Category Archives: Blood

Mission Cancer + Blood’s care model focuses on independence as Ankeny campus opens

Mission Cancer + Blood is growing its Central Iowa footprint. About 7,000 patients visit one of Mission’s clinics each month at its three busiest campuses, all in Des Moines. A fair amount of those patients travel from Ankeny, but this could soon change. The Iowa-based oncology and hematology care provider with 19 other outreach locations […]

Sponsored: Thom Filicia is bringing awareness to Myelofibrosis, a rare blood cancer

Interior designer and former Queer Eye star, Thom Filicia, is partnering with GSK on a blood cancer awareness initiative. ST. LOUIS — Former Queer Eye star, and interior designer, Thom Filicia joined Mary Caltrider today via zoom to discuss a rare blood cancer, Myleofibrosis. He is partnering with GSK to help bring awareness to this […]

Blood Drive Held at South Georgia Technical College – Americus Times-Recorder

Blood Drive Held at South Georgia Technical College Published 2:10 pm Friday, November 17, 2023 Practical Nursing instructor Jennifer Childs donates blood at the recent American Red Cross Blood Drive on the SGTC campus in Americus. Photo by SGTC By Pat Peacock AMERICUS – South Georgia Technical College recently hosted a blood drive for the […]

‘Blood on your hands’: Jewish congressman’s office defaced with pro-Palestinian graffiti

(New York Jewish Week) — The Brooklyn office of Rep. Daniel Goldman was defaced with pro-Palestinian graffiti, as antisemitic crimes surge in New York during the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. Vandals scrawled the phrases “Blood on ur hands,” “Free Palestine,” and “Let Gaza live” in red and white paint on the facade […]

HIWU Determines New Testing Specification For Cocaine In Blood Samples; Withdraws Positives For Trainers Keri Brion, McLane Hendricks – Horse Racing News

In accordance with the Horseracing Integrity & Welfare Unit’s (HIWU) commitment to fairly and effectively implementing the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority’s Anti-Doping and Medication Control (ADMC) Program, HIWU is in continuous communication with its contracted laboratories to promote harmonized and consistent testing. Historically, the presence of cocaine, a Banned Substance under the ADMC Program, […]

Specialized Retinal Endothelial Cells Modulates Blood-Retina- Barrier in Diabetic Retinopathy

1Tianjin Key Laboratory of Retinal Functions and Diseases, Tianjin Branch of National Clinical Research Centre for Ocular Disease, Eye Institute and School of Optometry, Tianjin Medical University Eye Hospital, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, 300384, China. 2Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, 300070, China.

ABC7 Great Chicago Blood Drive adding locations on Jan. 17 and 18, 2024

CHICAGO (WLS) — The countdown begins! Wednesday, Nov. 22 marks 56 days until the 10th annual ABC7 Great Chicago Blood Drive on Jan. 17 and 18, expanding to seven locations around the Chicago and Northwest Indiana areas. Donations will be taken from 7 a.m.-7 p.m. at all locations (locations listed below.) Blood can be safely […]

20th Anniversary Of The Film ‘Elf’ Highlighted In Red Cross Blood Drive

For many, watching the classic holiday movie “Elf” has been a heartwarming tradition for 20 years. This November, the American Red Cross is encouraging people to add a new tradition as the holiday season begins: Spread cheer with a blood or platelet donation. Donations are critical to the blood supply as the holiday season draws […]