MONDAY, Jan. 17, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Astronauts can develop a condition called space anemia because their bodies destroy more red blood cells than normal when in space, a groundbreaking study shows. Assessments of 14 astronauts over six months between space missions found that 54% more blood cells were destroyedContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Jan. 14, 2022 (HealthDay News) — A three-month sexual abstinence rule for blood donations from sexually active gay and bisexual men should be dropped by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, critics urge as the country struggles with a blood shortage. Right now, based on the slight chance ofContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Jan. 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) — There’s an urgent need for blood donations as the United States’ blood supply drops to one of its lowest levels in over a decade, the America Red Cross said Tuesday. In the past few weeks, blood centers nationwide have reported “a dangerously lowContinue Reading
MONDAY, Dec. 13, 2021 (HealthDay News) — A gene therapy that could provide a permanent cure for sickle cell disease continues to show success through a third wave of patients, researchers report. The therapy, LentiGlobin, restored normal blood function in 35 sickle cell patients who had the one-time procedure, accordingContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 8, 2021 (HealthDay News) — For people suffering from clots in their legs, a new study finds that one of two commonly used blood thinners is safer and more effective than the other. Venous thromboembolism (VTE) can cause clots to form in the deep veins in the legs,Continue Reading
TUESDAY, Nov. 23, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Folks who’ve had a clogged artery reopened probably can stop taking blood thinners sooner than previously thought, a new study argues. Patients are regularly prescribed blood thinners for a year or more after angioplasty. This is to make sure that blood doesn’t clotContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Nov. 18, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Gene therapy shows promise in reducing, and even halting, potentially life-threatening bleeding events in people with hemophilia, researchers report. Hemophilia A is the most common inherited bleeding disorder, affecting one in 5,000 males worldwide. It’s caused by a missing coagulation factor called FVIII.Continue Reading
TUESDAY, Nov. 16, 2021 (HealthDay News) — For decades, doctors have struggled with the fact that the benefit of any blood-thinning pill came with the added risk of excess bleeding. Now, an experimental anti-clotting pill called milvexian has been found to be effective in patients who had knee replacement surgeryContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 10, 2021 (HealthDay News) — While deaths from sepsis have dropped in the United States since 2000, older Americans remain particularly susceptible to the life-threatening bacterial infection, new government data shows. Sepsis strikes roughly 2 million people each year and is the cause of one in three hospitalContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Oct. 12, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Most people shouldn’t bother taking daily low-dose aspirin to reduce their risk of a first heart attack or stroke, the nation’s leading panel of preventive medicine experts announced Tuesday. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) issued a draft recommendation that essentially backsContinue Reading