In honor of their contributions to Blood Assurance over the 2022-2023 school year, Cartersville and Cass high schools were awarded a pair of grants from the regional blood center. Cartersville High received $1,250 for its two blood drives and Cass High secured $500 for holding one. The blood drives were presented by the schools’ Health […]
A decline in donations has the Red Cross asking people to donate. INDIANAPOLIS — Every two seconds, someone in the United States needs blood for surgeries, cancer treatments or injuries. A decline in donations has the Red Cross asking people to donate. WTHR-TV is a partner in this effort to keep blood on the shelves. […]
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) – During the pandemic, the restrictions on gay men donating blood were loosened. Earlier this year, the FDA removed even more restrictions. What does that mean for local blood banks? For today’s good question, a viewer asked, “Earlier this year, the FDA updated the blood donation policy to allow more gay and […]
Inova Blood Donor Services has reported blood supply has reached critically low levels, and in a press release said it is “in dire need of Type O blood donors immediately.” The system announced multiple traumatic incidents and other medical emergencies have left the blood inventory for Type O blood critically low. The system is in need […]
Pavlo Gonchar | Lightrocket | Getty Images The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday granted accelerated approval to Pfizer‘s therapy for treating patients with a type of blood cancer that is difficult to treat, the company said. The health regulator’s decision allows use of the therapy, branded as Elrexfio, in patients with multiple myeloma […]
Aug 14 (Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday granted accelerated approval to Pfizer’s (PFE.N) therapy for treating patients with a type of blood cancer that is difficult to treat, the company said. The health regulator’s decision allows use of the therapy, branded as Elrexfio, in patients with multiple myeloma that is […]
We know Dracula as the infamous 15th-century Romanian governor Vlad III ‘Dracula, who inspired the 1897 novel ‘Dracula’ by Bram Stoker. The claim of Stoker’s inspiration may be contended by historians, but he was inspired by the sadistic nature of Vlad III, better known as Vlad the Impaler, who earned the nickname after he purportedly […]
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) – Due to “recent traumas,” Blood Assurance says it’s in dire need of O-positive donations. The nonprofit says its community blood supply has been diminished in the last week, and multiple emergency room patients at area hospitals needed a “considerable number of units in order to survive.” Blood Assurance adds that, as […]
As little as one alcoholic drink a day may negatively impact high blood pressure, a new study finds. High blood pressure, or hypertension, is a condition causing blood vessel damage from blood pumping too forcefully. But research shows that even individuals without this condition can see their blood pressure take a negative turn due to […]