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WOODLAND HILLS, Calif. — After many years, Hugo Velasco will finally get the chance to donate blood. “It was frustrating before when you tried to donate, and they would exclude you,” said Velasco. What You Need To Know Approximately 29,000 units of red blood cells are needed every day in the U. S. The blood type […]
Pre-clinical trials by University of Queensland researchers have found an injection of a specific blood factor can replicate the benefits of exercise in the brain. Dr Odette Leiter and Dr Tara Walker from UQ’s Queensland Brain Institute led a team which discovered platelets, the tiny blood cells critical for blood clotting, secrete a protein that […]
A blood clot, or thrombus, is a collection of blood cells that forms inside a blood vessel, impeding blood flow. Rarely, a blood clot may form in the abdomen. Doctors refer to this as mesenteric venous thrombosis (MVT). An MVT is so-called because it involves a thrombus in the superior mesenteric vein (SMV) in the […]
Daughter wants justice after her father was killed Clayton County Police are investigating the death of an elderly man. Family members believe he was attacked inside his home by someone he knew and trusted, but they claim the person responsible told police a different story. Clayton County Police are investigating the death of the elderly […]
It was a painful shared experience that initially connected Naperville native Christy LaFave Grace with fellow mom Rachel Helfrich Tobin of Bolingbrook in 2014. The two women met online in August of that year through Edward-Elmhurst Health’s chapter of SHARE, a national program for families who have experienced miscarriage, stillbirth or neonatal loss. LaFave Grace […]
BUCKHANNON — Upshur County residents will have the opportunity to give blood during a special community event this week. WVU Medicine St. Joseph’s Hospital and the Rotary Club of Buckhannon-Upshur will offer a blood drive on Friday from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. The event will take place in the Social Hall in the Holy […]
The Warren County Health Services annual Health and Safety Fair took place earlier this week, which included a partnership with LifeServe Blood Center to encourage blood donation. At the fair, 13 people registered to donate, of which five were first-time donors. Twelve units of blood were collected, which can lead to up to 36 lives […]
Since the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, scientists have investigated whether ABO blood group is related to the risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection and illness. iStock.com/vladm After all, nearly 20 years ago, researchers reported that type O blood was associated with a lower risk of the original SARS. In addition, other studies had linked type […]
Abstract The acute decrease in blood pressure (BP) observed after a session of exercise (called post-exercise hypotension) has been proposed as a tool to predict the chronic reduction in BP induced by aerobic training. Therefore, this study investigated whether post-exercise hypotension observed after a maximal exercise test is associated to the BP-lowering effect of aerobic […]