Category Archives: Blood

Blood Assurance asking people to donate to help blood banks hit by Hurricane Idalia

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — As Florida assesses the damage from Idalia, Blood Assurance is doing its part to help. It is asking for people to donate whole blood and platelets to help blood centers that may have been in Idalia’s path. Blood Assurance said the blood bank is maximizing its collection efforts because of the […]

Blood cancer multiple myeloma, once a death sentence, is now highly treatable. Here’s why

After Judith Harding was diagnosed with multiple myeloma in 2009, she decided to retire, sold her condo, dropped out of her PhD program and moved nearer to her family, preparing to “live out my last days.” When Bill McHugh received a stem cell transplant to treat the same type of blood cancer in 2013, he […]

Postprandial Blood Sugar: Tips to manage post-meal blood sugar, all you need to know

ByZarafshan Shiraz, New Delhi Aug 31, 2023 02:12 PM IST Share Via Copy Link Diabetes experts reveal all about Postprandial Blood Sugar – ways to measure post-meal blood sugar, what different results may indicate and tips to manage it Postprandial blood sugar, also known as post-meal blood sugar, refers to the level of glucose in […]

Community Blood Center to make annoucement as part of Labor Day weekend blood drive

DAYTON — The Community Blood Center (CBC) will be unveiling a new identity as part of their Labor Day weekend blood drive on Friday. >>RELATED: CBC, trying to recover from high usage during July 4 period, renews call for donors Labor Day weekend marks an urgent need for multiple blood types and a milestone for […]

How a new Parkinson’s blood test could speed up diagnosis by at least 10 years

A new blood test has the potential to diagnose Parkinson’s disease at least a decade earlier than existing methods because it detects a key cause of the condition, its developers say. If the new diagnostic tool is show to be safe and effective in larger trials and becomes available on the NHS, it could have […]

Blood drive at Clovis Community College honors former student killed in DUI crash

Thursday, August 31, 2023 4:59AM CLOVIS, Calif. (KFSN) — Clovis Community College students are taking action by rolling up their sleeves to donate blood in honor of a former student. The Live Like Molly blood drive was held on campus Wednesday. The event honors former student Molly Griffin, who was tragically killed by a drunk […]

Repurposed blood cancer drug could remove need for lifelong HIV meds

A new study has repurposed an existing blood cancer drug, using it to eliminate dormant HIV-infected cells that can cause the infection to reactivate when suppressive antiretroviral treatment is interrupted. The drug could change the lives of people with HIV, doing away with the lifelong need to take medication as well as paving the way […]