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    Jehovah's Witnesses transfusion ban under fire Jan 27, 2006
    By coincidence, next week's directive follows some heavy criticism of the blood transfusion policy from attorney Kerry Louderback-Wood of Fort Myers, Fla ...
    - Chicago Sun-Times,

    8 patients died of AIDS from blood transfusion Jan 26, 2006
    In this case the hospital did not operate the blood transfusion process according to their proper procedures, and now the local government is taking measures ...
    - Shanghai Daily,

    Thalassaemic children to get free blood transfusion Jan 18, 2006
    NRI, Rotary, blood bank and nursing homes come together to provide free transfusion to 21 needy children. Chandigarh, January 18 ...
    - Chandigarh Newsline,

    HEALTH: 'Don't panic over hepatitis' Jan 28, 2006
    ...were raised when it was reported that a man from Friday Bridge, near Wisbech, had contracted the potentially-fatal infection from a blood transfusion given to ...
    - Peterborough Evening Telegraph,

    Blood transfusion becomes safer Jan 5, 2006
    Blood transfusion is set to become even more safe as Manipal Hospital has introduced a technology called Nucleic Acid Technology Minipool (NAT). ...
    - Business Standard,

    Hammersmith chooses Technidata for blood transfusion Jan 11, 2006
    Hammersmith Hospitals NHS Trust has signed a contract with Technidata to replace its two existing blood transfusion systems with TD-BloodBank, a component of ...
    - E-Health Insider,

    Woman sues Anaheim hospital over blood transfusion death of her ... Dec 29, 2005
    ANAHEIM, Calif. A woman whose mother died after receiving the wrong blood type in a transfusion is suing an Anaheim hospital for the fatal error. ...
    - KESQ,

    DuBiotech will incorporate blood transfusion, gene therapy centres Jan 8, 2006
    DUBAI, Jan 8th, 2006 (WAM) - DuBiotech, the hub of biotechnology in Dubai, will also incorporate a research, treatment, blood transfusion centre and a gene ...
    - WAM - Emirates News Agency,

    Politics Has Curdled Blood Issues in South Africa Since ... Jan 23, 2006
    IT IS not surprising that discussions about blood transfusion can be heated, emotional and often irrational. Apartheid infiltrated ...
    - AllAfrica.com,

    Blood Donors Save A Young East Texan's Life Jan 27, 2006
    Her daughter's blood count is monitored and when it's low, she must get a blood transfusion. "When I first got the blood transfusion ...
    - KLTV,

    Ombudsman rules against newspaper over gay blood Jan 27, 2006
    ..."It is true that any threat to the integrity of the blood-transfusion service is a serious matter of general public interest and should be published. ...
    - Mail & Guardian Online,

    Fritzie Zivic: Maligned and Revered Jan 28, 2006
    ...that he thought of his dead father, and credited much of his win to his brother Jack, who provided Fritzie with the life saving blood transfusion when he ...
    - Hardcore Boxing,

    Teens trump other donor groups in giving the gift of life Jan 27, 2006
    No antibiotics in previous two days, except Zithromax for five days. No tattoo, body piercing or blood transfusion in previous 12 months. ...
    - The Desert Sun,

    Bone marrow drive aims to help infant Jan 27, 2006
    ...was then air lifted to CCMC and by the time the family got there to be with their son, they were immediately told he would need an emergency blood transfusion. ...
    - TownTimesNews.com,

    Honoring two African-American leaders Jan 22, 2006
    In August 1940, following an urgent request from the British Red Cross, the American Red Cross and the Blood Transfusion Betterment Association of New York ...
    - Culpeper Star Exponent,

    BUPA patient died after her organs failed Jan 26, 2006
    ...to the jury that he accompanied Mrs Jones to the Infirmary and, before leaving Roundhay, he was informed about the incompatible blood transfusion which had ...
    - Yorkshire Post Today,

    PGI enters the womb of problem! Jan 21, 2006
    Delivering his lecture on the status of blood transfusion in the world Dr JG Jolly, the man who established Transfusion Medicine Department in SGPGIMS ...
    - Hindustan Times,

    Blood levels go down Jan 22, 2006
    Mr Mupeso however, said the Zambia National Blood Transfusion Services is putting up extra measures in all provinces to ensure enough blood stocks are collected ...
    - ZNBC,

    Blood gift - it's a dog's life saver Jan 25, 2006
    ..."The dog had already had one blood transfusion from the owner's other dog and they were in a situation that she was going to need a second transfusion.". ...
    - Herts 24,

    Plea for increase in blood donations Jan 25, 2006
    AN administrator who owes her life to a blood transfusion is calling on people across Mid Cheshire to become donors so others can benefit. ...
    - ic CheshireOnline,

    Bayer blood clot drug Trasylol associated with increased health ... Jan 26, 2006
    Trasylol is currently approved for the prevention of post-operative blood loss and the need for blood transfusion in patients undergoing surgery. ...
    - Forbes

    Donate Blood, The Gift Of Life Jan 27, 2006
    It is estimated that every 10 seconds someone needs blood. One out of every ten hospital patients requires a blood transfusion. ...
    - Wiscasset Newspaper,

    Gay man with Aids donates blood Jan 13, 2006
    A gay man with full-blown Aids donated blood on Friday -- after lying about his sexual practices, the SA National Blood Transfusion Service (SANBTS) has been ...
    - Mail & Guardian Online,

    Be someone's hero Jan 26, 2006
    The donation of one person can be used to save the lives of three people-and one out of every three people will need a blood transfusion sometime in their life ...
    - Daily Utah Chronicle (subscription),

    Tanmia supports blood donation program of UAE Ministry of Health Jan 15, 2006
    Tanmia, the National Human Resources Development and Employment Authority, came forward in large numbers to donate blood at a blood transfusion camp organised ...
    - Al-Bawaba,

    EU, UN to Spend $5.4M on HIV Jan 25, 2006
    The need for greater blood transfusion precautions were highlighted by a recent incident in which blood from an HIV-infected donor in Voronezh put numerous ...
    - The Moscow Times,

    Blood bank suffers shortage Jan 23, 2006
    Sparkman explained that he had donated numerous times in the past, and that his father had recently received a blood transfusion and without it he may not be ...
    - The Student Printz,

    Palo LGU conducts blood letting activity Jan 25, 2006
    ...non-government organizations to implement a National Voluntary Blood Services Program to meet in an evolutionary manner, the needs for blood transfusion in all ...
    - Philippine Information Agency,

    Bihar: Nothing positive about HIV Jan 16, 2006
    Patna: A blood transfusion racket is thriving in the heart of Bihar's capital, endangering the lives of thousands of unsuspecting patients, CNN-IBN ...
    - CNN-IBN,

    Movie Review: 'Underworld: Evolution' Jan 26, 2006
    ...floss. However, Selene did give Michael a needed blood transfusion by slitting her wrists and letting him feast on the flow. When ...
    - Friday Flyer,

    Stem-cell bill stalls in House committee Jan 25, 2006
    The Tampa surgeon said that when doctors prepared to perform the first blood transfusion, heart transplant and in vitro fertilizations, each procedure was met ...
    - Palm Beach Post,

    Scared of vampires? No, it's anaemia that should worry us Jan 23, 2006
    ...disease. When it becomes alarming, British doctors tend to opt for a blood transfusion — the effect of which is short-lived. Blood ...
    - Times Online,

    SOUTH AFRICA: GAY MAN WITH AIDS DONATES BLOOD Jan 13, 2006
    A South African gay man with full-blown Aids has donated blood after lying about his sexual practices, the SA National Blood Transfusion Service (SANBTS) has ...
    - African News Dimension,

