Category Archives: Blood

MEDIC Regional Blood Center in ‘critical need’ of O-negative blood

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The MEDIC Regional Blood Center is looking for donors to help them continue supplying blood products to people who need transfusions or similar kinds of treatments. The center said on Oct. 4 that less than two days’ worth of O-negative blood was left in its inventory and it was in urgent need […]

To prevent amputation in patients with severe vascular disease, a device turns veins into arteries

An innocuous slip while cutting her toenails created a wound on Cynthia Elford’s right foot that wouldn’t heal. The Hermitage, Pennsylvania resident has vasculitis, a genetic disease that inflames the blood vessels and stops blood from flowing to the legs. She had already lost her left leg below the knee after a sunburn on the […]

Dover’s Brengle settles lawsuit with tennis’ governing bodies over blood testing programs

Dover’s Madison Brengle has settled a lawsuit with the International Tennis Federation and Women’s Tennis Association over how they conduct their blood testing programs. The long-time Top 100 player in the world suffers from a condition that makes inserting needles, including those for blood collections, painful and damaging, to the point she has partial paralysis […]

Hitman: Blood Money – Reprisal announced for Nintendo Switch and mobile

Feral Interactive has announced an updated version of Hitman: Blood Money for Nintendo Switch [3,988 articles]” href=”https://www.videogameschronicle.com/platforms/nintendo/switch/”>Nintendo Switch and mobile. The title is billed as “a comprehensive reworking” of IO Interactive [59 articles]” href=”https://www.videogameschronicle.com/companies/io-interactive/”>IO Interactive’s stealth-action game, which was originally released for PC [8,223 articles]” href=”https://www.videogameschronicle.com/platforms/pc/”>PC, PlayStation 2 [308 articles]” href=”https://www.videogameschronicle.com/platforms/playstation/ps2/”>PS2 and Xbox [7,456 articles]” […]

Red Cross recognizes volunteers, blood donors

Red Cross volunteers recognized include (left to right) back row: Tom Beckett, Dan Rhodebeck, Janet Rhodebeck, Sally Sayers, Ellen Shaw, Teresa Shipman, Jackie Weaver and Brenda Harden; front row: Rita Barton, Dena Beckett, Nancy Foos, Travis Fox, Anna Friday and Susan Grundy. Courtesy photos | Brenda Harden Rita Barton (far right) recognized five individuals for […]

Blood vessel breakdown linked with Alzheimer’s disease

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Blood donations are urgently needed! Here’s where to donate

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Hitman: Blood Money Reprisal Brings the Stealth Game to More Mobile Platforms

IO Interactive and Feral Interactive have announced Hitman: Blood Money Reprisal for Nintendo Switch, iOS, and Android. It’s a new version of 2006’s Hitman: Blood Money and it’ll arrive this fall for mobile devices, with the Switch version coming in winter. This version of Blood Money has new features such as an Instinct Mode, minimap, […]

Norfolk Police and Fire Divisions participating in ‘Battle of the Badges’ blood drive

NORFOLK, Neb. (KCAU) — The Norfolk Police and Fire Divisions will once again be participating in the “Battle of the Badges” blood drive. According to a release, this year’s blood drive will take place Friday. The drive is part of an initiative to help the American Red Cross replenish its blood supply as they are […]