Red Cross launches new blood donation guidelines

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FDA launches new blood donation guidelines

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The blue-blood Exmoor ponies tied up in a DNA row

“Least said, soonest mended, because less chance of breaking,” wrote the Victorian novelist RD Blackmore in his classic West Country novel, Lorna Doone. Fast forward 150 years or so, and the book’s glorious setting, Exmoor, is chattering away furiously, with little chance of rapid resolution. The cause of the row? The soft, shaggy, mealy-nosed Exmoor pony […]

Sudden cardiac arrest during sleep: Why people die in sleep and how to prevent this heart condition

ByParmita Uniyal, New Delhi Aug 07, 2023 07:57 PM IST Share Via Copy Link From inherited heart conditions to obesity and diabetes, sudden cardiac arrest in young females can be caused by various factors. Kannada film actor-director Vijay Raghavendra’s wife Spandana passed away in Bangkok on Monday at the age of 44 while she was […]

A wake-up call for kids’ poor heart health

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Today in the U.S., a child with risk factors for heart disease (high blood pressure, overweight, etc.) can wait close to a year to see a cardiologist because of high demand and limited resources. This is precious time that could be spent managing their conditions to help them avoid having a […]

Community Blood Drive today in Fort Pierre; Donors will be able to donate again during annual Tyler Wilcox Memorial event Nov. 29, 30 and Dec. 1

LifeServe Blood Center is holding a Community Blood Drive today (Aug. 7, 2023) at the Moose Lodge in Fort Pierre. Donations will be accepted from 10:30am-2:45pm. To schedule an appointment go to www.lifeservebloodcenter.org or call 605-626-1620. Those who donate at this drive will be eligible to donate again during the 19th annual Tyler Wilcox Memorial […]

SeekInCare Blood Test Can Detect More Than 20 Cancer Types

SeekInCare, a blood-based multi-cancer detection test, can detect more than 20 cancer types with high specificity, according to research presented in a poster at ASCO Breakthrough 2023. Researchers explained that SeekInCare is based on a multi-dimensional cancer risk score model incorporating copy number aberrations, fragment size, end motifs and oncogenic viruses via shallow whole-genome sequencing […]

Extracting blood-induced color changes on the face for non-contact heart rate estimation

Researchers from TUS propose a method that involves constructing a chrominance matrix using time-series signals from facial patches in an RGB facial video, followed by spatio-temporal structure analysis of blood volume pulse (BVP) using physics-informed DMD in a time-delay coordinate system. Further, heart rate estimation in the time domain is done using beat-to-beat peak period […]