http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. A German research team has examined data on supply and demand for blood transfusions against a computer simulation of an influenza pandemic, and discovered that a severe pandemic scenario could quickly lead to a deficit of up to 96,000 red blood cell (RBC) transfusion units in Germany alone, creating potentially fatal outcomes. Their study is published today in the journal TRANSFUSION. http://www.physorg.com/news179559269.html Medicine & Health Wed, 09 Dec 2009 06:00:01 EST news179559269 Infection with the H1N1 virus, or swine flu, causes more life-threatening complications than seasonal flu in children with sickle cell disease, according to research from Johns Hopkins Children's Center. The findings, to be presented on Dec. 7 at the annual meeting of the American Society of Hematology, warn parents and caregivers that such children are more likely to need emergency treatment and stays in an intensive-care unit. http://www.physorg.com/news179401986.html Medicine & Health Mon, 07 Dec 2009 10:20:01 EST news179401986 (PhysOrg.com) -- Have the blood supplies got too warm? Do they match the patient?s blood group? In the future, these kinds of questions will be answered by intelligent radio nodes attached to blood bags. These radio units will also greatly facilitate device management in hospitals. http://www.physorg.com/news178913773.html Technology Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:00:03 EST news178913773 Historic manuscripts by Sir Isaac Newton, Benjamin Franklin and other ground-breaking scientists will be published online for the first time, Britain's Royal Society said Monday. http://www.physorg.com/news178782363.html Technology Mon, 30 Nov 2009 05:46:30 EST news178782363 Medications frequently given to cancer patients to reduce their risk of anemia are associated with an increased risk of deep vein thrombosis or pulmonary embolism, according to new research led by Dawn Hershman, M.D, M.S., co-director of the breast cancer program at the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center. The findings will be published online on Nov. 10, 2009 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute (ahead of the Dec. 2, 2009 print edition). http://www.physorg.com/news177097215.html Medicine & Health Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:50:01 EST news177097215 Eric Shaqfeh studies blood at Stanford University, using computer models that simulate how the fluid and the cells it contains move around. On November 11 at a meeting of the scientific society AVS, he will present his latest unpublished findings from two studies. One shows how components in blood line up to prepare for healing; the other demonstrates the best shape to use for man-made nanoparticles that target cancers -- a surfboard. http://www.physorg.com/news176994180.html Nanotechnology Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:03:40 EST news176994180 If you're sick, traveling to a foreign land may boost your spirits, but jeopardize your health, according to a paper being presented at the American Society of Nephrology's 42nd Annual Meeting and Scientific Exposition in San Diego, CA. The findings indicate that dialysis patients who travel on vacation risk infections, anemia, and other complications that can compromise their dialysis treatments. http://www.physorg.com/news176131594.html Medicine & Health Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:27:53 EST news176131594 St. Jude Children's Research Hospital investigators were recently awarded a $23 million federal grant to launch a national study of the drug hydroxyurea to prevent first strokes in children and adolescents with sickle cell anemia (SCA). http://www.physorg.com/news175955305.html Medicine & Health Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:00:01 EST news175955305 Babesiosis is a potentially dangerous parasitic disease transmitted by ticks and is common in the Northeast and the upper Midwest. Babesia lives inside of red blood cells, meaning it can also be transmitted through a blood transfusion from an infected but otherwise asymptomatic blood donor. http://www.physorg.com/news175269843.html Medicine & Health Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:50:01 EST news175269843 Several cell-based therapy approaches could provide new treatments for patients with Alport syndrome, reports an upcoming paper in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN). "Our study opens up many considerations of how new therapies related to the use of stem cells can be devised for our kidney patients with chronic disease," comments Raghu Kalluri, MD, PhD (Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA). http://www.physorg.com/news174847427.html Medicine & Health Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:40:02 EST news174847427 Persistently present levels of unmetabolized folic