Category Archives: Blood

The 8 Best Lifestyle Changes To Treat High Blood Pressure

The best things to do in order to prevent and treat high blood pressure. Lifestyle changes should be the first line strategy for preventing and treating high blood pressure, a review suggests. Good quality sleep, mindfulness, eating dietary fibre, and exercise are among those changes that should be implemented as part of a healthy lifestyle. […]

Hoxworth Blood Center celebrates spooky season with fun giveaways

It’s officially “spooky season,” but one thing that isn’t scary is donating blood! Jackie Marschall from Hoxworth Blood Center joined Pete and Michelle today on Cincy Lifestyle to share some special “treats” you can get for donating blood now through October 31st! To sign up visit Hoxworth.org #WCPO9Sponsor

The Red Cross is offering gift cards for blood donations in Wisconsin amid a national shortage

The Red Cross is urging people of all blood types to donate as soon as possible after the organization experienced a significant blood and platelet donation shortfall since August. To recover its supply, the Red Cross needs 10,000 additional blood donations each week over the next month to meet hospital and patient demand, according to […]

Life with Sickle Cell: Persistence Through the Pain, Determination in the Heart

Sixteen-year-old Skylar Dandridge is used to keeping up. Keeping up to ensure her missed schoolwork is turned in on time to avoid slipping grades. Keeping up to avoid feeling stressed and anxious. And keeping up to make her parents and herself proud despite the battle she constantly endures. Skylar has sickle cell disease. So do […]

Blood Biomarkers as Predictors of Longevity

A recent study’s authors investigated whether biomarkers measured earlier in life can predict if someone will live to their 100th birthday [1]. To do this, we need your support. Your charitable contribution tranforms into rejuvenation research, news, shows, and more. Will you help? .rb-123768-05487ab4b451e4 a{background-color:#bf5615}.rb-123768-05487ab4b451e4 a:hover{background-color:#1f7d22} 35-year-long centenarian study Previous research has found that people […]

Prepare to make a killing, Hitman: Blood Money coming to mobile and Nintendo Switch

Get your trigger fingers at the ready. Feral Interactive, the team behind the recent Lara Croft Switch ports, has announced Hitman: Blood Money – Reprisal will be coming to iOS, Android and Nintendo Switch. This release will be a souped up version of IO’s 2006 release Hitman: Blood Money, promising a “suite of improvements” across […]

Study: Out-of-Office Blood Pressure Monitoring Beneficial for Those Without Hypertension

There is a need for more intensive implementation strategies that address adherence to out-of-office blood pressure monitoring before a hypertension diagnosis, according to the results of a study (NCT03480217) published in JAMA Network Open. Artem – stock.adobe.com Currently, there are few primary care patients who complete the out-of-office blood pressure monitoring recommended by current guidelines, […]

aHUS treatment Soliris at higher blood levels may be needed for…

Blood concentrations of Soliris (eculizumab) needed to fully suppress the immune complement cascade may be higher than previously thought in people with atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (aHUS), according to a study from Spain. Most patients were found to have concentrations above estimated therapeutic levels in their bloodstream before a next Soliris dose, with levels associated […]