A Better Blood Vessel
Sunday, May 25th, 2008(Hartford Connecticut - Courant) - by Janice Podsada - Ron Salonia, a medical technician at the University of Connecticut Health Center, operates the heart-lung machine during open-heart surgery. But …
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Archive for May, 2008
Russia Ends Gay Blood-Donor Ban
Friday, May 23rd, 2008(gay.com) Russia has repealed its six-year ban on gay blood donors after a tumultuous battle between gay activist groups and the Russian Minister of Health and Social Development. Tatyana …
ADRP Elects 2008-09 Association Leadership
Sunday, May 18th, 2008During the 2008 ADRP Annual Conference in Halifax, members selected the new association board naming Carolyn Mihalko of American Red Cross as the 2008-09 ADRP President. The ADRP membership …
Scots Doctors Pioneer Trial to Remove ‘Mad Cow’ Risk from Donated Blood
Sunday, May 11th, 2008(new.scotsman.com) – by Kate Foster - The world's first trial to make blood transfusions free of the human form of 'mad cow disease' has been launched by doctors in …
How Pools of Blood Trials Could Save Lives
Saturday, May 10th, 2008(The Guardian, UK) - by Ben Goldacre - In the United States last week the papers went crazy: artificial blood products cause a 30% increase in deaths, and a …
New Blood Center Will Be World’s Biggest
Tuesday, May 6th, 2008(Bristol Evening Post, UK) Work on the world's largest blood processing centre is drawing to an end in Filton.The new National Blood Service (NBS) purpose-built centre will deal with …