Starting Monday, the American Red Cross is accepting blood donations from many members of the LGBTQ community who are now eligible under new guidelines. This comes after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration expanded eligibility recommendations to include more gay and bisexual men. People who have new or multiple partners, and have had anal sex […]
LANSING, Mich. (WILX) – More members of the LGBTQ+ community can now give blood. New federal guidelines focus on specific behavior-based risks, rather than broad bans. The Director of the University of Michigan Health Blood Bank said expanding the donor pool is essential. ”The need for blood is constant. And we need to be able […]
SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) – A local non-profit partnered with The Blood Connection to celebrate National Lighthouse Day at Fort Pulaski. In honor of National Lighthouse Day, Friends Of Cockspur Island Lighthouse and The Blood Connection hosted a blood drive to save both lighthouses and lives. The non-profit’s president says all funds from blood drive will […]
Sign Up Now to Donate Join Estes Park Health in gathering one of our most important commodities: blood! For the first time in several years due to the COVID pandemic, EPH is once again hosting blood drives on our campus in Estes Park at 555 Prospect Avenue. UCHealth Garth Englund Blood Center will be on […]
TOMAH, Wis. — Tomah Health and Versiti Blood Center officials are asking area residents to help with a serious need for blood by donating Aug. 9 or 10 in Tomah. “Overall, blood drives during the summer have been very challenging,” said Versiti Blood Center account representative Emalea Cogdill. She said that with people enjoying summer […]
#inform-video-player-1 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } #inform-video-player-2 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } The American Red Cross began accepting blood donations Monday from newly eligible individuals, many in the LGBTQ+ community, under the U.S. Food and Drug Administration expanded eligibility recommendations. North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kody H. […]
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Groundbreaking new research has uncovered a potential route to developing the first ever drug treatments for vascular dementia, that directly target a cause of the condition. The research, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, has shed light on how high blood pressure causes changes to arteries in […]
In a victory for LGBTQ rights, a broad swath of the U.S. population of gay and bisexual men on Monday became newly eligible to donate blood, thanks to the implementation of a landmark recent change in Food and Drug Administration policy. The policy newly permits donations from men in monogamous relationships with other men, as […]
While adults might see a clear connection between mood and glucose changes, for kids it can be more convoluted. Here’s why mood changes happen and tips for how to manage them. When Rex Pearl, an 11-year-old boy in Chicago who has diabetes, has a test or performance coming up, his blood sugar sometimes spikes. His […]
Changing what you eat is one of the most effective natural ways to lower your blood pressure. Still, with the number of popular diets and dieting fads today, choosing the proper diet that will help you decrease your blood pressure in a healthy and efficient manner can be challenging. The DASH diet According to a […]