Blood

Winnoz 'Haiim was designed to make it easier for you to collect blood from your fingertips and to increase the amount of blood drawn so it can be used for more types of tests. The vacuum-assisted device from the New Taipei City,…

Doctors usually only measure blood pressure on one arm, but a new study on hypertension suggests they should check both. The difference between the two readings can be an indication of an increased risk of cardiovascular disease and…

It will be difficult "to find and diagnose them in this vanishingly small window," said Dr. Ilan Schwartz, an infectious disease doctor at the University of Alberta who was not involved in the study. "The study looks solid, but it isn't…

A large study with high-dose blood thinners in critically ill Covid-19 patients in the hospital is temporarily canceled because the treatment appears to be of no benefit and possibly causes harm, the heads of the study announced on…

The study suggested that the therapy might be safe. Dr. Joanne Kurtzberg, a pediatric hematologist and oncologist at Duke University Medical Center and president of the Cord Blood Association, led the study to see if it worked.Dr.…

The UK announced Monday that it would ease restrictions on blood donation by gay and bisexual men starting next year, a policy change that the government describes as a "milestone" and welcomed by activists who long fought against rules…