Category Archives: Blood

Vitalant declares emergency blood shortage due to summer season

BILLINGS, Mont. – The blood bank “Vitalant” in Billings is currently under an emergency blood shortage due to a lack of donors.  “We try not to qualify shortages as emergencies, but now we have to,” said Tori Robbins, the communications director for Vitalant.  “This time of year involves a lot of travel, which leads to […]

AEW Dynamite Blood And Guts 2023 Results: Winners And Grades On July 19

AEW advertised Blood and Guts featuring the Blackpool Combat Club (Jon Moxley, Claudio Castagnoli and Wheeler Yuta), Pac and Konosuke Takeshita vs. the Golden Elite (Young Bucks, Kenny Omega, Hangman Adam Page and Kota Ibushi). AEW also featured Hook’s first loss against newly minted heel Jungle Boy, who donned new all-black gear and new licensed […]

Deion Sanders expected to miss Pac-12 media day in Las Vegas due to second blood clot surgery

Deion Sanders will not make his highly anticipated debut at the Pac-12 media day Friday.  The first-year Colorado Buffaloes head coach is scheduled to have a “routine follow-up” medical procedure related to the blood clots in his legs Thursday, the university announced.  Sanders will be recovering during the conference’s media day, and defensive coordinator Charles […]

Study reveals why people with blood group A are ‘slightly more likely’ to acquire COVID-19

July 20, 2023 3 min read Source/Disclosures Published by: Disclosures: Stowell reports consulting and/or speaking roles with Alexion, Argenex, Cellics Therapeutics, Grifols and Novartis. The other authors report no relevant financial disclosures. ADD TOPIC TO EMAIL ALERTS Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email […]

Finger-Prick Blood Test Promising for Alzheimer’s Diagnosis

July 20, 2023 — A finger-prick blood test can accurately identify key Alzheimer’s disease (biomarkers without the need for temperature or storage control measures, results of a new study suggest. The use of blood samples to detect amyloid and other markers of Alzheimer’s has become standard procedure for monitoring patients in clinical trials. But this […]