Uganda: Blood Donation Drive Seeks to Collect 300,000 Units
[Monitor] To avert an impending blood shortage in the country, Uganda Blood Transfusion Services (UBTS) and Goldstar, an insurance company, have launched a joint campaign to raise about 300, 000 units of blood this year. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 8, 2019 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Rwanda: Singer Tom Close Named Head of Kigali Centre for Blood Transfusion
[New Times] A cabinet meeting, on April 3, appointed singer Dr Thomas Muyombo, better known by his stage name Tom Close, as the Director of Regional Centre for Blood Transfusion (RCBT) Kigali. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 4, 2019 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Kenya: Cancer Patient in Viral KHN Video Undergoes Blood Transfusion
[Nairobi News] The woman who was denied treatment at the Kenyatta National Hospital for failing to pay a Sh1,950 bill has since been assisted by a Good Samaritan and is undergoing blood transfusion. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 3, 2019 Category: African Health Source Type: news
EU Panel Backs First Gene Therapy for Beta Thalassemia EU Panel Backs First Gene Therapy for Beta Thalassemia
Zynteglo is for patients 12 years and older who do not have a β 0/ β 0 genotype, need regular blood transfusions to manage their disease, and have no matching donor for a stem cell transplant.International Approvals (Source: Medscape Pediatrics Headlines)
Source: Medscape Pediatrics Headlines - March 29, 2019 Category: Pediatrics Tags: Hematology-Oncology News Alert Source Type: news
Girl, 2, has 50-50 chance of survival after flu turned into rare inflammation of the BRAIN
Layla Thomas, of St Louis, Missouri, has been in the pediatric intensive care unit for 11 days, placed into a medically induced coma and given scores of blood transfusions. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 29, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Three Interventions Involved in Decrease in Combat Mortality
FRIDAY, March 29, 2019 -- Increased use of tourniquets, blood transfusions, and more rapid prehospital transport time accounted for 44.2 percent of the total mortality reduction seen over time in Afghanistan and Iraq, according to a study published... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - March 29, 2019 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Survival of US soldiers during the Iraq and Afghanistan wars increased three-fold
A new study from the University of Texas at San Antonio found that without interventions such as tourniquets and blood transfusions, there would have been nearly 3,700 more deaths. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 27, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Podcast: Colloids or crystalloids for fluid replacement in critically ill people
The care of critically ill patients is highly complex, requiring treatments for their underlying conditions and for the consequences of those conditions, such as the loss of bodily fluids. A wide range of these treatments are assessed in Cochrane Reviews and one of these was updated in August 2018, looking at the effects of giving patients extra fluids. Lead author, Sharon Lewis from the Royal Lancaster Infirmary in the UK, tells us about the latest findings in this podcast." People who are critically ill may lose large amounts of fluid because of trauma, burns, infections, such as sepsis, or other serious conditions. They...
Source: Cochrane News and Events - March 20, 2019 Category: Information Technology Authors: Lydia Parsonson Source Type: news
Blood donation: 'For two weeks she lived life to the full'
Marilyn's daughter Alice needed 144 blood transfusions for leukaemia treatment. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - March 11, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
When Your Child Gets Diagnosed With Sickle Cell Disease
Fear, anxiety, exasperation… this is what ran through my mind when I heard the words, “Your daughter has sickle cell disease.” Being told that your child has a chronic illness ...
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Source: Red Cross Chat - February 27, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: American Red Cross Tags: Blood blood donations blood donor blood donor app blood transfusion game of thrones HBO sickle cell disease Source Type: news
Baylor St. Luke ’s Medical Center sets correction plans following patient death
Following a patient death caused by a blood transfusion error, a federal review and a C-suite shake-up, Baylor St. Luke ’s Medical Center has issued plans for correction.
The hospital's president, T. Douglas Lawson — who also serves as CEO of Catholic Health Initiatives Texas Division, which includes other CHI St. Luke’s Health facilities — addressed the health system's correction plans in a Feb. 26 open le tter posted to the CHI St. Luke's Health website. Lawson took over leadership roles… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines - February 26, 2019 Category: American Health Authors: Chris Mathews Source Type: news
LivaNova wins Japanese reimbursement for Perceval aortic valve
LivaNova (NSDQ:LIVN) said today that it won national reimbursement through Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare for its Perceval sutureless aortic heart valve intended to treat aortic valve disease.
The London-based company said that the elastic Perceval valve’s sutureless design allows it to achieve optimal effective orifice area for improved hemodynamics. The company said that procedures utilizing the Perceval valve result in shorter intensive care unit stays, reduced ventilation time and less blood transfusions.
“With national reimbursement for Perceval, an innovative and trusted valve platf...
Source: Mass Device - February 21, 2019 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Fink Densford Tags: Business/Financial News Cardiovascular Replacement Heart Valves LivaNova Source Type: news
WATCH: FDA issues warnings of 'young blood' transfusions
The agency on Tuesday said in a statement that plasma infusions from young people provide "no proven clinical benefit" against normal aging, Alzheimer's or a host of other diseases. (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - February 21, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: WNT Source Type: news
FDA: Beware Of Blood Transfusions from Young People To Stop Aging
Sellers of such " young blood " plasma transfusions have claimed that they can " treat " normal aging, memory loss, dementia, Parkinson ’s disease, multiple sclerosis, heart disease, or post-traumatic stress disorder. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - February 20, 2019 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Bruce Y. Lee, Contributor Source Type: news
What If You Were Your Own Blood Donor for Surgery?
Among nearly 700 heart surgery patients studied, researchers found the tactic did seem to reduce blood transfusions. Patients who self-donated also had shorter hospital stays. (Source: WebMD Health)
Source: WebMD Health - January 29, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
