(ANSA) – ROME, OCT 9 – A call from rapper Fedez for people to give more blood after doctors saved his life after stomach ulcer haemorrhages has spurred a surge in Italian blood donations, especially by young adults, Corriere della Sera newspaper reported Monday. About 100 people presented themselves at the Milan branch of […]
Delfi Diagnostics, a well-funded startup in the burgeoning field of creating blood tests to detect cancer, said on Monday that it is launching a new test, FirstLook Lung, to try to identify people who could most benefit from lung cancer screening. The approach represents a new one in the field of liquid biopsy, in which […]
A technique using near-infrared light to detect blood oxygen levels in the brain and abdomen may have potential for monitoring the health of preterm infants needing or given a blood transfusion, suggests a small study funded by the National Institutes of Health. Infants having brain oxygen saturation levels of less than 50% before transfusion were […]
This archive episode originally aired in July 2017. In the early summer of 1982, Israel invaded Lebanon. The First Lebanon War — as it would later be called — would ultimately lead to thousands of casualties, an eighteen-year-long Israeli presence in Southern Lebanon, and growing political disillusionment around the region. But for two Jerusalem families, […]
SAN ANTONIO – The American Red Cross has recently warned that the U.S. blood supply is at critically low levels dropping nearly 25% since early August. Spurs and Sports Entertainment is asking the community to come out to its annual blood drive, which takes place until 4 p.m. Monday at the Frost Bank Center off […]
Hamas gunmen killed around 250 people who attended an outdoor music festival in an Israeli community near Gaza at the weekend, a volunteer who helped collect the bodies said on Monday. “In the area where the party took place, and at the party itself” it could be estimated that “there were 200-250 bodies,” said Moti […]
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People donate food, items for soldiers and civilians (צילום: מוטי קמחי) Israelis have been responding to calls to donate blood and items needed by the residents of the south. Thousands have shown up at impromptu collection centers set up by citizens to bring essential equipment for babies, blankets, clothes and food, while others lined up […]
Blood sugar monitoring is having a moment. With the release of the Glucose Goddess Jessie Inchauspé’s number 1 best-selling book The Glucose Revolution last year, and the development of new blood sugar detection digital health technologies, such as Libre glucose monitoring system, public awareness of the effect of blood sugar on health is growing fast. […]
