Category Archives: Blood

SunCoast Blood Center hosts grand re-opening of Blood Center in Port Charlotte

CHARLOTTE COUNTY, Fla. — The SunCoast Blood Center is hosting a grand reopening of its Blood Center in Port Charlotte. The facility had significant storm damage due to Hurricane Ian and has been closed ever since. The grand opening starts at 10 a.m. at 2150 Tamiami Trail. SunCoast Blood Center says since Hurricane Ian the […]

‘The Venture Bros.: Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon Heart’ Review: Return of the Glorious Weirdos

A beloved Adult Swim cartoon comes back to tie up some loose ends. Over seven seasons on Adult Swim, the Cartoon Network’s nighttime programming block, “The Venture Bros.” brought to the small screen a fantastical world steeped in absurdist humor, rooted in pop culture and presented in the style of old-time cartoon adventures. Within this […]

Finger prick blood test may detect Alzheimer’s

A definitive diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease now requires a series of complicated and expensive imaging scans that look for abnormal protein plaques and tangles in the brain. But in the near future, detecting signs of Alzheimer’s could be as simple as taking a finger prick blood test. Advertisement Researchers detected key Alzheimer’s-related biomarkers in dried […]

Emergency blood shortage: Blood supply down more than 25% since May

BULLHEAD CITY — Vitalant, a nonprofit blood services provider, announced an emergency blood shortage, urging all eligible donors to schedule a blood donation this July to prevent treatment delays for patients who need lifesaving transfusions.   Exacerbated by the Fourth of July holiday week, the ongoing seasonal drop in blood donations since May has sharply reduced […]

Deion Sanders to have more surgeries on foot, leg for blood clots…

Deion “Prime” Sanders, the former NFL star turned University of Colorado head coach, will miss out on Pac-12 media day due to another blood clot procedure as well as additional surgeries on his foot. “I apologize that I’m not going to be at the Pac-12 media day to have another surgery tomorrow,” Sanders announced in […]