By Submitted Story on July 26, 2023 The demand for lifesaving blood products does not pause for summer. The American Red Cross is asking individuals across the Outer Banks and Northeastern North Carolina to schedule an appointment to donate blood this August. “When you donate blood, you may be helping ensure a patient gets to […]
Oppenheimer seems to have entered the summer as the living irony of a movie about a bomb that’s anything but. It’s historical enough to make it feel like a movie that is Very Smart and Thoughtful, but it still has at least one big explosion to activate our lizard brain. It’s also a fun look […]
Luke Mosseau Due to a summer of declining blood donations, the Red Cross is in need of type O negative, type O positive and type B negative blood donors, as well as platelet donors. “Summertime is traditionally slower than the rest of the year for blood and platelet donations. However, this year in the Northeast, […]
Kentucky Blood Center will host a blood drive at Maysville Walmart on August 1, offering donors an important opportunity to save lives at a critical time on the calendar. It’s trauma season in Kentucky, a period of months in the summer when good times and good weather usher in an increase in severe, life-threatening injuries. […]
July 26, 2023 — Researchers in Texas are developing a “green light” technology they hope will solve a crucial problem highlighted by the pandemic: the limits of pulse oximeters in patients with darker skin. A recent study adds weight to earlier findings that their device works. “It is a new, first-in-class technology,” said Sanjay Gokhale, […]
Megan Bender and Edwin Vazquez. BEEKMAN – The Beekman Fire Department’s blood drive on Tuesday resulted in more than nine gallons of blood being donated in the name of one of their life members, Eddie Vazquez. Beekman Fire Department (BFD) member Megan Bender worked with the New York Blood Center to bring the community out […]
“In the Blood” traces how an engineer and a salesman took on military leaders and Big Pharma to get a revolutionary clotting agent to those in dire need. IN THE BLOOD: How Two Outsiders Solved a Centuries-Old Medical Mystery and Took On the U.S. Army, by Charles Barber Reading, like riding shotgun with a stranger, […]
Researchers have identified the top exercises for lowering blood pressure – and they’re the ones that don’t involve moving at all. Isometric exercises – those that require engaging muscles without movement, such as wall sits and planks – provided the best results for bringing blood pressure down, a new study suggests. Cardio, resistance training and […]
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The debate over which physical activity is better has been in full swing since even before fitness became a global industry worth nearly US$100 million each year. But one type of workout is often overlooked in research that largely focuses on weight or resistance training and cardio: isometric exercise. Looking at 270 studies with 15,827 […]