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Life or Death
Blog About It! | September 3rd 2008 by Jennifer Gomez
Last year I went in to the hospital to have surgery. I had my appendix removed and the surgeon slit my artery on accident, therefore I was left to bleed. It was the most awful experience I ever had. I was in the hospital for 5.5 weeks and 6 blood read more
Our NHS at it's best!
PMT for Men | September 1st 2008
To save money so that they can afford more pen pushers the NHS gets a lot of it's blood for transfusions from abroad. About three years ago they were buying it from places like American prisons and, unsuprisingly, some of it was contaminated.One poor read more
HIV-Immune Cells to Fight AIDS? | Interesting Science Video
Web TV Hub | August 29th 2008
The things we humans do to mice. Ah, well. In the name of science… Before the days of screening blood used for blood transfusions, many people got AIDS through those transfusions. However, not everyone who received the infected blood developed AID read more
Variant Of Mad Cow Disease May Be Transmitted By Blood Transfusio…
ePsychology.us | August 29th 2008 by Joseph Szenasi
Blood transfusions are a valuable treatment mechanism in modern medicine, but can come with the risk of donor disease transmission. Researchers are continually studying the biology of blood products to understand how certain diseases are transmitted read more
What I know right now....
Moving to Morocco | August 26th 2008 by nicol
Thank you for all of the kind words. Everything is moving so fast right now. We were at the hospital 1st thing this morning and even they didn't have a solid plan of action...just a ton of tests. As of right now all I know is that Zouhair has Acute L read more
Scientists Generate Blood With Stem Cells
Gadget Goblin | August 20th 2008 by Aperio
Blood transfusions used to be a silly business involving long waits for donors that required compatible blood types. Thanks to stem cell research, waiting for these donors is no longer necessary. Scientists have used embryonic stem cells to generat read more
Cute Little "Kulit"
Pau's Big Thoughts | August 20th 2008 by Paula Tamio
One evening, the very "makulit" Brent was singing some songs. His mom and I can't help but laugh. I was surprised how he grows up so fast. He still can't talk straight, he is still "bulol" but still he tries to pronounce the words (the only clear wor read more
Blood Donation is a Noble Selfless Service to the Mankind
info world | August 20th 2008 by info
Why Blood Donation? There are many situations in which patients need blood to stay alive:- A patient needs blood after a major accident in which there is loss of blood. All major surgeries are performed with sufficient blood of the same group as of t read more
Orthopaedic and HIV
alvarez@ortho | August 20th 2008 by Alvarez Zevanya
Orthopaedic manifestations of HIVEpidemiology70% of HIV infected patients have musculoskeletal manifestations.Risks to health care workersPercutaneous exposure: 0.3%Mucous membrane exposure: 0.09%(Other viral illnesses)HepBAg+ 39%HepBAg- 6%Hep C 1. read more
Dog recovering after swallowing fork
Life is full of mystery | August 18th 2008 by janz
A Raleigh dog is recovering from surgery after he swallowed a fork.Apachee, 10, endured surgery and multiple blood transfusions after his veterinarian identified the source of his distress. X-rays showed the fork lodged in the dog's chest cavity.Doct read more
Dog Eats Fork
Odd News | August 15th 2008
Apachee, 10, endured surgery and multiple blood transfusions after his veterinarian identified the source of his distress. X-rays showed the fork lodged in the dog's chest cavity. read more
Iron
just children | August 12th 2008 by Rubbi T Widiantoro
Finally, many parents know to hold off on cow's milk until a baby's first birthday, since cow's milk contains very little iron, which babies need to make blood cells. Breast milk contains adequate iron, but most infants today get weaned to formula by read more
Is This The Last Hurrah For The Banking System?
