SAN ANTONIO – A San Antonio man’s Amazon delivery route turned into a fight for his life as 22-year-old Trey Rodriguez is now recovering from a pit bull attack. Tuesday afternoon he showed us his bandages and more than 20 stitches. He said they’re stark reminders of the horror he lived through Monday morning. “I’m […]
SAN ANTONIO — A San Antonio man’s Amazon delivery route turned into a fight for his life as 22-year-old Trey Rodriguez is now recovering from a dog attack. Tuesday afternoon he showed us his bandages and more than 20 stitches. He said they’re stark reminders of the horror he lived through Monday morning. “I’m still […]
By Ben Glickman Abbott Laboratories’ diagnostic for patients with a rare form of blood cancer was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The FDA approved the RealTime IDH1 Assay as a companion diagnostic for the selection of relapsed or refractory myelodysplastic syndromes with a mutation in isocitrate dehydrogenase-1. The FDA said MDS, a […]
Researchers from The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR) and University Health Network (UHN) have demonstrated that by analyzing patients’ blood samples, they are able to detect cancer earlier in individuals with Li-Fraumeni syndrome, an inherited condition with an almost 100 percent life-time risk of developing cancer. The research, […]
SAVANNAH, Ga. (WSAV) — Savannah native Donald “Don” Formey never imagined that he would be the face of a critically acclaimed art piece. “Early on, he wasn’t really accepted by the majority of the art world,” Formey said of artist Barkley Hendricks. “They kinda isolated him a lot, but I think it could very well […]
Tuesday, October 24, 2023–4:15 p.m. -Blood Assurance- Due to multiple trauma patients being treated this morning at area hospitals, the community blood supply has reached a critically low level. Blood Assurance is in dire need of both O-positive and O-negative blood donors to roll up a sleeve and be someone’s hero. Other blood types are […]
GREEN BAY (WLUK) — As winter approaches, the American Red Cross is teaming up with the Green Bay Packers to tackle an urgent need for lifesaving blood ahead of the holiday season. On Nov. 13 from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., community members are encouraged to visit the Give Back Community Blood Drive at Lambeau […]
PENSACOLA, Fla. (TND) — A man hit another in the head with a hatchet when they were arguing over who spilled a beer. One ended up bleeding from his eye and around his mouth. The other is being held without bond. On Monday, deputies with the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office in Florida found the bleeding […]
Action role-playing game Diablo IV wants fans to bleed for it. Really. The demon dungeon-crawler announced on October 20 that, for the next month, players can donate their actual blood in exchange for in-game items and, ultimately, for the chance to win a liquid-cooled PC infused with more human blood. Diablo IV – Bear Bender […]
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain High blood pressure, or hypertension, is a common condition affecting nearly half of U.S. adults. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 48% of Americans have high blood pressure—defined as a systolic blood pressure greater than 130 mmHg or a diastolic blood pressure greater than 80 mmHg. A […]