AUSTIN, Minn. – The American Red Cross held a blood drive at the Hormel Historic Home in Austin on Monday. This comes as the organization is facing a critical shortage of blood. Over 40 people signed up to give at the blood drive, enough to fill the schedule for the day. For an organization with […]
Fourth graders at a K-12 charter school in Miami Springs got an upsetting Halloween surprise when their teacher screened the horror movie “Winnie the Pooh: Honey and Blood,” reports CBS News Miami. Despite the title of the film including “Winnie the Pooh,” the movie is not suitable for children as it follows Winnie and Piglet […]
The Fond du Lac sheriff K9 is on the mend thanks to a blood donation from a yellow lab named Dwyer. The K9 was shot during a critical incident early Saturday morning, in which deputies exchanged gunfire with a man on Drury Place. The man died at the scene. His identity has not yet been […]
MCLEAN, VA — As the region’s blood supplies remain extremely low, the McLean Volunteer Fire Department is teaming up with Inova Blood Donor Services to hold a blood drive on Friday, Oct. 20. The Inova bloodmobile will be located in the fire department’s parking lot. The blood drive will run from 1 p.m. to 5 […]
Does eating one type of food before another make a difference on your health? Also known as food sequencing (or meal sequencing), some wellness influencers and nutrition experts are making a case for eating certain foods before others. TikTok videos circulating the internet claim that this “ordering” of food can help you stop unnecessary snacking, […]
Sam Neill, 76, has shared that he is ‘not frightened of dying’ from rare cancer The actor has AITL, a rare form of lymphoma that can kill up to 87 percent READ MORE: Jurassic Park star Sam Neill, 76, says he’s ‘not afraid of dying’ By Emily Joshu Health Reporter For Dailymail.Com Published: 15:52 EDT, […]
CHICO, Calif. – Vitalnt, a nonprofit blood service provider, will be holding a blood drive at Chico State today and tomorrow. The Greek Week blood drive will happen today and Oct. 17 from 11 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. at the BMU Auditorium. Donors of all blood types, especially type O are needed every day to […]
For patients admitted to intensive care units (ICUs) worldwide, red blood cell (RBC) transfusion is common, with considerable variability across centers, countries, and continents, according to a study published online Oct. 12 in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Senta Jorinde Raasveld, M.D., from the Amsterdam University Medical Centers, and colleagues examined and described […]
Article content Canadian Blood Services wants thousands Edmontonians to roll up their sleeves and donate blood between now and Nov. 11. The University of Alberta Hospital needs more than 38,000 units of blood per year, but despite people answering the call to donate blood this summer, the need for blood outpaces the number of donations, […]
According to findings of a survey published in the Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasias, 61.8% of women who completed the survey were unaware of their risk for cancer-associated venous thromboembolism. In the patients who received information on this risk, 26.2% of them were informed of the risk at the time they were diagnosed with a […]