http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Too many clinical errors are occurring with the requesting and administration of anti-D prophylaxis to prevent Rhesus Haemolytic Disease of the Fetus and Newborn (Rh HDFN) in pregnant women, according to a Manchester academic. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-errors-effectiveness-anti-d-pregnant-women.html Obstetrics & gynaecology Thu, 21 Mar 2013 08:01:03 EST news283071652 In the early 1950's, a 66-year-old woman, sick with colon cancer, received a blood transfusion. Then, unexpectedly, she suffered a severe rejection of the transfused blood. Reporting on her case, the French medical journal Revue D'Hématologie identified her as, simply, "Patient Vel." http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-baffling-blood-problem-year-old-health.html Medical research Wed, 20 Mar 2013 14:50:02 EST news283009043 An additional 1,000 patients could undergo kidney transplants in the United States annually if hospitals performed more transplants using paired kidney exchanges, new Johns Hopkins research suggests. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-years-growth-transplants-kidney-chains.html Surgery Tue, 12 Mar 2013 11:23:00 EST news282306174 The non-O ABO blood type is the most important risk factor for venous thromboembolism (blood clots in veins), making up 20% of attributable risk for the condition, according to a new study in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-ab-blood-strong-factor-venous.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 04 Feb 2013 12:00:02 EST news279194576 (HealthDay)—Octaplas has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to augment insufficient clotting proteins that could otherwise lead to excessive bleeding or excessive clotting. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-octaplas-blood-clotting-disorders.html Medications Thu, 17 Jan 2013 16:20:02 EST news277660055 (AP)—Drugmakers Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. and AstraZeneca PLC say their experimental diabetes pill has gotten its first major approval, in the European Union. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-eu-oks-bristol-myers-astrazeneca-diabetes.html Medications Wed, 14 Nov 2012 15:00:01 EST news272127015 People with blood type A, B, or AB had a higher risk for coronary heart disease when compared to those with blood type O, according to new research published in Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology, an American Heart Association journal. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-blood-heart-disease.html Cardiology Tue, 14 Aug 2012 16:00:06 EST news264160049 Whether you become infected by some strains of rotavirus may depend on your blood type. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-blood-predispose-rotavirus-infections.html Medical research Sun, 15 Apr 2012 13:00:11 EST news253620573 (Medical Xpress) -- You probably know your blood type: A, B, AB or O. You may even know if you’re Rhesus positive or negative. But how about the Langereis blood type? Or the Junior blood type? Positive or negative? Most people have never even heard of these. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-blood-mystery.html Genetics Thu, 23 Feb 2012 08:57:53 EST news249209835 Many premature infants suffer a life-threatening destruction of intestinal tissue called necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-life-threatening-condition-preemies-linked-blood.html Medical research Mon, 21 Nov 2011 16:53:44 EST news241116813 A shot that could lower cholesterol, a connection between blood type and stroke, and how income affects heart health were among more than 4,000 papers presented this week at the American Heart Association's 84th annual scientific meeting in Orlando. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-heart-experts.html Cardiology Mon, 21 Nov 2011 14:40:01 EST news241098478 Your blood type might affect your risk for stroke. People with AB and women with B were a little more likely to suffer one than people with O blood - the most common type, a study found. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-blood-affect.html Health Wed, 16 Nov 2011 12:58:30 EST news240670702 A man with a low IQ confesses to a gruesome crime. Confession in hand, the police send his blood to a lab to confirm that his blood type matches the semen found at the scene. It does not. The forensic examiner testifies later that one blood type can change to another with disintegration. This is untrue. The newspaper reports the story, including the time the man says the murder took place. Two witnesses tell the police they saw the woman alive after that. The police send them home, saying they “must have seen a ghost.” After 16 years in prison, the falsely convicted man is exonerated by DNA evidence. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-false-errors-evidence.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 16 Nov 2011 08:02:32 EST news240652935 While searching for relief from migraines and general malaise, a friend recently consulted a nutritionist who told her, matter-of-factly, that because she has Type O blood, she should be eating lots of meat and eliminating gluten, dairy and many grains. A Chinese medicine doctor she consulted confirmed the advice, saying, basically: Duh. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-blood-food-choices.html Health Fri, 04 Nov 2011 21:10:01 EST news239637974 Stroke has generally been considered a disease of the elderly, but the incidence of stroke in children and teens has increased in recent years. The American Heart Association Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics 2011 Data indicate that the unhealthy behaviors that are the risk factors for stroke begin with school-aged children. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-teenage-trend.html Health Thu, 25 Aug 2011 10:08:50 EST news233485715 St. Michael's Hospital today became the first in North America to use a novel blood-cleaning procedure for a kidney patient that will allow him to receive a transplant from a donor with a different blood type. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-st-michael-north-america-blood-cleaning.html Other Tue, 26 Jul 2011 16:01:12 EST news230914823