News tagged with blood group

Researchers identify potential new weapon in battle against HIV infection

Jan 12, 2009 | 4 / 5 (1) | 0

Researchers have discovered a potentially important new resistance factor in the battle against HIV: blood types. An international team of researchers from Canadian Blood Services, The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) ...

Audio relaxation program may help lower blood pressure in elderly

Medicine & Health / Research

Sep 17, 2008 | 4.4 / 5 (5) | 0

An audio relaxation program lowered blood pressure more than a Mozart sonata in a group of elderly people with high blood pressure, researchers reported at the American Heart Association's 62nd Annual Fall Conference of the ...

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Ideal nanoparticle cancer therapies surf the bloodstream

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

Nov 09, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

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 ...

Team-based care involving a pharmacist improves blood pressure control

Medicine & Health / Health

Nov 23, 2009 | 4 / 5 (1) | 0

Patients whose hypertension is managed by a physician-pharmacist team have lower blood pressure levels and are more likely to reach goals for blood pressure control than those treated without this collaborative approach, ...

Intelligent blood bags

Technology / Engineering

Dec 01, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(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 ...

Blood ties -- younger generation more willing to donate blood

Medicine & Health / Other

Oct 13, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

Youth may not bring wisdom but, according to a new study from Canada, it does bring generosity as young adults are found to be the most likely to donate blood. The research, published in BioMed Central's open access International Jo ...

Measuring and modeling blood flow in malaria

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

Nov 23, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

When people have malaria, they are infected with Plasmodium parasites, which enter the body from the saliva of a mosquito, infect cells in the liver, and then spread to red blood cells. Inside the blood cells, the parasites ...

Radiology procedure may help increase long-term survival in patients with severe liver cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

Nov 20, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

In patients with unresectable (unable to be removed by surgery) liver cancer, an interventional radiology procedure called triple-drug transcatheter arterial chemoemobolization (TACE) followed by a liver transplant may significantly ...

Study: Kidney angioplasty brings risks, no benefit

Medicine & Health / Diseases

Nov 11, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

If you're among the hundreds of thousands of Americans with clogged kidney arteries, you might want to consider trying medicines before rushing into angioplasty to open them up. The pricey procedure is no more effective and ...

Should children undergo surgery without a long period of fasting after feeding?

Medicine & Health / Other

Oct 28, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

Blood glucose levels in a lot of patients fed normal liquid food (NLF) and a high calorie diet (HCD) were high. There was no significant difference in the blood prealbumin levels. There was a significant increase in the blood ...

Modern 'House Call' is Cost-Effective Model for Improving Blood Pressure

Medicine & Health / Health

Oct 06, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Combining home-based blood pressure monitoring and telephone counseling significantly improves a person's blood pressure control at a minimal cost, according to a study published online in the Annals of ...