Category Archives: Blood

Krayzie Bone of Bone Thugs-n-Harmony hospitalized amid health crisis

Krayzie Bone of Bone Thugs-n-Harmony hospitalized amid health crisis that led him to cough up blood Singer, 50, was hospitalized in Los Angeles Friday after coughing up blood The Cleveland-born rapper is battling a disease called sarcoidosis  The musical artist was ‘on a breathing machine and sedated’ on Sunday evening  By Adam S. Levy For […]

Tirzepatide outshines other treatments in lowering blood sugar and weight for type 2 diabetes patients

In a recent study published in the journal eClinical Medicine, researchers performed a meta-analysis to evaluate the glucose-lowering potential of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist (GLP-1 RA)-based therapies among diabetes mellitus type 2 (T2D) patients. Novel GLP-1-RAs, including tirzepatide, individually or combined with insulin fixed-ratio combinations (FRCs) or sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors (SGLT-2i), as well as high-dosage […]

Cayman lifts ‘mad cow’ blood donation ban

The Cayman Islands government has lifted a decades-old ban on blood donations from former residents of countries affected by bovine spongiform encephalopathy, commonly known as ‘mad cow disease’. Previously, anyone who had lived in the United Kingdom between 1980 to 2001 for a period of three months or more, or who had received a blood […]

The Indo Daily: Every room was covered in blood’ – the brutal murder of Sligo man Pat Ward

Pat Ward Today at 03:30 A quiet Saturday morning in early February 2019 would change the lives of many people in the close-knit community of McCrea Park, Clogher. What unfolded that day would become one of Northern Ireland’s most harrowing and brutal murders, when the lifeless body of Sligo man Pat Ward was discovered half […]

Blood drives being held in area to help donation shortage

#inform-video-player-1 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } #inform-video-player-2 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } The American Red Cross has seen a decline in blood and platelet donations all summer and has declared a national blood shortage. There was a 30,000 blood and platelet donation shortfall in August, and stormy weather, including hurricanes, has […]

Diagnosing lupus: Types of blood tests a doctor may order

No single test can confirm that a person has lupus, but a doctor may use several types of blood tests to reach a lupus diagnosis. These include tests to look for antinuclear antibodies (ANA) in the blood. Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), or lupus, is a chronic autoimmune disease resulting from the immune system attacking the […]

Give blood

Versiti Blood Center of Michigan said it needs 3,600 blood donors every week to maintain a safe supply of blood for emergency rooms and other medical needs. Unfortunately, officials from the blood collection group told News staff writer Michael Gonzalez recently that they’re seeing fewer first-time donors stepping up to help. We have to reverse […]

Bears fans have bad blood after embarrassing first half vs. Chiefs

However you thought the first half of the Chicago Bears-Kansas City Chiefs game would go, you wouldn’t have guessed just how bad it was. The Bears were absolutely embarrassed in the first half, trailing 34-0. The offense couldn’t move the ball. The defense couldn’t stop anything. The coaching staff wasn’t prepared. Simply put, the Chiefs […]