The American Red Cross said Monday that it urgently needs blood donations because the national blood supply has dropped nearly 25 percent since early August.
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Subtle changes in messaging can have a profound impact on the effectiveness of charitable messages such as calls for blood donations, according to research published March 6 in the open access journal PLOS ONE by Eileen Chou ...
Mar 6, 2013
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There are implications of the health crisis about which little is known yet. The spread of COVID has put the Italian national health system under serious stress and caused the postponement of less urgent hospital operations ...
Oct 4, 2021
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Australia's demand for plasma, a component of blood that transports nutrients, is rapidly outpacing domestic supply. This means enormous quantities of plasma must be imported from overseas, where donors are paid for donating.
Sep 4, 2018
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Scientists from the University of Southampton have received a grant from the blood cancer charity Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research to explore ways of preventing life-threatening side effects in patients receiving bone marrow ...
Aug 21, 2012
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Scientists find that Western approach to blood transfusion employed in Africa - often a condition of financial aid - may add significant cost to blood units, due to emergency nature of most African patients in need of transfusion.
Sep 11, 2012
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(HealthDay)—The American Red Cross is urging COVID-19 survivors to donate blood plasma for hospital patients who need it to recover.
Jan 6, 2021
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A collaborative cohort of researchers, led by University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus professor Angelo D'Alessandro, has identified kynurenine as a critical new biomarker in the quality of stored red blood cells (RBCs), ...
Jan 31, 2024
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(HealthDay)—The American Red Cross needs your blood, and it needs it now.
Jul 6, 2017
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Surgeons in Zurich have carried out a complex, multi-organ transplant, hospital officials said Thursday, claiming the lessons learned would benefit patients with tumours that attack multiple organs.
Dec 20, 2012
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