Category Archives: Blood

Opinion | Are Israel and India, Zionism and Hindu nationalism, unholy blood brothers?

Azad Essa, the award-winning Indian-South African journalist with Middle East Eye, offers an interesting and thought-provoking perspective in his book Hostile Homelands: The New Alliance between India and Israel (Pluto Press, 2023). But while the book raises some valid questions against militarism, narrow nationalism and the transactionalism of world politics, it is made up of […]

Patients With Blood Type A had a Higher Incidence of Severe Acne

Investigators found a relationship between the incidence of acne vulgaris and ABO blood type when they evaluated 380 patients with mild or severe acne.1 When compared to the control group, patients with A blood type had a higher incidence of severe acne than mild acne. T.Den_Team/AdobeStock Patients seen between January 2019 and March 2022 at […]

Dracula inspiration Vlad the Impaler cried tears of blood

Chemical analysis of historic letters written by Vlad Dracula (also known as Vlad III the Impaler) shows that the 15th Century ruler had a condition that caused him to cry tears of blood, according to a study published earlier this month. The study, which was published in the peer-reviewed Analytical Chemistry journal, examined three letters […]

It’s 2023 and They’ve Only Just Tested Period Products with Actual Blood

You may think that the first test regarding how well period products absorb blood was maybe 30 to 40 years ago, and you know, that seems really reasonable. But it wasn’t—it was only a couple of weeks ago. Until Dr. Bethany Samuelson Bannow and her colleagues at Oregon Health and Science University in Portland decided […]

Why has it taken this long for period products to be tested using actual blood?

Fun fact: approximately 800 million people worldwide are currently on their period. And, on average, we spend a total of seven years menstruating, so we’re all too familiar with the sight of menstrual blood. It’s a shame the same can’t be said for the manufacturers of period items who – per a new study – […]

Blood Protein Might Explain Why Exercise Keeps Our Brains Young

Step forward platelet factor 4 (PF4): this substance in the blood has been linked to the mental boost we get from exercise, the benefits of blood transfusions, and a protein associated with longevity, in three separate studies. All three processes promote cognitive enhancement, meaning PF4 is something of a superpowered blood factor. The research was […]

Real-life inspiration for Dracula cried tears of blood, letters suggest

Researchers have examined proteins found on three letters purported to be written by Vlad III, the ruthless real-life Romanian prince considered to be the inspiration for the fictional Dracula, and found evidence of his overall health, including that he may have cried tears of blood. Before Spike, Edward Cullen, and Bill Compton entered the zeitgeist, […]

Give blood get two free admissions to Dickerson Park Zoo

em { display: contents !important; } label em { display: none !important; } .photo { width: 100%; max-width: 50rem } a.fr-file { color: #0274b7 !important; } PINEVILLE — The Dickerson Park Zoo is celebrating its 100th birthday this year — and Community Blood Center of the Ozarks donors are invited to join the party. CBCO, […]