Category Archives: Blood

Blue blood from horseshoe crabs is needed for medicine, but a declining bird relies on crabs to eat

A primordial sea animal that lives on the tidal mudflats of the East Coast and serves as a linchpin for the production of vital medicines stands to benefit from new protective standards. But conservationists who have been trying for years to save a declining bird species — the red knot — that depends on horseshoe […]

Sam Heughan addresses potential cameo in Outlander spin-off Blood of My Blood

Sam Heughan has addressed the possibility of appearing in the upcoming Outlander spin-off series, Blood of My Blood, which will follow the relationship between Jamie’s parents, Brian and Ellen. The actor, who stars as Jamie Fraser in the popular historical drama, said he would “never say no” to making a cameo in the new show. […]

Routinely drinking alcohol may raise blood pressure even in adults without hypertension

Research Highlights: An analysis of data from seven studies involving more than 19,000 adults in the United States, Korea and Japan found a clear association between increases in systolic (top-number) blood pressure and the number of alcoholic beverages consumed daily. Even people who drank one alcoholic beverage per day showed a link to higher blood […]

Jawan Song Zinda Banda: Shah Rukh Khan Plus Girl Power Equals Blood On The Dance Floor

Image shared on Instagram. (Courtesy: iamsrk ) New Delhi: Take one Shah Rukh Khan in top dancing form, add an army of women and some foot tapping music – there, you have got yourself a blockbuster dance number. Jawan‘s new song Zinda Banda is no less than a visual spectacle as it is music to the ears. And we […]

July 31, 1998: Madison man sues Walmart claiming blood-pressure machine at Skowhegan location caused him permanent arm pain, former Pittsfield Police Dept. dispatcher sues town, police chief claiming slander, and is Sylvia Ramsdell the luckiest person in Caanan? Some think so.

Click here to read more on this story from 1998 from our archives on Newspapers.com. Centralmaine.com subscribers get access to 200 years of history from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel archives. « Previous July 30, 1979: No alarm over ‘minor’ earthquake reported near Bath and Wiscasset, van takes out utility pole in accident on […]

Dr. Roach: Spinal cord injury gets misdiagnosed as ‘blood pressure stroke’

Dr. Keith Roach Dear Dr. Roach: Have you ever heard of a “low blood pressure stroke”? That was my husband’s (incorrect) diagnosis several years back when he suddenly could not move his arms and legs. He was told that not enough oxygen was getting to his spine. (His blood pressure is historically low, usually around […]

Spinal cord injury gets misdiagnosed as ‘blood pressure stroke’

Dr. Keith Roach DEAR DR. ROACH: Have you ever heard of a “low blood pressure stroke”? That was my husband’s (incorrect) diagnosis several years back when he suddenly could not move his arms and legs. He was told that not enough oxygen was getting to his spine. (His blood pressure is historically low, usually around […]