New stem cell transplantation research conducted by physicians at Baptist Health Miami Cancer Institute is showing promise in the fight against relapse, a leading cause of death in patients with blood cancers including leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma. At the European Hematology Association 2023 meeting recently, Guenther Koehne, M.D., Ph.D., deputy director and chief of […]
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (WNDU) – Here at home, empty donation seats desperately need to be filled at South Bend Medical Foundation’s Blood Donation Center. This donation center supplies blood to all of *our* area hospitals, meaning the recipients of blood donated here are our fellow community members, friends, and family. Blood Donation Specialist MaryAnn Gast […]
“Metastatic Urothelial Carcinoma Market” DelveInsight’s “Metastatic Urothelial Carcinoma Market Insights, Epidemiology, and Market Forecast-2032” report delivers an in-depth understanding of the Metastatic Urothelial Carcinoma, historical and forecasted epidemiology as well as the Metastatic Urothelial Carcinoma market trends in the United States, EU5 (Germany, Spain, Italy, France, and United Kingdom) and Japan. DelveInsight has launched a […]
5:02 PM | Monday, September 18, 2023 [embedded content] Memorial Blood Centers has declared a blood emergency after a summer of low donor turnout. Officials say the low donor numbers mean the need now is more critical than ever. They say all blood types are needed, but types O+, O-, B- and platelets are at […]
NEW YORK – As of Monday, the New York Blood Center says it is officially welcoming gay and bisexual men to donate blood at their physical locations – and at blood drives – across the tri-state area. The center has revised its donor-screening process in response to a change at the federal level. But this […]
German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius (SPD) and Finance Minister Christian Lindner (FDP) have tested positive for COVID-19, ministry sources said on Monday. Lindner, who is experiencing mild flu-like symptoms, will continue to work from home, DPA reported. A spokesperson for the Defense Ministry said Pistorius had canceled his trip to Ramstein, Rhineland-Palatinate, a state in southwestern Germany, for […]
Non-vitamin K oral anticoagulants (NOACs) are associated with fewer major bleeding events and deaths than vitamin K antagonists (VKAs) when treating patients who develop new-onset atrial fibrillation (AFib) after transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), according to a new meta-analysis published in Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine.[1] “AFib events significantly increase the risk of stroke, bleeding and […]
SIOUX CITY (KTIV) – LifeServe Blood Center needs blood donations. All of the blood types, at LifeServe, are at a low or critically low levels. That means LifeServe has less than a two-day supply for emergencies that may arise. Summer is a slow season for blood donations. “Summer is the most difficult season to collect […]
<div data-thumb="https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/tmb/2023/substance-abuse-in-pre.jpg" data-src="https://scx2.b-cdn.net/gfx/news/hires/2023/substance-abuse-in-pre.jpg" data-sub-html="Credit: JACC: Advances (2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.jacadv.2023.100619″> Credit: JACC: Advances (2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.jacadv.2023.100619 Pregnant women with a history of substance abuse face a dramatically increased risk of death from heart attack and stroke during childbirth when compared with women without history of substance abuse, a new Smidt Heart Institute study shows. These findings […]
LifeStream Blood Bank announced Monday that Robert Sanchez has been named its new president and chief executive officer. Sanchez previously served as the vice president of the central United States division and the president of the northeast business unit for Biomat USA, Grifols, a plasma donation center. He is the sixth president and CEO in […]