    PM calls for collective efforts to combat HIV/AIDS curse Jan 26, 2006
    ...taken to prevent the deadly disease, she said a strategic plan for 2004-2010 has already been prepared and parliament has passed Safe Blood Transfusion Act in ...
    - Financial Express.bd,

    'The Yellow Boat' Jan 25, 2006
    ...of life, "The Yellow Boat" tells the story of Benjamin Saar, one of the first Hemophiliacs to contract the HIV virus through a blood transfusion in the early ...
    - Marlborough Enterprise,

    In medicine we must trust Jan 22, 2006
    I have never had a tissue transplant, but there is always that possible blood transfusion. Would I worry about disease transmission? Sure, but just a little. ...
    - Newsday,

    Bayer Clinical Trials on Trasylol Not Consistent with New England ... Jan 26, 2006
    ...the FDA in 1993, Trasylol is the only product indicated for prophylactic use to reduce perioperative blood loss and the need for blood transfusion in patients ...
    - PharmaLive.com (press release),

    A CONTAMINATION scare has halted production at Scotland's major ... Jan 20, 2006
    Last night, Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service bosses insisted products had not been tainted and said there were ample reserves. ...
    - Glasgow Daily Record,

    City's blood donor experts aid Serbians Jan 9, 2006
    The representatives from the Blood Transfusion Institute in Serbia are attempting to set up a system in which donations are voluntary. ...
    - Edinburgh Evening News,

    Firefighters to Roll Up Sleeves and also Donate Blood at On- Site ... Jan 17, 2006
    New York Blood Center (NYBC), one of the nation's largest non- profit, community-based blood centers, has been providing blood, transfusion products and ...
    - U.S. Newswire (press release),

    Blood drive Jan. 30 at Ubly High School Jan 25, 2006
    While statistics show that 97 percent of people will need a blood transfusion by age 75, just 5 percent of people donate blood. ...
    - Huron Daily Tribune,

    Begging for blood at railway station, airport Jan 21, 2006
    Chemotherapy can't start without provisions for blood transfusion.". "After running from pillar to post, Deepak came to us two months ago. ...
    - Khaleej Times,

    Donating blood can help save the world Jan 25, 2006
    ...schedules and give. The Mayo Clinic estimates that 25 percent of the population will need a blood transfusion. The troublesome part ...
    - Loveland Herald Reporter,

    Don't hurry, test your blood before you marry Jan 22, 2006
    ...to experts, thalassaemia is a genetic blood disorder characterised by lower percentage of haemoglobin and a patient has to undergo blood transfusion for life. ...
    - Newindpress,

    Plea for blood despite 10% rise in donors Dec 29, 2005
    Officials at the Blood Transfusion Service say the first two weeks of January is the time when there is the biggest hospital demand for blood. ...
    - Glasgow Evening Times,

    250 blood banks will be linked online soon Dec 28, 2005
    The Maharashtra State Blood Transfusion Council (SBTC) is giving finishing touches to an ambitious project to create an online network of the 250 blood banks ...
    - Daily News & Analysis,

    Jamaicans refuse to donate blood Dec 29, 2005
    Despite pleas last week for Jamaicans to donate a pint of blood over the festive season, Director of the National Blood Transfusion Services, Dr. Lundie ...
    - radiojamaica.com,

    Viet Nam improves human organ transplants Jan 20, 2006
    ...from liver and kidney transplants, bone marrow transplant operations have been carried out at the Hospital 108 in Ha Noi, the Blood Transfusion and Haematology ...
    - Viet Nam News Agency,

    Transplant Recipients Meet FDNY Firefighters Who Donated Life ... Jan 19, 2006
    New York Blood Center (NYBC), one of the nation's largest non-profit, community-based blood centers, has been providing blood, transfusion products and ...
    - U.S. Newswire (press release),

    Tanzania sets up six new zonal blood banks Jan 4, 2006
    By J. MWAMUNYANGE. Tanzania’s blood bank service has set up zonal blood transfusion centres to improve the country’s ability to provide blood on demand. ...
    - East African,

    Rotary awards for individuals Jan 23, 2006
    Dr V Mythili, a specialist in the field of blood transfusion and immunohaematology has been rendering yeomen service for the needy at the VHS Blood bank for ...
    - News Today,

    'He showed a cavalier disregard for safety' Jan 24, 2006
    Fortunately, the other patient did not need a blood transfusion during the operation. Referring to Mrs Jones, Mr Richardson said: "By his negligence, she died. ...
    - Leeds Today,

    NWFP Assembly proceedings: ‘2,043 AIDS patients in Pakistan’ Jan 24, 2006
    He said that all blood banks had been given screening kits to provide blood free of AIDS hepatitis B and C and Safe Blood Transfusion Authority had been formed ...
    - Daily Times,

    'Singled out even though our blood is clean' Jan 20, 2006
    The SANBS is an association of voluntary, non-remunerated blood donors, with an aim of providing all patients in need of a blood transfusion with sufficient ...
    - Independent Online,

    Cape blood stores more at risk of HIV Jan 15, 2006
    The Western Province Blood Transfusion Service (WPBTS), however, does use the red blood cells of first-time donors, spokesperson Marika Champion says. ...
    - Independent Online,

    Mandatory disclosure of HIV status: Experts say tackle issue ... Jan 9, 2006
    He is the man who was instrumental in setting up the Department of Blood Transfusion Medicine at PGI and the issue of blood safety is close to his heart. ...
    - Chandigarh Newsline,

    Gay Men Excluded From Donating Blood in South Africa Jan 13, 2006
    ..."Even though the Blood Services tests every blood donation for infectious diseases, which can be transmitted to patients by blood transfusion, no test ...
    - 247gay.com,

    Saigon: Bad Intentions Part 1 Jan 24, 2006
    Vincent. I went to Bellevue. They patched the kid up. Gave me a little blood transfusion. But I lost so much blood. [A relative interrupts]. ...
    - AllHipHop

    South African Gays plan to ‘flood’ Blood banks in protest ... Jan 15, 2006
    ...admitted that even though it tests every blood donation for infectious diseases, which can be transferred to patients via blood transfusion, not every test can ...
    - Black Britain,

    Is artificial blood the way of the future? Jan 6, 2006
    As Chris Prowse, director of research at the Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service, explains, blood substitutes could help the blood transfusion services ...
    - Times Online,

    SA's blood stocks running dangerously low Jan 3, 2006
    The Western Cape Blood Transfusion Service, which is separate from the SANBS, is also experiencing a shortage. "Currently we have ...
    - SABC News,

    Shenzhen scientists find 11 blood type genes Jan 9, 2006
    Scientists with the Shenzhen Blood Transfusion Research Institute have pioneered a medical breakthrough by isolating 11 alleles related to people's blood types ...
    - People's Daily Online,

    Anxiety grips relatives Jan 24, 2006
    More than 200 people, who started streaming into the hospital’s blood transfusion centre immediately the appeal was made, had donated blood by yesterday ...
    - Standard,

    EU, WHO to allocate 4.5mln euros for HIV/AIDS program in Russia Jan 25, 2006
    ...will be trained to administer antiretroviral drugs to HIV patients, and measures will be taken to raise the safety standards of local blood transfusion centers ...
    - RIA Novosti,

    Lawyer accused over Diag Human case turns up at commission Jan 23, 2006
    At the beginning of the 1990s, Diag Human wanted to start trading in blood plasma from Czech blood transfusion stations, but following an unflattering ...
    - Prague Daily Monitor,

    Serious Railway Accident in Montenegro (Synopsis) Jan 23, 2006
    Montenegrin Health Ministry made an appeal to the people to become blood donors. The volunteers are invited to go to Podgorica blood transfusion centre. ...
    - Focus News,

