News tagged with 'blood'. Found 20 tagged news.

Football rivalry benefits American Red Cross

Portland :: OR :: USA | 18 days ago

The American Red Cross is launching its seventh year of the Civil War Blood Drive, in conjunction with the University of Oregon and Oregon State University rivalry football game. From Nov. 6 through Nov. 22, donors around the state can give blood in honor...

Tags: blood, donor, blood drive

'We need black blood'

Cape Town :: South Africa | 21 days ago

More than a quarter of a million South Africans are regular blood donors, but only 10% of them are black. At the same time, black people constitute 80% of those needing transfusions...Black donors are desperately needed not only to boost the supply of...

Tags: blood, donor, transfusion, blood donors

More Americans Suffering from High Blood Pressure

Milwaukee :: WI :: USA | about 1 month ago

Scientists at the National Institutes of Health’s Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute announced yesterday that the number of Americans with high blood pressure is on the rise, attributing the news to an obesity epidemic run rampant across the country.

Tags: blood, black, blood pressure

Jakarta Post, Indonesia: Donors step in to ease blood shortage

Jakarta :: Indonesia | about 1 month ago

Donors step in to ease blood shortage The Jakarta Post ,  Jakarta    Sun, 10/12/2008 9:47 AM   Headlines A woman is prepared by doctors to donate blood to the Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) at a blood giving event held by a developer company at an apartment...

Tags: blood, shortage, donor

Bone marrow registry event set up in honor of Bailee Schingel

Deerfield :: IL :: USA | about 1 month ago

The first bone marrow donor registry in the Kankakee area in at least two years will be held Saturday in honor of Bailee Schingel, of Chebanse, a 9-year-old who is battling leukemia. A bone marrow donor registry and blood drive will be held from 10 a.m....

Tags: donor, market, blood, marrow donors, bone marrow

The nation's blood supply . . . In critical condition

Dunwoody :: GA :: USA | 2 months ago

A minor change in medication caused major consequences for Don McLaughlin. Last July, McLaughlin, a Dunwoody, Ga., minister, switched acid reflux medications...Six units of blood, one surgical procedure and a weeklong hospital stay remedied the bleeding...

Tags: blood, transfusion, American Red Cross, Don McLaughlin

VITAL STATISTICS

Newark :: NJ :: USA | 2 months ago

This list is compiled from voluntary submissions by parents to hospitals. The local American Red Cross Blood Services has a critical need for type O blood...Blood drives are open today at: Carriage Place Donor Center, 4820 Sawmill Rd., noon-6 p.m. Nationwide...

Tags: donor, blood, donors center, nationwide plaza

Spike Lee offers blood, hope in World War Two film

Toronto :: Canada | 2 months ago

September 09, 2008 Filmmaker Spike Lee was focusing on the past when he made a movie about oft-forgotten the role of black soldiers in World War Two, a war film with both blood and schmaltz set in Tuscany. But the way the United States has changed since...

Tags: blood, black, Spike Lee, world war

Diyala operations continue despite probe

Baghdad :: Iraq | 3 months ago

Iraqi defense officials Friday said military operations in Diyala province were unaffected by a probe into a raid on the provincial headquarters. Iraqi gunmen on Tuesday stormed the offices of the Diyala provincial security chief, Hussain al-Zubaidi,...

Tags: iraq, troops, agreement, bush, Iraqi, U.S.-Iraq, america, deal, George W Bush, blood, Diyala, United States, iraqis negotiator, diyala province, secure forces, iraqis prime, prime minister

Deal on US troops in Iraq 'close'

Baghdad :: Iraq | 3 months ago

Posted by James

Iraq's foreign minister has said Iraq and the US are "very close" to a deal on the future of US forces in Iraq. Hoshyar Zebari says both sides were redoubling efforts to bring 10 months of tough negotiations to a conclusion. US Secretary of State Condoleezza...

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