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Blood Transfusion Defined
The transfer of blood or any of its parts to a person who has lost blood due to an injury, disease, or operation
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Woman shares 'Naked Truth' of battle with HIV
Published September 8, 2008, 10:07 am, Daily News Journal
Marvelyn Brown says she almost never cries. After all, the Nashville native spent the last four years speaking frankly about her HIV status, first at a World AIDS Day gathering in Nashville and later on Oprah, Tyra, CNN, BET and in Newsweek. She's become acquainted with isolation and shame, with worries about health insurance and the disease that ultimately gave her a public cause.
Retacrit(R) Data Confirm Equivalent Efficacy To Epoetin Alfa In Renal Anaemia
Published September 8, 2008, 7:14 am, Medical News Today
Hospira (NYSE: HSP), the world leader in generic injectable pharmaceuticals, today presented new data showing Retacrit® (epoetin zeta) corrects low haemoglobin (Hb) levels as effectively and rapidly as epoetin alfa (Erypo®) in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD).
Memorial Blood Centers slate September blood drives
Published September 8, 2008, 4:24 am, Hibbing Daily Tribune
ST. PAUL — Memorial Blood Centers will be holding blood drives in the area during the month of September. Blood transfusion is the most frequently conducted hospital procedure so the need for blood is constant. The following blood drives will supply life-saving blood to community hospitals.
Society Of Interventional Radiology Applauds Report's Uterine Fibroid Embolization Recommendations
Published September 8, 2008, 4:15 am, Medical News Today
The Society of Interventional Radiology, a national organization of nearly 4,500 doctors, scientists and allied health professionals dedicated to improving health care through minimally invasive treatment interventions, applauds the recommendations of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists that uterine fibroid embolization "is a safe and effective option" for women.
Moffitt Cancer Center Chief Participates In Clinical Trial Resulting In FDA Approval Of New Label For Myelodysplastic ...
Published September 8, 2008, 3:15 am, Medical News Today
The Moffitt Cancer Center announced that Dr. Alan List, Physician-in-Chief, was one of the key investigators in a VIDAZA (azacitidine) clinical trial (AZA-001) whose results the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has approved to add to the drug's label. In May 2004, VIDAZA was the first drug approved by the FDA for the treatment of MDS.
Woman shares 'Naked Truth' of battle with HIV
Published September 8, 2008, 12:12 am, The Tennessean
Marvelyn Brown says she almost never cries.
Executive Q&A with Dr. John Armitage: Blood institute leader has giving in his veins
Published September 6, 2008, 10:18 pm, The Oklahoman
When Dr. John Armitage joined the Oklahoma Blood Institute in January last year, it became his fifth blood center in 11 years. "Just call me an itinerant vampire,” Armitage jokes. But the chief executive is serious about the business of transfusion medicine, and OBI in particular. "It‘s about saving lives and investing back into the community,” he said. At OBI, Armitage leads 650 employees ...
Health Officials Begin E. Coli Interviews
Published September 6, 2008, 3:42 pm, News On 6 Tulsa
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will help the department interview more than 300 healthy people who ate at the restaurant.
Flint man with Sickle Cell Anemia reaches out to other adults; Lorne Rolston wants to help others with the disease, ...
Published September 6, 2008, 11:28 am, The Flint Journal
Ryan Garza | The Flint Journal Lorne Rolston, 27, of Flint, looks on as a nurse at Hurley Medical Center checks the amount of blood being pulled from his body while getting a blood transfusion as part of his treatment dealing with sickle cell anemia.
Bleeding dry
Published September 5, 2008, 11:39 pm, Vietnam Net
VietNamNet Bridge - There is a worrying shortage of blood in hospitals nationwide in Vietnam, but what can be done to convince people to give blood? Waiting for her son, Nguyen Thi Minh sits in dismay at Vietnam’s National Hospital.
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- Scientists Create Blood From Stem Cells | Wired Science from Wired.com: Vampires rejoice! Oh, and folks who need blood transfusions, you too. "We literally generated whole tubes in the lab, from scratch," said Robert Lanza, chief science officer at Advanced Cell Technologies. "People usually require blood transfusions that match their own blood type: A mismatch can be fatal. Type O-negative can be safely transferred into anyone, but is only possessed by about 7 percent of the population, leaving supplies perpetually short. The new technique, devised by Lanza and colleagues at the Mayo Clinic and University of Illinois, is still preliminary. Its safety hasn't yet been proved in animals, much less humans."
- Transfusion breakthrough as human blood grown from stem cells - Times Online
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- Transfusion Transmitted Diseases/Infec tions - Transfusion Transmitted Injuries Section - Blood Safety Surveillance and Health Care Acquired Infections Division - Public Health Agency of Canada: canadian transfusion risks and protocols
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- No blood transfusion for Jehovah's witness near death: A MUM sobbed over her Jehovah?s Witness hubby as he fought for life last night ? but still refused to let him have a life-saving blood transfusion.
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- globeandmail.c om: Court to delve into a minor's right to refuse treatment
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