    HIV infected patients claim 30 million yuan in Harbin court Jan 19, 2006
    It was found that 15 people were infected from the virus directly through the contaminated blood transfusion and the other four got infection indirectly from ...
    - MedIndia,

    Nurses teach the new doctor Jan 25, 2006
    I learned how to start intravenous lines, how to change the bottles, how to "hang" a blood transfusion and how to mix and administer intravenous medications. ...
    - Marin Independent-Journal,

    Hospital hits killer bug target Jan 23, 2006
    ...urinary catheter. In another example, a cannula, or flexible tube, was "left in too long" after a blood transfusion. He identified ...
    - Norfolk Eastern Daily Press,

    Remote Russian City Gets New JCC Jan 18, 2006
    ...than 2,000 people. The current JCC building is located on the edge of town -- one floor above a blood transfusion clinic. It is ...
    - Baltimore Jewish Times,

    Still fighting, against the odds Jan 23, 2006
    ...swelling. He received a 46-pint blood transfusion that day. "I wasn't supposed to make it through the first night," Cool said. "Yet ...
    - Newsday,

    Special medical fund offered to heroes Jan 23, 2006
    When they receive first aid or are hospitalized, their registration, blood transfusion, check-up and operation fees should be remitted. ...
    - People's Daily Online,

    Fighting HIV/AIDS with mobile gaming Jan 21, 2006
    At the same time, the safety team will face googly or doosra deliveries like unsafe sex, infected blood transfusion, infected syringe and the company of bad ...
    - Financial Express,

    Festive season taps into Cape blood reserves Dec 30, 2005
    Western Cape has one of the highest instances of blood donor frequency in the world, this week reserves at the Western Province Blood Transfusion Service (WPBTS ...
    - Independent Online,

    Former Blood Bank doctor dies Jan 6, 2006
    Dr Walsh, who was a consultant haematologist at the Irish Blood Transfusion Service until 1995, had been charged with causing anti-D to be taken by seven women ...
    - Irish Health,

    Immucor Announces Large Order for Galileo in US Jan 19, 2006
    ...(Nasdaq: BLUD), a global leader in providing automated instrument-reagent systems to the blood transfusion industry, announced today it has received a purchase ...
    - PR Newswire (press release),

    Horror building owned by Kibaki’s man? Jan 24, 2006
    According to the acting director of Kenyatta National Hospital Dr John Kibosia, 92 victims have been admitted, some of whom require urgent blood transfusion. ...
    - African News Dimension,

    Chechnya remains priority direction of ICRC activity in 2006 Jan 25, 2006
    The ICRC will provide aid to 13 hospitals in Chechnya, one hospital in Ingushetia, one hospital in Dagestan and to the Grozny blood transfusion center. ...
    - ITAR-TASS,

    Malaria about to strike Ethiopia once more Jan 21, 2006
    ..."She has a big spleen, this size, look. She has also rash all over the body, bleeding under the skin. For her immediate problems she needs a blood transfusion. ...
    - EiTB,

    News briefs from Southern California Dec 29, 2005
    ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - A woman has filed a lawsuit against Anaheim Memorial Medical Center after her 81-year-old mother died following a blood transfusion. ...
    - San Jose Mercury News,

    CARRYING THE CARD: ORGAN DONATION FACTS WHAT IS ORGAN DONATION? Jan 24, 2006
    A CORNEA was first transplanted in 1905. Blood transfusion became established in 1918 and the first successful kidney transplant was in 1954. ...
    - Glasgow Daily Record,

    Tryst Williams, Western Mail Jan 22, 2006
    ...went into complete renal failure and was airlifted by helicopter to Alder Hey Hospital, Liverpool, where he underwent kidney dialysis and a blood transfusion. ...
    - ic Wales,

    Family devastated after man hit by car Jan 25, 2006
    Harkless. He is currently on a breathing machine and had a blood transfusion yesterday, she said. ''This family is cursed. They ...
    - The Morning Journal,

    Thanks to those who take time to be kind Jan 22, 2006
    By TIM CHAVEZ. On my third trip to St. Thomas's Day Hospital for a blood transfusion, a nurse answered the clinic phone and began shouting, "No, no.". ...
    - The Tennessean,

    Juan Uys held at arm's length by gay activists Jan 13, 2006
    This follows the alliance's action of donating blood at clinics today, despite the South Africa Blood Transfusion Service's policy of not accepting blood from ...
    - SABC News,

    Talk to doctor, pick civic hospital online Jan 4, 2006
    While the state Public Health Department (PHD) website will be out by April, the State Blood Transfusion Council (SBTC) will kickstart theirs next week. ...
    - Mumbai Newsline,

    Blood crisis Jan 7, 2006
    ...medicine," she said. "There's a girl here who needs a blood transfusion every other week because of a disease she has. There's a ...
    - Daily News Journal (subscription),

    Blood drive Jan. 17 at VFW hall Jan 11, 2006
    Someday you may need a blood transfusion to live. Statistics show that by the time you are 75-years-old, there is a 95 percent chance ...
    - Huron Daily Tribune,

    Bloody good idea! Dec 29, 2005
    From January 10, the State Blood Transfusion Council (SBTC), a government body, plans to integrate its 250 blood banks statewide (56 in Mumbai) through a ...
    - Mid-Day Mumbai,

    Court gives death knell to HIV boy's case Dec 30, 2005
    ...for an operation on an inherent cleft palatine (a split in the upper part of the mouth) on August 22, 2002, and was given a blood transfusion four days later ...
    - Xinhua,

    Gay alliance lodges complaint with HRC Jan 12, 2006
    Crookes said even though they test every blood donation for certain infectious diseases which can be transmitted to patients by blood transfusion no test ...
    - Dispatch Online,

    ‘Medical care not given as promised’ Dec 28, 2005
    When Norizan Ismail was told she had contracted HIV through a blood transfusion at the Segamat District Hospital four years ago, she was promised the best ...
    - New Straits Times,

    Former IBTS consultant Walsh dies Jan 5, 2006
    The former Chief Medical Consultant of the Blood Transfusion Service, Dr Terry Walsh, has died. Dr Walsh gave evidence at two tribunals ...
    - RTE.ie,

    Pahrump Rotary plans blood drive 23 Nov 2005
    Every three seconds someone in the United States receives a blood transfusion and one out of seven hospital patients require a blood transfusion, according to ...
    - Pahrump Valley Times,

    Dad wants blood for ailing daughter 23 Nov 2005
    Adanna, whose condition is exacerbated by her anaemia, is currently stable on Ward 22 but Kobie said that she should have received a blood transfusion a week ...
    - Trinidad & Tobago Express,

    Tyson Zito: breaking medical barriers and nurses' hearts 23 Nov 2005
    ...cancer and replaced. “The actual transplant was just one small bag - like a blood transfusion,� Elizabeth recalled. The Zitos ...
    - Hamilton Ravalli Republic,

    Local family welcomes new additions 23 Nov 2005
    She experienced preeclampsia and toxemia. She also needed a blood transfusion after the delivery, which was done by Caesarean. “Basically ...
    - Marietta Times,

    UAE to take part in conference on blood transfusion Nov 18, 2005
    The UAE is the first Arab country to be chosen as a controller to participate in the works of the international meeting for blood transfusion institutions at ...
    - Khaleej Times,

    Distress at forced blood transfusion for baby Oct 24, 2005
    A family of Jehovah's Witnesses are distressed after doctors obtained an urgent court order to administer a blood transfusion to their month-old baby - one of ...
    - The South African Star (subscription),

    Donor fear if blood service goes private Nov 21, 2005
    ...badly needed donors. Parts of the Scottish Blood Transfusion Service face being privatised following a review of services. The study ...
    - Scotsman,

