Category Archives: Blood

Where, how you sit matters when getting blood pressure taken at doctor’s office

Millions of people with normal blood pressure might be misclassified as having blood pressure that is too high because of improper positioning when measurements are taken, new research suggests. Guidelines from the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology call for a person to be seated in a chair with feet flat on […]

Zillionaire Biohacker Brags That He’s His Dad’s “Blood Boy”

Image by Bryan Johnson via X Tech millionaire Bryan Johnson has thrown a ludicrous amount of money at his attempt to turn his biological age back to 18. He’s tried everything from young blood transfusions from his 17-year-old son to fringe treatments and intense data collection. He’s even tried zapping his genitals, for some reason. […]

LifeShare awarding blood donors with $15 food vouchers

As plans are being made to celebrate the Thanksgiving season with family and friends, LifeShare Blood Center is seeking donations. Anyone who donates blood from Saturday through Wednesday will receive a free LifeShare shirt and a $15 voucher for the purchase of a turkey or ham, according to a news release. “Holidays are a hard […]

Lab-grown ‘small blood vessels’ point to potential treatment for major cause of stroke and vascular dementia

Disease mural cells stained for calponin (mural cells marker, green), collagen IV (magenta) and DAPI (nuclei, blue). Credit: Alessandra Granata/University of Cambridge Cambridge scientists have grown small blood vessel-like models in the lab and used them to show how damage to the scaffolding that supports these vessels can cause them to leak, leading to conditions […]

Montgomery County man gives final pint of blood after more than 50 years of donations

Montgomery County man donates 35th gallon of blood Montgomery County man donates 35th gallon of blood 00:55 PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Fifty years ago, a Montgomery County man set a generous goal: Donate 25 gallons of blood. And in the decades since Marc Satalof far exceeded that mission. Now 76 years old, Satalof has donated 35 […]

Thanksgiving Director Eli Roth Says He’s ‘Lost Track’ of How Much Blood He Uses in His Horror Movies (Exclusive)

Eli Roth spills a lot of blood. Fake blood, that is. PEOPLE recently spoke with Roth, 51, about his new horror movie Thanksgiving, a holiday-themed slasher that follows a mysterious serial killer dressed as a pilgrim who descends upon Plymouth, Massachusetts in November to commit a number of murders in the annual holiday’s hometown. “I […]

Biohacker claims his ‘super blood’ reversed his father’s age by 25 years

The thought of aging can be a frightening concept, but, unfortunately, there’s no real way around it. You can undergo all the botox and implement the Atkins diet, but at the end of the day, there’s just no cure for getting older. Loading… Apparently, however, one tech mogul has set his mind to defeating old […]