High blood pressure, or hypertension, is a condition where the force of the blood against the walls of the arteries is consistently too high. Surprisingly, almost 50% of Americans ages 20 and above — which equates to over 122 million individuals — suffer from high blood pressure, per USC Schaeffer. A health care professional can […]
MILWAUKEE — Versiti Blood Center of Wisconsin and Milwaukee Ballet teamed up for a specially themed “Dracula” blood drive on Thursday at the Milwaukee Ballet Baumgartner Center. The event leads up to Milwaukee Ballet’s production of “Dracula” happening October 26-29. TMJ4’s Andrea Williams spoke with Milwaukee Ballet’s Artistic Director Michael Pink and Versiti’s Tara Blaesing, […]
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Oct. 6, 2023 Northwest Missouri State University’s Student Senate will sponsor its annual fall blood drive Oct. 18-19 in collaboration with the Community Blood Center. Northwest students, employees and community members are invited to donate blood between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. both days in the Tower View Room on the third floor of the […]
Chicago, Oct. 06, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The blood screening industry is poised for remarkable advancements in the near future, driven by cutting-edge technologies and an evolving understanding of healthcare. With the ongoing development of innovative diagnostic tools, such as advanced genetic sequencing, liquid biopsy techniques, and AI-driven data analysis, blood screening is set to […]
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Newswise — Circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) is emerging as a blood-based biomarker for many solid tumor types, including melanoma. A new study that assessed ctDNA in the blood of patients with BRAF wild-type (BRAF WT) stage III and IV melanoma concludes that measuring ctDNA may lead to alternative treatment options and better outcomes for these patients, report […]
Michael Voepel, ESPN.comOct 5, 2023, 07:41 PM ET Close Michael Voepel covers the WNBA, women’s college basketball, and other college sports for espnW. Voepel began covering women’s basketball in 1984, and has been with ESPN since 1996. BATON ROUGE, La. — LSU Tigers star Angel Reese is well aware much was made about the closing […]
A hometown hero is teaming up with the Red Cross and American Legion Post 974 to help address the national blood shortage. Blood supplies are critically low according to the American Red Cross. Marine Sergeant Paul Shover, a two time Purple Heart recipient, may be retired from service but he is still looking for ways […]
A BLOOD test screening for more than 50 types of cancer can detect tumours in people with no symptoms, a trial found. Researchers at New York’s Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center said the test, developed by the firm Grail, could detect one cancer case for every 189 over-50s tested. 1 The test searches for fragments […]