acid found in the population indicate that introducing mandatory food fortification may result in an 'overdosing' effect. A study of blood donors, new mothers and babies, published in the open access journal BMC Public Health, has found that most already get enough folic acid from voluntarily fortified foods. http://www.physorg.com/news169756050.html Medicine & Health Mon, 17 Aug 2009 19:50:02 EST news169756050 A new study suggests that blood transfusions for hospitalized cardiac patients should be a last resort because they double the risk of infection and increase by four times the risk of death. http://www.physorg.com/news168696993.html Medicine & Health Wed, 05 Aug 2009 13:17:00 EST news168696993 A study of almost 25,000 coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) patients has shown that receiving blood from another person is associated with a two-fold increase in post-operative infection rates. The research, published in the open access journal BMC Medicine, also found considerable hospital variation in transfusion practices. http://www.physorg.com/news168245851.html Medicine & Health Fri, 31 Jul 2009 07:58:55 EST news168245851 (AP) -- Brryan Jackson has been left out of birthday party invitations and asked not to use water fountains. His daily routine at one point included 23 pills, three IV medications and two injections. But the toughest part of growing up with AIDS for him may be knowing how he got it. http://www.physorg.com/news163560542.html Medicine & Health Sun, 07 Jun 2009 02:29:37 EST news163560542 Early results from a Mayo Clinic research study demonstrate the effectiveness of a new approach to blocking an important part of the immune system that causes severe damage to some kidney transplants. Historically, these patients have been very difficult to treat successfully because their immune systems are already primed with antibodies to destroy the donor organ. These findings were presented today at the American Transplant Congress. http://www.physorg.com/news163157576.html Medicine & Health Tue, 02 Jun 2009 10:37:12 EST news163157576 The use of drugs to encourage red blood cell formation (erythropoiesis-stimulating agents) in cancer patients with anemia increases the risk of death and serious adverse events such as blood clots, found a new study in CMAJ. http://www.physorg.com/news160330459.html Medicine & Health Thu, 30 Apr 2009 17:14:39 EST news160330459 The number of children with a certain blood disorder undergoing an ultrasound to help prevent stroke is up significantly in the past 10 years since the publication of a major study showing its benefits. However, limited access to labs that perform this type of screening appears to be a barrier to helping these children who are at a high risk of stroke. The research is published in the April 14, 2009, print issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. http://www.physorg.com/news158861297.html Medicine & Health Mon, 13 Apr 2009 17:11:21 EST news158861297 (AP) -- Police have detained the director of a Chinese hospital where at least 64 people were infected with the potentially deadly liver disease hepatitis C after receiving transfusions from blood collected illegally, state media reported. http://www.physorg.com/news157871030.html Medicine & Health Thu, 02 Apr 2009 06:04:14 EST news157871030 Haemofiltration has already been shown to improve fluid balance in children treated with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) but now researchers writing in BioMed Central's open access journal Critical Care have reported that continuous haemofiltration significantly reduces ECMO duration in newborns. http://www.physorg.com/news157869862.html Medicine & Health Thu, 02 Apr 2009 05:45:00 EST news157869862 A Spanish boy with a serious form of anemia has recovered after a groundbreaking procedure using blood from the umbilical cord of his genetically-selected brother, authorities said Friday. http://www.physorg.com/news156163100.html Medicine & Health Fri, 13 Mar 2009 11:39:07 EST news156163100 The findings underline the importance of precautions against vCJD transmission, such as the Government decision in 2004 to ban blood donations from anyone who had received a blood transfusion since 1980. http://www.physorg.com/news139233445.html Medicine & Health Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:57:25 EST news139233445 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 in an effort to reduce this risk during blood transfusions. According to a study in sheep prepublished online in Blood, the official journal of the American Society of Hematology, the risk of transmitting bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE, commonly known as "mad cow disease") by blood transfusion is surprisingly high. http://www.physorg.com/news139151528.html Medicine & Health Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:12:08 EST news139151528