from 1:30–5:15pm at the Fire Hall in Blunt (210 N. Main Street). LifeServe Blood Center– the company that provides ALL of the blood and blood products for ALL of the Avera medical facilities in South Dakota– will be doing the collections. If you’re […]
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DAYTON — A local mother says her five-year-old daughter got off of a Dayton school bus bleeding badly from her head, and now she’s demanding answers. She also says her daughter was let off the school bus with no adult present and walked a half block home with her sister trying to help. >> Loaded […]
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Bill Bidwell Jr. told cops who arrived outside his Arizona home on June 9 that his wife, Nicole, was upset that he wasn’t home over a carpet installation He said his wife has ‘a very bad temper,’ and that she hit him at least ‘a hundred times’ Battered and bruised Bidwell tried to gain his […]
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OKLAHOMA CITY (KOKH) — Give a gift you can’t buy this holiday season and donate blood with Our Blood Institute (OBI). Donors who participate during November and December will receive a limited-edition Grinch T-shirt. As a bonus, now through January 12, blood donors can earn double Donor Store points by downloading the new OBI mobile […]
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For many kids, getting blood drawn is scary: After all, a relatively unfamiliar person is sticking a sharp needle in their arm.1 Children might feel a loss of control and autonomy, a sense of danger, and a general fear of pain (just like many adults do).2 Roughly 63% of kids between the ages of six […]
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The American Red Cross will hold a blood drive from 1 to 6 p.m. Friday, Nov. 10, at La Moille High School, located at 801 S. Main St. The American Red Cross urges blood and platelet donors to make and keep donation appointments to help hospitals restock blood products for patients ahead of the holiday […]