If you’ve ever had a blood transfusion during a medical crisis you understand the importance of donating blood. Countless lives are saved every day thanks to generous donors who give of their own blood for the benefit of others. June 14 marks blood donation day! This year’s theme is “Blood connects us all.” Every two seconds someone in the… Read more →
Donating blood is usually perceived as something donors do to help other people. And that’s good—donating blood does help countless people the world over every day. Blood donations help people with chronic diseases, victims of severe trauma, and people in many vulnerable positions. But does donating blood also help donor? Some say yes. This may seem counterintuitive—less blood should… Read more →
Keep an eye on your heart. More specifically: watch your blood pressure. Scientists are currently uncovering interesting trends in the relationship between circulatory strength and potentially lethal events. Their major finding: that variation in pressure–sudden spikes, erratic readings, etc–is perhaps a bigger warning sign than consistently high readings for heart attacks and strokes. Inconsistent pressure, it seems, signals serious issues.… Read more →
New medical technology developed in China makes it possible to rapidly, accurately, and economically detect pathogens in the blood. As reported in an article in Chemistry World, Chinese scientists have developed a silicon chip containing nanoparticles of silver that can accomplish sensitive detection of bacteria in the blood, quickly and at a much more economically than other diagnostic tools. Detecting… Read more →
