Surgery
3 reasons why more organ donors from diverse backgrounds are needed
Of the 106,000 people in the U.S. who are awaiting a lifesaving organ transplant, roughly 60% are minorities.
Aug 25, 2021
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News tagged with blood donors
Surgery
Mayo Clinic: Why bone marrow donor diversity is needed
Bone marrow transplants are procedures that infuse healthy blood stem cells into your body to replace damaged or diseased bone marrow. Just like people in need of solid organ transplants, such as hearts or kidneys, people ...
Jul 12, 2021
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Vaccination
Study shows both importance of second vaccine dose and updating vaccines to combat new variants of concern
New research presented at this year's European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID) shows the importance of receiving the second dose of a COVID-19 vaccine and also the need to constantly review ...
Jul 10, 2021
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Medical research
Blood donation saves lives but few South Africans are regular donors
Blood donation is a vital therapy for a number of life threatening conditions. South Africa needs around 810,000 units of blood every year. People needing blood transfusions include accident victims, those with anemia and ...
Jun 11, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Researchers estimate COVID-19-positive rate in Stockholm during first year of pandemic
By the end of the first year of the pandemic in metropolitan Stockholm, investigators estimate that one-fifth of adults in the region previously had COVID-19. The findings, which are published in the Journal of Internal Medicine, ...
May 19, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
In the blood: Which antibodies best neutralize the coronavirus in COVID-19 patients?
The COVID-19 pandemic has now claimed over 2 million deaths worldwide, and this number is only increasing. In response, health agencies have rolled out tests to diagnose and understand the disease. Besides the now widely ...
May 11, 2021
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Surgery
Q&A: How lung restoration improves organ availability
DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I was reading about lung restoration and innovation in the field of lung transplantation. Can you share more about this?
Apr 20, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Bless You: Hay fever and asthma affect more people, and earlier
The unpopular guests are already here. Hazel, alder and elm tree pollen sweep in over us during the early spring months, with birch pollen following in May. Then grass follows in June-July before mugwort pollen closes the ...
Apr 9, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
COVID-19 antibodies found in one in five U.S. blood donations
COVID-19 antibodies were found in the blood of about one in five donations from unvaccinated donors in the first week of March, American Red Cross data show.
Mar 18, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
One in two S.Africans infected by Covid: study and estimates
Around half of South Africa's population may have already been infected by coronavirus, a figure far higher than the documented tally, a study and analysis of death figures suggest.
Feb 18, 2021
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