Category Archives: Blood

#inform-video-player-1 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } #inform-video-player-2 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } Blood Assurance and Chattanooga FC (CFC) are partnering for an upcoming initiative, with an ultimate goal of raising awareness and saving lives. During Chattanooga’s home soccer game at 7 p.m. on Thursday against Apotheos FC, Blood Assurance will be […]

Type 2 diabetes can lead to both kidney and heart issues (Picture: Getty/iStockphoto) A simple blood test may be able to predict the risk of heart and kidney disease in people with type 2 diabetes, a new study has suggested. Researchers have found high levels of four biomarkers – biological signposts – are strongly predictive […]

You can join local First Responders in a friendly competition to see who can collect the most lifesaving blood. The 7th Annual Battle of the Badges Blood Drive will be held at Greater Nevada Field on Tuesday and Wednesday from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Click on this line to schedule your appointment or scan the […]

A study of 14 astronauts suggests that while space travel depletes red blood cells and bone, the body can eventually replenish them back on Earth with the help of fat stored in the bone marrow. The study, published in Nature Communications, has important implications for health in space and on Earth. We found that astronauts […]

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A simple blood test may predict the risk of progressive heart and kidney disease in people with type 2 diabetes and kidney disease, according to new research published in the journal Circulation. “High levels of certain biomarkers are indicators of heart and kidney complications and may help predict future risk of […]

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email A simple blood test may be able to predict the risk of heart and kidney disease in people with type 2 diabetes, a new study has suggested. Researchers have found high levels […]

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email A blood test may be able to predict diabetic people’s risk of heart and kidney disease, according to a new study. Researchers have found high levels of four biomarkers, which are biological […]

Various medical circumstances, including heart attacks and extreme cases of COVID-19, necessitate the use of anticoagulants, medicines that prevent blood clots. But the most commonly used, heparin, can induce potentially fatal side effects by making the blood clots worse rather than better. This only happens in a minority of patients so effective treatments are not […]