Category Archives: Blood

Rumor Roundup: Blood & Guts issues, AEW contracts, Cody doc, Buff Bagwell, more!

Speculating on the rumors surrounding pro wrestling is a favored pastime of many fans, perhaps second only to actually watching the matches. In this daily column, we take a look at the latest rumors being churned out by the pro wrestling rumor mill. Important reminder: Rumors are just that — rumors. None of this has […]

Lab-on-a-chip technologies offer new ways to assess stored red blood cells

Ziya Isiksacan, PhD, a research fellow in the Center for Engineering in Medicine and Surgery (CEMS) is the lead author, and Osman Berk Usta, PhD, an investigator in the CEMS at Massachusetts General Hospital and an associate professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School, is the senior author of a new study published in PNAS, […]

Nationwide search for O and A blood donors with rare blood type to help sick mum

Lifeblood has launched an urgent nationwide search for blood donors to help a South Australian mother-of-two with a blood type so rarei just one in 10,000 people may be a match. 37-year-old Amira is currently in an Adelaide hospital awaiting urgent open-heart surgery. She is expected to need more than 20 bags of blood prior […]

Spokane-area experiences a 25% decrease in blood supply, experts say, it’s an “emergency”

SPOKANE COUNTY, Wash.– Local health professionals are calling on Spokane residents to donate blood. The area is experiencing a 25% decrease in blood supply since May. According to Vitalant, a blood donation organization, there is less than a 3-day supply of most blood types. The Spokane area has been experiencing a blood shortage since the […]

‘Exhausted supplies’: Aussie mum-of-two desperately seeking ultra-rare blood donor for urgent open-heart surgery

A desperate appeal is underway to find a match for an Australian mother-of-two’s extremely rare blood type as she awaits urgent and life-saving open-heart surgery. Adelaide mum Amira, 37, has a blood type so rare just one in 10,000 people might be a match, a figure officials say has prompted them to look overseas, after […]

Nutley hosting blood drive in August

The Nutley Department of Public Affairs and Health has partnered with Vitalant Blood Services of New Jersey to conduct community blood drive Thursday, Aug. 17, from 1 to 6 p.m., at 149 Chestnut St. (the Public Affairs office). Although walk-ins are accepted, appointments are suggested and will be taken before walk-ins. All safety precautions will […]

Lab-on-a-chip enhances stored blood cell assessment

Ziya Isiksacan, PhD, a research fellow in the Center for Engineering in Medicine and Surgery (CEMS) is the lead author, and Osman Berk Usta, PhD, an investigator in the CEMS at Massachusetts General Hospital and an associate professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School, is the senior author of a new study published in PNAS, Assessment of Stored Red Blood Cells […]

Neo-Nazi Ex-Marine Buys Up Land in Rural Maine for ‘Blood Tribe’

“Let’s just be frank, Maine’s a white state, has always been a super-white state. Let’s keep it the way it is,” Pohlhaus said in a May 11 interview with a journalist that Pohlhaus recorded and posted to Telegram. A photograph from April 30, 2023, shows Pohlhaus and an unidentified individual in an undisclosed location holding […]

Coastal Bend Blood Center looking for heroes

CORPUS CHRISTI, Tx — The Coastal Bend Blood Center held its first school blood drive of the new school year. Their blood mobile was at the London School district on Wednesday to launch the center’s “High School Heroes” campaign. High school students account for 30% of the Coastal Bend Blood Center’s supply. Students like London […]