    American physicians may be too liberal in their use of blood ... Nov 21, 2005
    Rao found that heart patients were more than twice as likely to die during their first 30 days of hospitalization if they receive a blood transfusion to treat ...
    - News-Medical.net,

    NHS staff face axe in plan to privatise transfusion service Nov 12, 2005
    ...were raised today that dozens of health workers face the axe after the Scottish Executive revealed plans to privatise part of the Blood Transfusion Service. ...
    - Scotsman,

    Justice for transfusion victims Nov 15, 2005
    Yet the Sunday Herald disclosed earlier this year that the Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service had taken blood from the US military and prisoners in ...
    - The Herald,

    Highest National Blood Donor Awarded Nov 16, 2005
    Dr Mrs Lucy Asamoah Akuoko, Acting Head of National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS), launching this year's campaign on the theme: "The Youth in Blood Donation ...
    - Accra Daily Mail,

    Next Stage Of Notification Exercise To Reduce Risk Of Variant CJD ... Nov 20, 2005
    Most patients receive more than one transfusion. 6. The report of the first possible case of transmission of vCJD by blood transfusion was in December 2003. ...
    - Medical News Today (press release),

    Immucor Creates Scientific Advisory Board Nov 14, 2005
    ...(Nasdaq: BLUDE), a global leader in providing automated instrument-reagent systems to the blood transfusion industry, has created a Scientific Advisory Board ...
    - PR Newswire (press release),

    A new hearing for Hamilton Nov 22, 2005
    ...of someone else's red blood cells. A blood transfusion can increase endurance by providing extra oxygen-carrying red blood cells.
    - Boston Globe,

    Helmer: Greatest save goes to DeVos hospital Nov 22, 2005
    ..."We were getting all kinds of medical opinions and we really didn't know what to do next.". A blood transfusion changed Rylan's condition overnight. ...
    - MLive.com,

    RITA Medical Systems Announces New Radiofrequency Ablation ... Nov 22, 2005
    ...coagulates a "surgical resection plane" and is designed to facilitate a fast dissection in order to minimize blood loss and blood transfusion during surgery. ...
    - Genetic Engineering News,

    Second case of human mad cow disease or vCJD found in Texas Nov 21, 2005
    The victim was said to have no history of risk factors such as surgery, blood transfusion or IV drug use during his stay in Texas. ...
    - Food Consumer,

    Thalassemia a 'major' issue Nov 21, 2005
    Once a person is diagnosed as suffering from thalassemia major, then the patient requires blood transfusion all his life, since the bone marrow is by itself ...
    - Times of India,

    Hamilton hearing scheduled for January Nov 22, 2005
    ...innocence. Hamilton was found guilty of using doping through blood transfusion, and was disqualified from the Vuelta a España in 2004. ...
    - Cyclingpost.com,

    Arthritis couldn't stop area physician Nov 21, 2005
    Once he called the office after getting a blood transfusion, telling his staff he would be a little late, his daughter Peggy Nejad said. ...
    - PensacolaNewsJournal.com,

    Health Centre razed to ground Nov 22, 2005
    ...potential to help us develop a much wider range of services for the people of Teesdale, such as rehabilitation, chronic disease management and blood transfusion ...
    - Teesdale Mercury,

    BLOOD BAG SCARCITY CHOKES KR HOSPITAL BLOOD BANK Nov 16, 2005
    ...about the notice stating 'No blood collection today' pasted outside the Blood Bank on Monday, the staff coolly replied that the blood transfusion bags were in ...
    - Star of Mysore,

    The chance for a normal life Nov 14, 2005
    But for Nelson mum Lee-Anne Milne it was doubly scary – she knew it was likely baby Ella-Marie would need a blood transfusion in the womb before she even ...
    - Stuff.co.nz,

    NHS hospital in Gateshead to pilot novel e-learning approach as ... Nov 21, 2005
    The Blood Track(TM) Courier system from Olympus, is designed to improve blood transfusion safety by ensuring that the right blood is given to the right patient ...
    - PR Newswire (press release),

    Doctors go to court to get blood for baby Oct 24, 2005
    Doctors at the Pretoria Academic Hospital have obtained an urgent court order enabling them to give a month-old baby a blood transfusion. ...
    - Independent Online,

    Neulasta® and Aranesp® Provide Effective Hematopoietic Support ... Nov 21, 2005
    ...length was 14.1-14.5 days. They found that 92% of patients required Aranesp and no patient needed a blood transfusion. By the end of ...
    - Cancer Consultants (press release),

    US Heart Patients May Get Too Many Blood Transfusions Nov 15, 2005
    ...underlying causes why the patient's body isn't responding," Rao said. The American Medical Association has more about blood transfusion.
    - Forbes

    Baxter Inducts Blood Donors From 13 Blood Centers Across the ... Nov 11, 2005
    ...of blood. For more than 60 years, Baxter's medical advances have helped shape the practice of blood transfusion therapy. Baxter ...
    - PR Newswire (press release),

    Reason for hope in sickle cell fight Nov 18, 2005
    ...whose research lies in blood bank and transfusion medicine, said sickle cell patients have a greater chance of having a blood transfusion rejected by their own ...
    - Jacksonville Daily News,

    Hundreds fear job losses Nov 21, 2005
    The six regional health bodies, such as the Blood Transfusion Service and Health Promotion Agency, would be replaced by four along with a new regional health ...
    - Belfast Telegraph,

    Menus served with dollop of education Nov 21, 2005
    According to his entry in Who's Who In Scotland, the council followed Napier College, as it was then, and a very brief career in the Blood Transfusion Service. ...
    - Scotsman,

    Cape health chief attacks 'ban' on gay blood Oct 26, 2005
    Cape Town's health chief Dr Ivan Toms has publicly challenged the local blood transfusion service over its failure to allow gay men to donate blood. ...
    - Independent Online,

    Abortion!! a Taboo, Women Continue to Practice Nov 21, 2005
    ...the vagina. Treatment can be in the form of a D&C, fluid replacement and blood transfusion or even surgery. - Inserting objects ...
    - AllAfrica.com,

    National CJD Surveillance Unit Publishes 13th Annual Report For ... Nov 13, 2005
    The Transfusion Medicine Epidemiology Review had identified the first case of vCJD associated with blood transfusion in 2003 in which a blood recipient had ...
    - Medical News Today (press release),

    Committee formed to check unauthorised blood donation Nov 14, 2005
    14: Deputy commissioner Tejveer Singh has constituted a four-member committee to initiate measure to restrain unauthorised blood transfusion taking place at ...
    - Chandigarh Newsline,

    Blood drive Nov. 15 Nov 8, 2005
    Someday you may need a blood transfusion to live. Statistics show that by the time you are 75 years-old, there is a 95 percent chance ...
    - Huron Daily Tribune,

    Young Botswana blood donors spread hope, not AIDS Oct 26, 2005
    By Tizoh Mosenyi. GABORONE, Botswana (Reuters) - Neo Modibedi says she owes her life to an emergency blood transfusion after childbirth. "I nearly died. ...
    - Reuters

    Surgery sometimes requires blood transfusions Oct 30, 2005
    What concerns me the most is the risk of having a blood transfusion. ... This is not to say that risks of a blood transfusion have been eliminated. ...
    - Orlando Sentinel,

    Out of the rocker and into the ring Nov 15, 2005
    ...start next year. I would title them "Aging Bull" and "First Blood: Transfusion." But Stallone has other plans. The original "Rocky ...
    - Cleveland Plain Dealer,

    Child given HIV-infected blood at hospital Nov 17, 2005
    Public anger is mounting over the case of a one-year-old child who was given HIV-infected blood during a blood transfusion at the Thiruvananthapuram Medical ...
    - NDTV.com,