Las Vegas Realtor Steve Harless | August 9th 2008 by Las Vegas Realtor Steve Harless - Realty World - 702.217.1680
I just read a great article, "Thar she blows: The last hurrah for the banking system"By Mike Whitney The article talks about all the negative press that hounds us all and the bank runs that are going on, the sabor rattling with the FDIC, and of cours read more
A plea for Isabel
The Fantail | August 7th 2008 by Marjorie Dawson
This is a story of love, a kitty and the lengths to which a loving family will go to help their beloved family member, a kitty called Isabel, live a healthy life.If you think a cut paw, a small bite or a trip to the vets for an injection is scary for read more
Treatment with anti-anemia drugs may not be safe for multiple mye…
Beth's Myeloma Blog | August 5th 2008
How will this affect the treatment of anemia? Will it mean more transfusions and less ESAs? I’ve only ever had a few shots of Procrit, and have never had red blood cells (just platelets). What I’m afraid will happen is that people will read more
Anthropological Quest
baldylocks | August 2nd 2008 by baldylocks
So now that I've bought a dress, I need shoes to go along with it. When I came home from dress shopping I went into my closet and began pulling out all my shoes. It's been so long since I've worn them that I had forgotten what I even had. I've spe read more
Blood Transfusions Saves Lives
Blue Licorice | August 1st 2008 by Blue Licorice
Do you donate blood each month? Donated blood saves lives and the way it does that is during surgery when people need blood put back in, this donated blood is used to replace blood lost during a procedure. Not only that, but it is used anytime a read more
Recover fast la
keeyit's Wonderful Life | July 31st 2008 by keeyit
I really afraid to heard about people around me infected by dengue. This is because I had a bad experience on this. Few years ago, my father infected by dengue and admitted to hospital for almost 3 weeks. He had a hard time struggling to survive. He read more
Twitter Updates for 2008-07-29
geeks make me hot (dot) com | July 30th 2008
Dear work… One of these days ill be on time. Just not sure which. # @mattbrett I understand that. Chloe, my daughter, has had to have 2 blood transfusions so far… she’s only 2 months old # @mattbrett hugs to Addison. # @mitchellcl read more
Netherlands: 49% think doctors should take religious and cultural…
Islam in Europe | July 29th 2008 by Esther
49% think that family doctors should take the religious and cultural notions of their patients into account. This according to a study which would be presented Tuesday by research institute NIVEL.The study was held after the commotion last year read more
Prince Is Not A Christain!
The Old Black Church | July 26th 2008 by Ann
Prince, like Little Richard, was born a Seventh-day Adventist, and his music always has reflected a struggle between the sacred and the profane. In becoming a Jehovah’s Witness, Prince has committed himself to a demanding and countercultural faith. read more
Two more RNY'ers with seizures. Just today.
Melting Mama | July 24th 2008 by Beth.
A woman emailed me just now. I am telling you - THIS IS NOT NORMAL. We are adding up. "I am 40 years old, had gastric bypass 6 years ago. Have had two blood transfusions, 2 iron infusions, take b-12... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my web read more
Five thalassemic kids get AIDS after blood transfusion
Ahmedabad Info - Information, News, History, Guide about Ahm… | July 17th 2008 by Ahmedabad Info
AHMEDABAD: Mitesh is just 12, but he has to undergo at least 20 blood transfusions in a year for thalassemia. Now, one of this life-saving transfusions has given him AIDS too.The boy's HIV positive status is linked to the blood transfusions. Mitesh i read more
Natalie Cole Diagnosed with Hepititas C
AriesUrbanSpot | July 16th 2008 by Arie
Natalie Cole’s representative has confirmed that Natalie Cole was diagnosed with hepatitis C. Cole was forced to pull out of a concert in California last week due to the chronic illness. Hepatitis C is a blood-borne disease which means it is spread read more
Celebrity Circus: The Light At The End Of The Tunnel Is An Oncomi…
TVGasm: Ultimate Big Brother Recap Blog | July 16th 2008
Yes, this is the world's gayest gecko. It's Do or Die week here on Celebrity Circus.. At least that's what Pudgy Fatone is telling me. Oh, but it's also Judgment Day according to Louie. But things here just aren't what they used to be. Peter Brady read more
Sickle Cell Anemia Cured with Cord Blood Treatment
Transplant Views | July 15th 2008 by michael thomas
July 15, 2008Banking on cord bloodTransplants saving young lives from diseases that were once thought to be unbeatableAndrea W. DilworthSpecial to The Clarion-Ledger Sickle cell anemia, leukemia and Hurler's syndrome - all conditions considered relat read more
If you don't know what a POA is, then you need to read this.
Lesbiatopia | July 14th 2008 by Lesbiatopia
If you do and you haven’t designated one, then you really need to read this.I’m going to tell you a little story to illustrate my point.This story is true. It happened to me last week. I wish I could say that it was a rare event, but, unfortunate read more
Slightly Brusied & A Little Bit Used
Drop Your Jaw & Coax Me | July 8th 2008 by Beau Baxter
Today we had patient, "Joe" who was working in a steel factory who was impaled in his left arm and abdomen by a steel bar. The steel bar performed a partial amputation to his left arm and completely ripped open his abdomen spilling his entrails. When read more
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
Beth's Brain Injury Blog | July 5th 2008 by Larry
Today's topic is more about how I got my brain injury. I developed acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) in the hospital while recovering from surgery.My natural question was a simple one: Why? Why did I develop ARDS? How did it happen?I learned read more
Twitter put to good use
Twittermaven | July 3rd 2008 by warren sukernek
Michelle Greer organized a tweetup blood drive in Austin today. You can read more about it below from Michelle's blog or check out the community responses. Tweetups are fun get together's for the twitter community to meet face to face, but this one read more