Category Archives: Blood

Donated blood saves Mankato child

#inform-video-player-1 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } #inform-video-player-2 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } MANKATO — When Addi Naumann came into the world, she made quite an entrance. Now 2 years old, the youngest of four children of Joe and Rachel Naumann of Mankato was born prematurely on June 14, 2021, at 23 […]

Denise was fighting daily exhaustion and pain. Giving blood was the answer

Like most working mothers running on fumes, Denise Dunn spent her days fighting through fatigue. Juggling a business in Darwin, a part-time job and two children, she thought her level of exhaustion was run of the mill — but something always felt amiss. And then her symptoms started getting worse. “By the time of my […]

Kentucky Blood Center looking for donors for upcoming blood drive

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) – The need for blood is always present, and donors can meet this constant need at the upcoming Kentucky Blood Center blood drive. One in four people will need a blood transfusion in their lifetime, according to officials. KBC and its donors supply more than 70 hospitals in Kentucky. Through the generosity […]

Diabetes Breakthrough: Dahlia Flower Extract Found To Stabilize Blood Sugar Levels

Recent clinical trials found an extract from dahlia flower petals can stabilize blood sugar levels in patients with prediabetes or type 2 diabetes. The extract works by inhibiting brain inflammation, thereby improving the body’s ability to process blood sugar. Dahlia extract was discovered to stabilize blood sugar levels. Clinical trials led by the University of […]

12th Wendi Winters Blood Drive to be Held Saturday

Just over five years since the horrific Capital Gazette shooting, the Annapolis community is invited to donate blood on September 9, 2023 in memory of American Red Cross blood drive volunteer and journalist Wendi Winters. Wendi tragically lost her life, alongside four others, in the workplace shooting on June 28, 2018; and this blood drive […]

Blood Drive Calendar: 09/03/2023

#inform-video-player-1 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } #inform-video-player-2 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } Versiti Blood Center of Michigan Cadillac, 7:45 a.m. to 1:45 p.m., Sept. 4, LifeHouse Assembly of God Fellowship Hall, 1120 W. Division St. Lake Ann, 3:30-6:15 p.m., Sept. 5, United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall, 6583 First St. McBain, 9:30 […]

Scientists test menstrual products with blood for the first time, and find surprises

Blood really is thicker than water – yet makers of menstrual products have traditionally used saline to estimate how much liquid they can hold. The capacity to absorb of traditional menstrual products is a common way to measure the amount of blood lost. Clinicians use it to diagnose heavy menstrual bleeding, which affects roughly a […]

Videos Show Angry Neo-Nazis Cursing and Screaming Slurs During March in Florida

Members of white supremacist and antisemitic hate groups marched outside Orlando, Florida, on Saturday screaming invectives, raising the Nazi salute, and yelling “Heil Hitler” and “white power.” “We are everywhere!” neo-Nazis can be heard shouting in a video shared by former Florida House of Representatives member Anna V. Eskamani. Later in the footage, they yelled, […]