    Contact: Gladwyn Lopez of Rubenstein Communciations Inc. Public ... Oct 31, 2005
    New York Blood Center (NYBC), one of the nation's largest non-profit, community-based blood centers, has been providing blood, transfusion products and service ...
    - U.S. Newswire (press release),

    Dispute Over Blood Donations Divides Homosexuals in Australia Nov 17, 2005
    Nor will it take blood from anyone who in the previous 12 months has had a tattoo, a blood transfusion, a body piercing, been in prison, had sex with a ...
    - Town Hall,

    American Red Cross to enter blood donors in raffle Nov 17, 2005
    Imagine having a loved one in need of a blood transfusion and the blood not being available. The Red Cross is so thankful for blood donors that between Nov. ...
    - Monmouth Daily Review Atlas,

    REMINDER/Annual city of Montreal Blood Drive, Nothing More ... Nov 18, 2005
    ...pm. "Did you know that someone needs blood every 80 seconds and that nearly one Quebecer out of seven has had a blood transfusion? ...
    - CCNMatthews (press release),

    Forest community blood drive to be held at Wal-Mart Saturday Nov 16, 2005
    Every two seconds someone in the United States needs a blood transfusion. Mississippi Blood Services' mission is to ensure a safe ...
    - Scott County Times,

    O Negative Blood Supply Critically Low Nov 17, 2005
    ...negative blood donors. This year more than four million Americans would die without a lifesaving blood transfusion. Across the country ...
    - The Chattanoogan,

    Community Blood Drive scheduled for Nov. 28 Nov 18, 2005
    Donors cannot have donated blood in the last 56 days, received a blood transfusion (unless it was your own blood) or gotten a tattoo in the last year. ...
    - Moab Times Independent,

    Haymarket marrow drive nets 102 people Nov 17, 2005
    ...marrow from a donor is then injected into the patient's blood stream in a procedure that, on the recipient's end, looks a lot like a regular blood transfusion. ...
    - TimesCommunity.com,

    Suit eyes DOE on teacher ills Nov 16, 2005
    Baron said she has been married for 25 years, has never done drugs and has never had a blood transfusion, which led doctors to believe that she contracted the ...
    - Newsday,

    Hospital gets court order to save infant Oct 24, 2005
    Doctors at the Pretoria Academic hospital have obtained an urgent court order enabling them to give a month-old baby a blood transfusion, Independent Online ...
    - Mail & Guardian Online,

    Gaelscoil 'Night At The Races' Nov 18, 2005
    The Irish Blood Transfusion Service will hold a Blood Donor Clinic in the Swilly Suite of the Inishowen Gateway Hotel next Monday, 21st from 6.30-9.30 pm and ...
    - Derry Journal,

    Ethics must guide thorny issues of race and blood Oct 23, 2005
    The issue of race and blood transfusion hit the headlines in South Africa late in 2004 when a nurse working for the South African National Blood Transfusion ...
    - Cape Times (subscription),

    Health officials raise hepatitis C awareness Nov 16, 2005
    Also, anybody who's had a blood transfusion before 1992 may have the virus, Fenton said. Health professionals were unaware of the virus prior to that time. ...
    - The News-Review,

    Testing of girl to HIV positive stuns parents Nov 2, 2005
    Medical Education has ordered a probe into the incident after the parents alleged that the infant might have contracted the infection through blood transfusion ...
    - Khaleej Times,

    Jobelyn, African Wonder Herb, Set to Rule the World of Natural ... Nov 19, 2005
    2003. “that Jobelyn can resolve the PCV and Hb concentrations in anemic conditions and is a potential substitute for blood transfusion.�. The Dept. ...
    - PR Web (press release),

    Cancer-survivor family needs home for Christmas Nov 18, 2005
    I can look at the color of her blood when they draw her blood up in the syringe, and I can know pretty close whether she needs a blood transfusion, whether she ...
    - Paradise Post,

    Hepatitis C families call for inquiry Nov 15, 2005
    Documents released earlier this year showed that directors of the Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service were aware as early as 1981 that the blood they ...
    - The Herald,

    Kerala infant’s HIV infection picks holes in blood bank ... Nov 1, 2005
    ...delivery. Both parents are HIV-negative, which point external factors like blood transfusion or injections as the source for infection. ...
    - Peninsula On-line,

    Iowa State Daily | Online Edition Nov 13, 2005
    ..."I think they are important just because, more or less, everyone knows someone that has had a blood transfusion or needed blood for surgeries or different ...
    - Iowa State Daily,

    Human brain research wins Liley Medal Nov 16, 2005
    ...medical sciences. Sir William (Bill) Liley developed techniques enabling the first blood transfusion to a baby in the womb in 1963. He ...
    - Scoop.co.nz (press release),

    Plastic Disaster Nov 17, 2005
    Linda was admitted, and that's when she found out the scope of the infection. She says it was so bad that she had to be given a blood transfusion. ...
    - CBS 13,

    Family settles lawsuit with hospital Nov 11, 2005
    By GREG SOWINSKI. LIMA — A lawsuit filed after a man received the wrong blood type in a blood transfusion and died has been settled. ...
    - LimaOhio.com,

    Needing Livers, Needing Answers Nov 13, 2005
    He suffers from cirrhosis of the liver caused by hepatitis C, a chronic viral infection that he contracted through a blood transfusion he needed after breaking ...
    - ktla 5,

    Pall Prion Removal Technology Presented to FDA Advisory Committee ... Oct 31, 2005
    The National Blood Service in England and the Irish Blood Transfusion Service are currently evaluating the technology for integration into routine blood ...
    - CCNMatthews (Communiqués de presse),

    A chance to save a life by taking this simple test Nov 17, 2005
    ...test, and possibly ending with a transplant of stem cells, either directly from the bone marrow or from a newer medical technique involving a blood transfusion ...
    - Tufts Daily,

    Dzalobana Bosele Arts Festival Takes Off Nov 18, 2005
    ...music, life skills education, testimonies of people living with AIDS (PLWS) and service providers such as the National Blood Transfusion Services Department ...
    - AllAfrica.com,

    Immucor Announces Fiscal First Quarter Results and Revises 2006 ... Nov 10, 2005
    ...(Nasdaq: BLUDE), the global leader in providing automated instrument-reagent systems to the blood transfusion industry, today reported financial results for ...
    - PR Newswire (press release),

    Immucor Forms Scientific Advisory Board Nov 14, 2005
    ...a maker of blood-testing equipment, said Monday that it formed a scientific advisory board made up of four doctors who specialize in blood transfusion to help ...
    - MSN Money

    Portraits highlight 'hidden' infection Nov 11, 2005
    Those at risk include people who have injected drugs and, less commonly, people who had a blood transfusion before screening for hepatitis C was introduced in ...
    - ic Birmingham.co.uk,

    Doctors override Jehovah’s Witness parents, obtain court order ... Oct 25, 2005
    ...due in December. One of the twins soon began to develop severe anemia, and the doctors recommended a blood transfusion. As the child ...
    - Blogging Baby,

    Immucor Common Stock to Resume Trading Under 'BLUD' Nov 15, 2005
    ...(Nasdaq: BLUDE), the global leader in providing automated instrument-reagent systems to the blood transfusion industry, announced today that it has been ...
    - PR Newswire (press release),

    ABI’s Walsh wins “Respect and Integrity� award Nov 16, 2005
    ...to the risk of HIV? This can be caught through unsafe sex, intravenous drug abuse or blood transfusion.�. Insurers are no longer ...
    - ifaonline.co.uk,

    Immucor Resumes Stock Repurchase Program Nov 11, 2005
    ...(Nasdaq: BLUDE - News), the global leader in providing automated instrument-reagent systems to the blood transfusion industry, today announced that it intends ...
    - Yahoo! News (press release)

