Mayo Clinic needs blood. But what happens when you donate?

ROCHESTER — “I’m afraid of needles,” I said. Jennifer Hoffman, a donor services tech — or phlebotomist — at the Mayo Clinic Blood Donor Center, admitted she’s not a big fan of needles either. I raised an eyebrow. Needles are this woman’s job. “When they’re coming at me,” she added. On Monday, Mayo Clinic sent […]

Blood Drive Aug. 2 at Central Lakes College

Our newsroom occasionally reports stories under a byline of “staff.” Often, the “staff” byline is used when rewriting basic news briefs that originate from official sources, such as a city press release about a road closure, and which require little or no reporting. At times, this byline is used when a news story includes numerous […]

The Role Of Technology In Reducing Hospital Acquired Infections

It’s time for a national movement to combat hospital-acquired infections. Hand hygiene alone, if implemented correctly, would prevent up to 60% of Hospital Acquired Infections. Think of a hospital. The smell of disinfectants fills the air, nurses in gloves rush from patient to patient, and doctors are seen at handwash stations in scrubs and masks. […]

Blood drive scheduled at Joplin Elks Lodge

#inform-video-player-1 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } #inform-video-player-2 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } Community Blood Center of the Ozarks, the sole supplier of blood, platelets and plasma to patients at 44 area health care facilities, needs blood donors to ensure a strong summer blood supply and help avoid typical summer blood shortages […]

Want to control high blood sugar? Sleep more, suggest experts

An increased responsiveness of the human body to insulin during deep sleep, in turn, improving blood sugar control the next day, may be why lack of quality sleep is considered to increase risk of diabetes, researchers say. A stronger and a more frequent linking of the deep sleep brain waves, particularly the sleep spindles and […]

Ahoy! Captain Blood of Tortuga, By Osmund Agbo

Professor Wole Soyinka Whether it’s through his illuminating literary works or his crusades for social justice, Soyinka has embodied hope during the dark ages of oppressive and opportunist leadership. From his youth to his twilight years, the man has never wavered, sparing no effort in pursuing justice and the greater good. The story of Nigeria’s […]

This Week’s Top Five Infectious Disease Stories

Jul 22, 2023 Coverage this week included how COVID-19 vaccines in patients with cancer fared; analysis of non-COVID-19 adult vaccines; a company is developing a platform to enable engineering of the first recombinant human polyclonal antibody therapies with the goal of creating a functional cure for hepatitis b; and how a hospital modified testing for […]