Ten years after a traumatic lawnmower accident ultimately took her right leg, 14-year-old Katie Eddington and her family will partner with Kentucky Blood Center for the Katie Gives Back Blood Drive. The blood drive will take place Oct. 13 from 12 to 4:30 p.m. at the Scott County Courthouse at 101 East Main Street in […]
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Ochsner Health Blood Bank announced their upcoming blood drive for the month of October in the New Orleans area. Ochsner is working with the community to bring blood donation opportunities to locations throughout the Southeast region. Ochsner says all blood types are welcomed, but they are experiencing a critical shortage of platelets and Type O […]
For as long as people have been living and dying, explorers have searched for a mythical “Fountain of Youth.” While nobody ever found that, medical experts believe they’ve found longevity clues much closer to home: in our blood. New research reveals that the blood of people who’ve lived over 100 years has certain similarities: specifically, […]
In transferring the scary movie “Carrie” to the stage, as a musical, there are some challenges. Like that one scene near the end when, in a horribly cruel prank, Carrie White gets splattered with pig blood at a high school homecoming. That’s just before she goes all ugly on her tormentors. Illinois Wesleyan University is […]
It’s hard to believe it’s been 20 years since Uma Thurman donned that yellow suit, swung a Hattori Hanzō sword, and rode into our lives as The Bride for Kill Bill: Vol. 1. The film debuted on October 10, 2003, and to this day it stands out alongside Pulp Fiction as one of director Quentin […]
A little after 11pm on Sunday, the Israeli government posted a photograph of a family on one of its social media accounts. There were five people in the selfie: a mother, a father and their three young children, all of them smiling. “Tamar, Yonatan and their children Shachar, Arbel, Omer,” the caption read. “An entire […]
For more than 2,000 years, people have believed that late in each October, the veil between the living and the dead becomes more fragile, allowing passage between the two worlds. Mediums — those who claim to be in contact with those on the other side — have plenty of history in their favor. Samhain — […]
With the population of older adults growing, it is becoming more important for providers to put attention on older adults, who are more likely to be diagnosed with cancer and in whom blood-based cancers function differently and more aggressively, explains Sarah Wall, MD, assistant professor in the Division of Hematology at The Ohio State University. […]
A report has shown no evidence of issues since more gay and bisexual men have been able to donate blood. (Getty) There has been no impact on safety since UK rules changed to permit gay and bisexual men to donate blood, a NHS report has revealed. Findings from the Safe Supplies 2022: monitoring safety in […]