News tagged with transfusions
Study: Mini clip is safer than heart-valve surgery
(AP) -- Many Americans with leaky heart valves soon might be able to get them fixed without open-heart surgery. A study showed that a tiny clip implanted through an artery was safer and nearly as effective ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 14, 2010 |
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Britain's Royal Society puts rare scientific manuscripts online
Historic manuscripts by Sir Isaac Newton, Benjamin Franklin and other ground-breaking scientists will be published online for the first time, Britain's Royal Society said Monday.
Nov 30, 2009 |
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The butterfly effect in nanotech medical diagnostics
Tiny metallic nanoparticles that shimmer in the light like the scales on a butterfly's wing are set to become the color-change components of a revolutionary new approach to point-of-care medical diagnostics, according to ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Feb 06, 2012 |
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Too many blood transfusions? New standards urged
(AP) -- Check into the hospital and you may get a blood transfusion you didn't really need.
Jun 27, 2011 |
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The 30 Years War: AIDS, a tale of tragedy and hope
On June 5 1981, American epidemiologists reported a baffling event: five young gay men in Los Angeles, all previously healthy, had fallen ill with pneumonia. Two had died.
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
May 29, 2011 |
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An advance toward blood transfusions that require no typing
Scientists are reporting an "important step" toward development of a universal blood product that would eliminate the need to "type" blood to match donor and recipient before transfusions. A report on the "immunocamouflage" ...
Mar 09, 2011 |
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Whole fresh blood for transfusions may have a longer shelf life than now assumed
In a finding that may potentially improve survival from war injuries and disasters, laboratory researchers report that refrigerated whole blood may have a shelf life well beyond the current standard of 24 to 48 hours.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Feb 23, 2011 |
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Poor response to anti-anemia drug predicts higher risk of heart disease or death
Patients with diabetes, kidney disease and anemia who don't respond to treatment with an anti-anemia drug have a higher risk of cardiovascular disease or death, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Dec 29, 2010 |
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Transfusion rates vary extremely in cardiac bypass surgery
Transfusion rates for blood products used in a common heart surgery range from no patients to nearly all patients, and vary by hospital, according to findings from a group of researchers from Duke University Medical Center. ...
Oct 12, 2010 |
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Discovery of a hepatitis C-related virus in bats may reduce outbreaks in humans
Viral hepatitis affects more than 500 million people worldwide and is a cause of liver failure and liver cancer. While vaccines are available for hepatitis A and B, this is not the case for hepatitis C, which affects as much ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jul 01, 2010 |
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Filtering donor blood reduces heart, lung complications
Researchers at the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) have discovered yet another reason to filter the foreign white cells from donor blood: The resulting blood product is associated with dramatically fewer cardiopulmonary ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jun 22, 2010 |
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Stroke prevention study in children with sickle cell anemia, iron overload stopped early
The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) has stopped a clinical trial evaluating a new approach to reduce the risk of recurrent stroke in children with sickle cell anemia and iron overload because of evidence ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jun 04, 2010 |
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First paper 'dipstick' test for determining blood type
Scientists are reporting development of the first "dipstick" test for instantly determining a person's blood type at a cost of just a few pennies. Their study on the test, which involves placing a drop of ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Jun 02, 2010 |
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New investigation supports correlation between XMRV and prostate cancer
The recently discovered retrovirus, xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus (XMRV), has been identified in some prostate cancer patients. In light of conflicting data concerning XMRV, standardized diagnostic testing ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 05, 2010 |
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New discovery may expand availability of bone marrow transplants by stopping fatal complications
If a team of American scientists are right, bone marrow transplants may become safer and more available to people in need of donations. In a new research paper appearing in the February 2010 print edition of the Journal of ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Feb 01, 2010 |
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