    Family takes long road to fight cancer Nov 18, 2005
    ...was hospitalized with double pneumonia. As she was discharged, he required an emergency blood transfusion. But even sick, she'd ...
    - OregonLive.com,

    GCC states treading with caution on tackling Aids Nov 9, 2005
    Blood transfusion was a major cause of the spread of Aids in the region since in the 1980s blood that was used for transfusion was not tested for the disease. ...
    - Peninsula On-line,

    Whole-Heartedly Nov 17, 2005
    ...open heart surgery in infancy and includes a heart attack at age 10, a stroke that robbed her of speech, and a bout with Hepatitis C from a blood transfusion. ...
    - Henrico Citizen,

    SJA Student Raises $10,000 For Awareness Of HIV/AIDS Nov 8, 2005
    She said the only way she thinks she could've contracted the virus was from a blood transfusion she'd had earlier in her life, but she's not sure if maybe her ...
    - Caledonian Record,

    A Disconnect? Nov 18, 2005
    I don't view embryonic research as any more moral or immoral than I view an appendectomy, a blood transfusion, cutting open and examining semen, etc. ...
    - RedState.org,

    Blood banks, SGA team up for annual drive Nov 13, 2005
    Each unit of blood is a miracle to people like Ball State University sophomore Jessica Polley, who received a blood transfusion last year. ...
    - Ball State Daily News,

    She has donated blood four times Nov 12, 2005
    By Kor Kian Beng. He died after being in a coma for three months. But blood transfusion had helped to keep him alive during that time. ...
    - Electric New Paper,

    Strong will, sense of humor keep Reno mother going after 10 years ... Nov 7, 2005
    ..."Fifteen good years for having a miscarriage?". The doctors explained she contracted hepatitis through the blood transfusion just given to save her life. ...
    - Reno Gazette Journal,

    Affymax Presents Hematide(TM) Preclinical Data At American Society ... Nov 11, 2005
    ...on renal dialysis therapy are anemic as a result of their disease and the dialysis treatment and they remain so unless treated with an ESA or blood transfusion ...
    - PR Newswire (press release),

    China's most populous province reports soaring voluntary blood ... Oct 24, 2005
    ...government of Henan has worked hard to crack down on illegal blood-donating stations, striving to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS through blood transfusion. ...
    - People's Daily Online,

    Cycle champ Heras blames lab mix-up for suspected positive test Nov 8, 2005
    ...supplement. In March, Santiago Perez was banned for two years after testing positive for a blood transfusion in the 2004 Tour. Other ...
    - Reuters South Africa,

    A family with hope in need of help Nov 8, 2005
    Mellanie needed blood transfusions for the disease. She later got an. infection from a blood transfusion or a blood product, like a medicine made of blood. ...
    - The Daily Evergreen

    Making beautiful music Nov 15, 2005
    ...organ. These antibodies may develop through pregnancy, blood transfusion or a previous transplant," Mann says. Another clean slate. ...
    - Asbury Park Press,

    Health Minister appeals people for donating blood 02 Oct 2005
    Addressing on the occasion of National Voluntary Blood Donation Day organized under the aegis of the Nagaland State Blood Transfusion Council and India Red ...
    - E-Pao.net

    New techniques in medicine makes organ transplantation easier 02 Oct 2005
    Dr RK Sharma from Lucknow said that during kidney transplantation, antibodies were formed after blood transfusion which could be managed by ATG technique. ...
    - Rediff

    Robbery story opens hearts 02 Oct 2005
    ...of the public donated various amounts of money, enabling the 45-year-old from Limassol to travel to Mexico and proceed with the blood transfusion he was so ...
    - Cyprus Mail

    Common form of thalassaemia can be managed without blood ... Sep 28, 2005
    Haemoglobin E â thalassaemia - the commonest form of severe thalassaemia in many Asian countries - can be managed without transfusion in many patients ...
    - News-Medical.net

    Albania confirms HIV infected cases through transfusion Sep 30, 2005
    According to the ATA, there are around 500 patients of thalassemia in Albania, most of whom need frequent blood transfusion, while the state blood reservation ...
    - People's Daily Online

    Liver transplant possible without transfusion Sep 25, 2005
    ..."If we can do liver transplantation, which is one of the most difficult surgeries in the abdomen to do without blood transfusion, then we can pretty much do ...
    - PakTribune.com

    PGI to hold workshop on blood transfusion Sep 16, 2005
    The CME will be inaugurated by Dr JG Jolly, founder head of the Department of Transfusion Medicine and the pioneer of the safe blood transfusion programme in ...
    - Chandigarh Newsline

    National Voluntary Blood Donation Day observed Oct 1, 2005
    Dr TR Raina, who is an expert on blood transfusion, enlightened the students about the technicalities associated with blood transfusion besides deliberating on ...
    - Jammu and Kashmir Newsline (press release)

    Trasylol (Aprotinin Injection) Reduced Bleeding and Transfusion ... Sep 19, 2005
    ...previous research had suggested that receiving antiplatelet therapy less than five days prior to CABG surgery could lead to a greater need for blood transfusion ...
    - PharmaLive.com (press release)

    Blood costs up by 10% Sep 29, 2005
    No racial profiling is to be used by any of the nine blood transfusion services in South Africa as from Monday – but the state will probably not be picking ...
    - Health24.com

    Transfusion patient wins £750,000 for HIV infection Sep 20, 2005
    ..."It was suggested that I could have caused myself to be infected so I felt exonerated when they discovered that the blood transfusion was to blame.". ...
    - Telegraph.co.uk

    £750,000 award for HIV transfusion man Sep 20, 2005
    Alan Best, 64, developed human T-cell Lymphotropic Virus Type 1 (HTLV-1) following a blood transfusion during surgery for pancreatitis at the private Nuffield ...
    - Scotsman

    Ban on blood donations from gay men persists Sep 30, 2005
    Several developed countries have imposed a similar ban, including Canadian Blood Services, the Irish Blood Transfusion Service and England’s National Blood ...
    - Washington Blade

    Donors needed at local Red Cross blood drive Oct 1, 2005
    ...approximately 100 hospitals. At least one of every 10 hospital patients requires a blood transfusion. Patients undergoing surgery ...
    - Ironton Tribune

    Health Minister appeals people for donating blood Oct 1, 2005
    Court order, buying blood was banned from 1st January 1998 and further directed the Governments to constitute National and State Blood Transfusion Councils to ...
    - KanglaOnline

    Bontoc creates bllod coordinating body Oct 1, 2005
    The Council is tasked to formulate local blood donation program that fulfills the needs for blood transfusion in the community and spearhead advocacy and donor ...
    - Philippine Information Agency

    Donor Whose Blood Infected Two With HIV Traced Sep 29, 2005
    One contracted the virus from a blood transfusion during childbirth and found out about her infection two years after the fact, when investigators tracing the ...
    - Chosun Ilbo

    Lingering shadow of mad-cow disease Oct 1, 2005
    Indeed, secondary transmission by blood transfusion or surgical instruments might even result in variant CJD becoming endemic in the UK population. ...
    - Manila Times

    METRO & COUNTRY Oct 1, 2005
    People can be infected by this dangerous virus through blood transfusion, blood products: platelet, plasma, injection by contaminated syringe/ needle, sharing ...
    - The Financial Express

    Husband’s death pushes cyclist Oct 1, 2005
    Hagan contracted hepatitis C from a blood transfusion he received during back surgery in 1979, but he didn’t feel its effects until 1993. ...
    - LimaOhio.com

    Baby Michael Benefit Oct 1, 2005
    ...helping him breath, his lungs are filled with fluid and he's having a really hard time breathing and is now on his fourth blood transfusion trying to get some ...
    - KSBY

