Some 12,000 new blood donors from black backgrounds are needed to help save the lives of patients with sickle cell disease, according to the NHS Blood Service. Sickle cell, the UK’s fastest-growing genetic disorder, is more common within the black community and ethnically matched blood provides the best treatment. Many with the condition need the […]
It’s officially nearing the end of summer and beginning of the 2023-24 school year, which means busy schedules; however, the American Red Cross is reminding people that blood donations remain crucial in saving lives. Blood for patients in need is generated solely through volunteer donations, a Red Cross release states. “Please make time to give […]
Kenneth Branagh’s “Haunting in Venice” is a dark, moody ghost story that, no doubt, will draw comparisons to numerous haunted house movies, both classic and contemporary. The film, the third in Branagh’s series of Agatha Christie adaptations, tells the story of detective Hercule Poirot (Branagh) as he investigates the death of a young girl and […]
Wednesday, September 6, 2023 In an effort to address the growing blood supply crisis in Orange County, the City of Irvine and UCI Health are partnering together to host a blood drive event Tuesday, September 19, 9 a.m.–3 p.m., at Lakeview Senior Center in Irvine. Donations received will help provide critical care for patients at […]
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Among patients with knee pain, those who take a widely used class of blood pressure-lowering medications called beta-blockers appear to have a lower risk of total knee arthroplasty (TKA) for the treatment of advanced osteoarthritis (OA), suggests a study in The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery. “Our results indicate that […]
It’s tradition to trivialize FromSoftware’s notoriously difficult games by using the dirtiest, cheesiest strategies and equipment imaginable, and Armored Core 6 players have taken this to a new extreme by literally giving everything in the game both barrels, by which I mean two Zimmerman shotguns. I haven’t seen a weapon consume a community like this […]
Marcia DeRousse, the actress who portrayed Dr. Patricia Ludwig on “True Blood,” has died. She was 70. “After a long illness, Marcia DeRousse passed the morning of September 2, 2023, in Altadena, CA, where she resided,” her rep confirmed with Fox News Digital. “Marcia was not your typical character actor. She was a 4’4″ outspoken […]
Doctors prescribing fruits and vegetables in addition to medication? That’s the focus of produce prescription programs, which are increasingly being recognized for their impact on heart health. Published on August 29th, 2023 in Circulation, a journal of the American Heart Association (AHA), a recent study led by Kurt Hager, Ph.D., M.S., an instructor at UMass […]
As scientists try to get a better idea of what causes long COVID symptoms, researchers think blood clotting proteins could be what causes the persistent brain fog many COVID-19 long haulers complain of. The University of Oxford found the high levels of proteins fibrinogen and D-dimer helped predict whether patients would experience brain fog while […]
HOUGHTON. (WLUC) – The Red Cross is conducting its annual fall blood drive at Michigan Tech University (MTU) this week. The drive is split across two days. The first half was on Wednesday, and the second half will be on Thursday from 10 A.M. to 4 P.M. It is being held in the MTU Union […]