NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — Over the Labor Day Weekend, blood donors spent their day off saving lives. For four days, the American Red Cross set up a blood donation space inside the Patrick Henry Mall on the Peninsula. The Red Cross says these donations are life saving, and are used to help cancer patients and […]
The biggest regret Dan Licardo has about last year’s Dan Licardo Honoring Our Heroes Blood Drive in Flower Mound is that he couldn’t be there due to reconstructive surgery on his legs. That’s not to suggest he’s looking for personal publicity — Licardo shies away from attention these days. But if an event bears your […]
Healthy blood donors are needed to keep a strong supply and this month’s Town of Queen Creek Community Blood Drive in partnership with Vitalant will be on Tuesday, Sept. 5. Donation appointments are available from 1:30 to 6:30 p.m. that day in the Zane Grey Community Room at the Queen Creek Library, located at 21802 S. Ellsworth Road. These […]
Blood clots feature near the top of most doctors’ “I hope I never miss that” list. One in 12 people in the UK will develop at least one deep vein thrombosis (DVT), typically in their leg, or pulmonary embolism (PE) in their lungs during their lifetime and they are often missed. The consequences can be […]
Pablo Larraín is fast becoming cinema’s foremost purveyor of cockeyed biopics. Joining Neruda, Jackie and Spencer there now comes The Count, a pitch-black (and white) portrait of Augusto Pinochet that imagines the Chilean dictator as a 250-year-old bloodsucker longing to die. We begin in a shabby room lined with fascist tchotchkes, the Radetzky March playing […]
By Amanda Parr and Rachel Candlin BBC News People are being encouraged to take home blood pressure monitors with their books from their local library. The NHS is loaning out the monitors to try and help prevent heart attacks and strokes, as it warns one in three adults in the UK have high blood pressure […]
Netflix has unveiled a new slate of programming at TV conference MIP Africa. The line-up includes the fourth season of hit drama “Blood & Water” plus a new feature-length rom-com, “Soweto Love Story.” The streamer also revealed a number of partnerships with South African filmmakers and production outfits. Among them are a deal with Akin […]
Stood in a field in Glastonbury, straddling two pints between my legs like a dog guarding a bone, I peered over my burrito and realised not everyone in the sea of people was as preoccupied as me. It was the hushed interim period between sets on the Pyramid Stage where a densely concentrated plenitude of […]
Scientists may have found a new way to gain an early diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease, according to a new study published late last month. The peer-reviewed article, which is published in the academic journal Science Translational Medicine, chronicles the discovery of a blood test that may help people access brain cell-saving medication. Often, diagnosis of […]
Researchers have identified two proteins that could be used to identify those at risk of developing cognitive issues, such as brain fog, post-infection with COVID-19. The findings also indicate that blood clots may be to blame. Long COVID is thought to affect between 10 to 20 percent of those infected with SARS-CoV-2, with people experiencing […]