Category Archives: Blood

‘He’s smiling away’: Double good news for baby with rare blood cancer

A baby with rare blood cancer is “smiling away” after his family received double good news of remission and a potentially life-saving stem cell match. Four-month-old Francis, from Walton in Liverpool, has acute myeloid leukaemia, which prevents bone marrow from making healthy blood cells. The condition is most common in those over 75 and affects […]

Adirondack Regional Blood Center holds blood drive at SUNY Plattsburgh amid local and national supply shortage

impacts CVPH. not any of the other hospitals in the U-V- M Health Network. A blood drive at SUNY Plattsburgh today – aiming to help boost the nation’s critically low blood supply. Students…staff…and community members all rolling up their sleeve for the cause – At the drive organized by THE ADIRONDACK REGIONAL BLOOD CENTER. The […]

Merck’s blood vessel disorder therapy receives US FDA’s priority review

Companies Merck & Co Inc Follow Sept 28 (Reuters) – Merck (MRK.N) said on Thursday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted under priority review the company’s application for an experimental therapy to treat pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) in adults. PAH is a rare, progressive disorder characterized by high blood pressure in the […]

The Force is with these blood donors

LANCASTER — The Star Wars Blood Drive returned Wednesday to the Lancaster School District with Star Wars-themed cupcakes to thank donors for their pint of blood. Mike Davis, assistant superintendent of Human Resources Services, started the blood drives about 17 years ago when he was an assistant principal at Amargosa Creek Middle School and adviser […]

Managing Blood Sugar When You Have Diabetes-Related Macular Edema

If you have diabetes, your view of the world may change if you don’t manage your blood sugar (glucose) levels. Advertising Policy Cleveland Clinic is a non-profit academic medical center. Advertising on our site helps support our mission. We do not endorse non-Cleveland Clinic products or services. Policy Consistently high glucose is the driving force […]

In Mariupol hospitals, invaders die from lack of blood

In the hospitals of Mariupol, captured by the invaders, the Russian military are dying from lack of blood, none of the citizens donate it. Petro Andriushchenko, an adviser to the mayor of Mariupol, reported this on Telegram, Ukrinform reported. “Mariupol… The hospital has a huge problem with blood. In fact, there is simply no blood, […]

Blood donors come together for fire chief

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Blood Prison returning this weekend with new haunts in store for fright fans

Fright fans will have even more scares at this year’s version of Blood Prison. “We went into this off-season really wanting to make a mark in the east cell block,” haunt manager Vic Amesquita said. “We’ve always had the clowns on the one side, which is a phobia for a lot of people. That’s why […]

In face of national blood shortage, American Red Cross schedules local blood drives

ZANESVILLE − The American Red Cross is experiencing a national blood shortage. To help combat the shortage several blood drives have been scheduled in Muskingum and Perry counties. Here is a list of some of those upcoming drives. For more information and registration, go to redcrossblood.org or call 800-733-2767. Muskingum County ● 8 a.m. to […]