    Sticker shock Oct 1, 2005
    ...believe. It's like giving a blood transfusion to somebody and you're taking it out the other arm and they just don't know it.". Lindstrom ...
    - Brainerd Daily Dispatch

    None passes HSC exam from 13 colleges in Rajshahi Sep 28, 2005
    Speakers at a workshop stressed the need for awareness among women about safe blood transfusion system to get rid of many serious diseases including HIV/AIDS ...
    - Independent-Bangladesh

    New Cross gets electronic blood bank management Sep 26, 2005
    ...part of the Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust has gone live with the latest version of Technidata's TD BloodBank solution for blood transfusion management ...
    - E-Health Insider

    Global Med Technologies(R), Inc. Announces ARUP Laboratories ... Sep 22, 2005
    ...volume, as well as grow with us to meet projected needs to process more than 40,000 blood donations and more than 130,000 blood transfusion-related tests per ...
    - PR Newswire (press release)

    Manto hails non-racial blood donation Sep 30, 2005
    ...further limits patients being exposed to undue risk posed by transmission of diseases such as hepatitis B and C and HIV by a blood transfusion," said Tshabalala ...
    - iAfrica.com

    REGION AL BRIEFS Sep 30, 2005
    APPEAL TO DONATE BLOOD: The State Blood Transfusion Council has appealed to the residents of the city to donate blood voluntarily so as to save precious lives. ...
    - The Tribune

    S.African blacks no longer considered high-risk blood donors Sep 29, 2005
    The South African national blood service will be the first large blood transfusion service in the world to use this technology for testing. ...
    - TODAYonline

    Addl cold storage facilities to preserve plasma at blood banks ... Sep 30, 2005
    Stating that the Tamil Nadu AIDS Control Society and the State Blood Transfusion Council had taken constructive measures to encourage blood donation, Ms ...
    - Webindia123

    IMA to encourage voluntary blood donation Sep 29, 2005
    However, they mentioned blood transfusion also requires the following tests to be on the donor- haemoglobin, cross match, Hepatitis-B, HIV test, malaria and ...
    - Lucknow Newsline

    Shedding light on importance of blood donation Sep 29, 2005
    10 AM. A panel discussion on voluntary blood donation will be held by blood transfusion officers and experts in the field. The rally ...
    - Newindpress

    Blood drives to be held on Hilltop Campus Sep 29, 2005
    By Neil Schoenherr. Every three seconds, someone in the United States needs a blood transfusion. That's 1,200 each hour, 28,800 every ...
    - Washington University Record

    Special unit deals with blood cases Sep 29, 2005
    ...leukaemia, anaemia, haemophilia and other blood disorders by providing dedicated facilities for treatments such as stem cell harvesting and blood transfusion. ...
    - Cambridge Evening News

    Hepatitis C timebomb may kill 150,000 Sep 29, 2005
    He contracted the virus through a blood transfusion nine years earlier when he was 20, seriously ill with pneumonia and septicaemia. ...
    - Independent

    Disseminating the fluid of life Sep 22, 2005
    This bank used to be a leading blood transfusion centre for patients suffering from Thalassaemia and Haemophilia, but these facilities have subsequently been ...
    - Kolkata Newsline

    Visitor pumps pedals for a cause Sep 26, 2005
    By BRITTON BROUN. A French tourist whose life was saved by a massive blood transfusion is cycling around the North Island raising awareness about giving blood. ...
    - Stuff.co.nz

    Contact: Gladwyn Lopez of Rubenstein Communications, Inc., 212-843 ... Sep 19, 2005
    New York Blood Center (NYBC), one of the nation's largest non-profit, community-based blood centers, has been providing blood, transfusion products and ...
    - U.S. Newswire (press release)

    Rs 234m hepatitis centre to be opened Sep 27, 2005
    The minister said that a Blood Transfusion Act had been enacted to streamline public and private sector blood banks and to halt the spread of diseases spread ...
    - Daily Times

    Two S.Korean women infected with AIDS virus through blood ... Sep 29, 2005
    Two South Korean women have been infected with the AIDS virus after receiving a transfusion of HIV- tainted blood, South Korean Red Cross admitted Thursday. ...
    - People's Daily Online

    VETERINARY Q&A: Immune dysfunction likely cause of strangles Sep 30, 2005
    Treatment for factor deficiencies is aimed at replacing the clotting factor(s) through whole blood transfusion or fresh frozen plasma from a normal dog until ...
    - Richmond Times Dispatch

    Well fit: Gabby Logan: shaping up after twins Sep 30, 2005
    While I was pregnant with the twins I was advised to take iron supplements and after having such a huge blood transfusion when the children were born, I was ...
    - Times Online

    Alexion Completes Enrollment of its Eculizumab Phase III SHEPHERD ... Sep 21, 2005
    ...pivotal Phase III trial, examining the effects of eculizumab on the co-primary endpoints of hemoglobin stabilization and blood transfusion requirement in ...
    - PR Newswire (press release)

    AABB and Baxter Sponsor First Annual Blood Collectors Week Sep 15, 2005
    ...of blood. For more than 60 years, Baxter's medical advances have helped shape the practice of blood transfusion therapy. Baxter ...
    - PR Newswire (press release)

    The policies of Elsewhere: Disappearing the National Guard Sep 29, 2005
    ...if we're talking about the need for a formal declaration from Congress, but it really is a war if we're talking about the need for a blood transfusion from the ...
    - Village Voice

    Google saves infant from unnecessary transfusion Sep 20, 2005
    ...baby had a serious problem, that his hemoglobin levels had dropped from 14 (at birth) to 7. The doctors wanted to do an emergency blood transfusion immediately ...
    - Blogging Baby

    Hall of Fame adds 2 more Sep 30, 2005
    He was a colonel in the US Air Force, and he invented a battlefield blood-transfusion system that saved countless lives in combat, Thomas Mudd said.
    - The Saginaw News

    Heroism, chaos in Katrina's aftermath Sep 30, 2005
    ...could get a bath there. Ultimately, he received a blood transfusion. "So," said Erie, "we saved a life there.". At that same housing ...
    - St. Petersburg Times

    Blood component separation yet to catch up Sep 5, 2005
    Thiruvananthapuram Medical College. It’s high time the concept of blood transfusion is changed, he added. Dr. Sasidharan, who ...
    - Newindpress

    Regular donors vital to secure supply of blood for hospitals Sep 2, 2005
    ...increased by 5pc last year, but just 1pc of the donor population provides the maximum of four donations a year, the Irish Blood Transfusion Service (IBTS ...
    - Irish Independent

    Botswana's Available Safe Blood Supply Increases 100% With Safe ... Sep 21, 2005
    ...with Botswana's Ministry of Health, Safe Blood for Africa helped develop extensive capacity in Botswana's existing blood transfusion infrastructure including ...
    - Yahoo! News (press release)

    National Sickle Cell Awareness Month: New York Blood Center, Kings ... Sep 19, 2005
    New York Blood Center (NYBC), one of the nation’s largest non-profit, community-based blood centers, has been providing blood, transfusion products and ...
    - WebWire (press release)

    £750,000 award for infected blood patient Sep 21, 2005
    Alan Best, 64, developed human T-cell Lymphotropic Virus Type 1 (HTLV-1) following a blood transfusion during surgery for pancreatitis at the private Nuffield ...
    - ic Birmingham.co.uk

    New Blood Donation Clinic Sep 1, 2005
    THE Blood Transfusion Service of Namibia has opened a second permanent blood donor clinic - on the first floor of Windhoek's Hidas shopping centre. ...
    - AllAfrica.com

