LUBBOCK, Texas — The University Medical Center in Lubbock partnered with South Texas Blood & Tissue to offer whole blood transfusions for patients in pre-hospital settings as part of the Heroes in Arms program. Lubbock County crash leaves motorcyclist dead Saturday evening The Heroes in Arms program said in a press release it provides whole […]
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The researchers found that performing wall squats (isometric exercise) was most effective for reducing systolic pressure. Running (aerobic exercise) was most beneficial for decreasing diastolic pressure. However, isometric exercise overall was best for lowering both pressure elements. To do a wall squat, stand with your back flat against a wall, then walk your feet about […]
(WBBM NEWSRADIO) — The American Red Cross has officially opened the Schaumburg Blood Donation Center. Red Cross officials billed the development as a “state-of-the-art” donation site, which will provide a permanent place for individuals to donate blood and platelets locally. The site will help the organization better serve Schaumburg and Chicago’s northwest suburbs, officials said. […]
Sun, 30 Jul 2023 22:11:47 GMT (1690755107944) 81d3bb27381112e34f0f4c6b5f0c2b73a019c858 5b635e9d4842dbb4a391dce5e8f747e52a00b730 by CNN Newsource Sun, July 30th 2023, 10:08 PM UTC Study: These two exercises are best for lowering blood pressure (WKRC file) Loading …
…asks govt. to go after sit-at-home enforcers By Chinedu Adonu A Coalition of Pro-Biafra group on Sunday expressed shock on how anyone with Biafra blood running in his veins would contemplate for a continuation of the Monday Sit-at-home and worse still asking a region to Sit-at-home for two full weeks. The groups also threw weight […]
COLLEGE PARK, Md. — If you need emergency surgery to repair a bone fracture, doctors will inject you with a blood thinner to prevent blood clots. Now, a groundbreaking clinical trial reveals over-the-counter aspirin is just as effective as injectable blood thinners in preventing clots. The trial, conducted across 21 trauma centers in the U.S. […]
American Red Cross is encouraging healthy blood donors to roll up a sleeve to ensure blood is available when people need it. Donations have decreased during the summer, the agency says. Blood types most in need are O-negative, O-positive and B-negative. Plasma also is needed. Anyone who donates blood, platelets or plasma during the month […]
New species of daddy long-legs discovered The first cave-adapted daddy long-legs to be reported in Australia has been found in boreholes in the arid Pilbara in Western Australia. Other blind species of its genus so far have only been found in Thailand, Laos, and Vietnam. “It represents a subfamily that was previously thought to be […]
Image: Lionsgate/Twisted Pictures We’ve known for some time now that Saw X was on the horizon, and would return to the series’ roots of people having to escape these elaborate traps or die gruesomely. The question that’s been on folks’ minds, especially when it was revealed that Tobin Bell would return as John “Jigsaw” Kramer was, […]