Category Archives: Blood

American Red Cross begins accepting LGTBQ blood donations

Richard Craver The American Red Cross began accepting donations Monday from newly eligible individuals, many in the LGBTQ+ community, under the Food and Drug Administration expanded eligibility recommendations. Among those scheduled to donate is state Health Secretary Kody Kinsley and state Health Director Dr. Elizabeth Cuervo Tilson. Kinsley, who was promoted to secretary in January […]

dvm360® product report: canine dermal supplement, plus blood glucose monitoring system and more

Photo courtesy of Standard Process. Canine Dermal Support From Standard Process comes this whole food powder supplement that helps with dull coats, matted fur, bald spots, and excessive shedding and also supports liver, adrenal, immune, and intestinal function in dogs. Both small and large bottles come with a scoop, 1/8 and 1/2 of a teaspoon, […]

Red Cross launches new blood donation guidelines

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FDA launches new blood donation guidelines

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The blue-blood Exmoor ponies tied up in a DNA row

“Least said, soonest mended, because less chance of breaking,” wrote the Victorian novelist RD Blackmore in his classic West Country novel, Lorna Doone. Fast forward 150 years or so, and the book’s glorious setting, Exmoor, is chattering away furiously, with little chance of rapid resolution. The cause of the row? The soft, shaggy, mealy-nosed Exmoor pony […]

Community Blood Drive today in Fort Pierre; Donors will be able to donate again during annual Tyler Wilcox Memorial event Nov. 29, 30 and Dec. 1

LifeServe Blood Center is holding a Community Blood Drive today (Aug. 7, 2023) at the Moose Lodge in Fort Pierre. Donations will be accepted from 10:30am-2:45pm. To schedule an appointment go to www.lifeservebloodcenter.org or call 605-626-1620. Those who donate at this drive will be eligible to donate again during the 19th annual Tyler Wilcox Memorial […]

SeekInCare Blood Test Can Detect More Than 20 Cancer Types

SeekInCare, a blood-based multi-cancer detection test, can detect more than 20 cancer types with high specificity, according to research presented in a poster at ASCO Breakthrough 2023. Researchers explained that SeekInCare is based on a multi-dimensional cancer risk score model incorporating copy number aberrations, fragment size, end motifs and oncogenic viruses via shallow whole-genome sequencing […]

Extracting blood-induced color changes on the face for non-contact heart rate estimation

Researchers from TUS propose a method that involves constructing a chrominance matrix using time-series signals from facial patches in an RGB facial video, followed by spatio-temporal structure analysis of blood volume pulse (BVP) using physics-informed DMD in a time-delay coordinate system. Further, heart rate estimation in the time domain is done using beat-to-beat peak period […]