    Living longer with sickle cell disease Sep 18, 2005
    ..."I didn't have a blood transfusion until I was 17, and then I was getting them every month, all the time," she said. "And now after ...
    - New Brunswick Home News Tribune

    Virginia Blood Services begins second-annual blood drive Sep 26, 2005
    ...lives. "Needs have increased for blood transfusion, and students want to help people and this is a good way to do that," she said. ...
    - Cavalierdaily.com

    Mad cow disease casts a shadow Sep 24, 2005
    ...asymptomatic state during their lives could represent a risk to others of potential secondary transmission of variant CJD through blood transfusion or surgery. ...
    - Taipei Times

    Luther students donate blood to Red Cross Sep 28, 2005
    My dad and brother work in emergency rooms and they see cases where some needs a blood transfusion right away,� said Williams. ...
    - Chips

    ADB, others to build new district hospitals Sep 20, 2005
    The project comprises building of new hospitals in the two districts, provision of equipment, blood transfusion centres and support for blood transfusion ...
    - GhanaWeb

    Saving lives 1 pint at a time Sep 27, 2005
    ..."You would just hope that if you were in a situation where you needed a blood transfusion that there would be donors who would give their blood to help you.". ...
    - Iowa City Press Citizen

    Some people pride in donating blood Sep 13, 2005
    The Blood Transfusion Service, under the Nepal Red Cross Society (NRCS) collected a total of 82,677 pints of blood during the year 2061/62, the NRCS said. ...
    - Gorkhapatra

    Rh Factor in Pregnancy Sep 27, 2005
    Sensitization can also occur during a blood transfusion, miscarriage, abortion, ectopic pregnancy and even during some procedures, like amniocentesis. ...
    - pregnancy.about.com

    Bloodless Liver Tumor Removal Scrutinized in US Sep 28, 2005
    ...have pointed out that significant blood loss is a major complication of surgery to remove liver tissue due to cancer, and often requires a blood transfusion. 1. ...
    - Hepatitis Neighborhood

    £750,000 award for blood error Sep 20, 2005
    Alan Best, 64, developed human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) after a blood transfusion during surgery for pancreatitis in February 1995. ...
    - Times Online

    Its all in the blood Sep 22, 2005
    Blood Bank is a depository for refrigerated whole blood. The 1939-45 war revealed the need for blood transfusion following serious injury to soldiers. ...
    - Deccan Herald

    New York Blood Center & Univision 41 (WXTV) Join Forces To Educate ... Sep 19, 2005
    ...of five regional recruitment, collection and distribution operations*, New York Blood Center has been providing life-saving blood transfusion products and ...
    - HispanicBusiness.com

    Red Cross holds luncheon to thank volunteers, renews call for ... Sep 28, 2005
    ...needed. Kristen Darby, a sophomore at Cardinal Newman, is battling a rare form of leukemia. Kristen needs a blood transfusion. Her ...
    - WIS

    Workshop on care of low weight babies concludes Sep 25, 2005
    ...of low birth weight babies’’, Dr Praveen Kumar said these babies need to be kept under special blue lights and at times require complete blood transfusion. ...
    - Chandigarh Newsline

    Blood Donors Association concerned with critical situation Sep 12, 2005
    ...di-ve news) -- September 12, 2005 -- 1100CEST -- The Blood Donors Association (MBDA) is extremely concerned after the National Blood Transfusion Centre made an ...
    - di-ve.com

    Blood donation drive Sep 5, 2005
    DUBAI — The Department of Blood Transfusion and Research Services recently organised a succesful blood donation campaign in collaboration with the the ...
    - Khaleej Times

    Donation of Blood at the Blood Donation Mobile Unit at Castille ... Sep 1, 2005
    All those wishing to donate blood are hereby informed that the Blood Donation Mobile Unit of the Blood Transfusion Department will be at Castille Square ...
    - di-ve.com

    Bethune TV serial debuts soon Sep 28, 2005
    After giving up his fame and stable position, Bethune pioneered the use of mobile blood transfusion clinics at the battle front, and he donated his own blood ...
    - EastDay.com

    HIV-infected blood used to make drugs Sep 5, 2005
    ...industrialized countries have accidents once or twice a year where patients are infected with AIDS as a result of a contaminated blood transfusion," said Park ...
    - Korea Herald (subscription)

    Battling Sickle Cell Sep 18, 2005
    Acute chest syndrome, typified by fever, chest pain and coughing, can be fatal and require a blood transfusion or an exchange transfusion, which replaces most ...
    - The Ledger

    UPDATE 1-US FDA staff say Novartis new iron drug no better Sep 28, 2005
    Novartis AG's (NVS.N: Quote, Profile, Research)(NOVN.VX: Quote, Profile, Research) new Exjade drug to treat iron overload in blood transfusion patients,, did ...
    - Reuters

    Blood transfusions increase Sep 2, 2005
    The number of donations collected by the Blood Transfusion Service increased during 2004, despite new measures introduced to combat the spread of CJD. ...
    - Ireland Online

    Sickle Cell Disease Causes Severe Pain Sep 22, 2005
    A third treatment is a blood transfusion, but there are complications with that, including iron overload, infection and transfusion reactions. ...
    - NBC 10.com

    Country's Blood Bank Runs Dry Sep 7, 2005
    THE country's blood bank has virtually run dry and people have been called to donate blood, the National Blood Transfusion Services (NBTS) spokesman has said. ...
    - AllAfrica.com

    I want to say sorry but I can't move Sep 28, 2005
    The accident left him with a crushed left ankle and a broken right shin. When The New Paper visited Mr Zulkepli, he was hooked to a blood transfusion bag. ...
    - Electric New Paper

    Need for anti-AIDS awareness campaign at grass root:Bajwa Sep 26, 2005
    ...still. He said that blood transfusion; unsafe sex, use of un-sterilized syringes etc can be the major factors of spread of disease. ...
    - Jammu and Kashmir Newsline (press release)

    CboH Launches Hepatitis B Vaccine Sep 23, 2005
    ...deadly disease that affected the liver and was transmitted through mother to child contact at birth and in adulthood stage through blood transfusion and sexual ...
    - AllAfrica.com

    HIV-infected blood used to make drugs Sep 5, 2005
    The blood used for the medicine also contained the HIV virus contracted from a 24-year-old man who gave a blood transfusion in September last year. ...
    - Korea Herald (subscription)

    Patients die due to lack of blood in blood banks Sep 11, 2005
    Central Member of the Nepal Red Cross Society Devendra Bahadur Pradhan said that blood transfusion services in Nepal started in 2023 BS and stressed upgrading ...
    - Gorkhapatra

    Availability of Safe Blood Depends On Your Generosity Sep 2, 2005
    The availability of safe blood for all patients who require blood transfusion depends on the extra-ordinary generosity of all those who donate it. ...
    - AllAfrica.com

    Limerick's local hero announced Sep 5, 2005
    ...of blood donation. The Irish Blood Transfusion Service nominated James after he donated his 110th unit of blood. 3,000 people in ...
    - UTV

    America's Blood Centers and the European Blood Alliance Hold First ... Aug 30, 2005
    ...industries. Hema-Quebec, whose CEO, Francine Decary, MD, is president of the International Society for Blood Transfusion, served as host. ...
    - PR Newswire (press release)

    Variant CJD remains main cause of concern for IBTS Sep 2, 2005
    Variant CJD was the main cause of concern for the Irish Blood Transfusion Service last year, according to the organisation's annual report for 2004. ...
    - Meath Chronicle

    Hamilton fighting a death sentence Sep 7, 2005
    He faces charges of receiving an illegal blood transfusion to boost red blood cells - a capital offense in the cutthroat sport of professional cycling. ...
    - Aspen Times




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