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The time has come to change a policy that imposes a lifetime ban on donating blood for any man who has had gay sex since 1977, 18 senators said Thursday.
A critical safety net for babies — that heelprick of blood taken from every newborn in the U.S. — is facing an ethics attack.
A critical safety net for babies — that heelprick of blood taken from every newborn — is facing an ethics attack.
A Washington state blood center is offering donors a deal: Give a pint of blood, get a pint of beer. Cascade Regional Blood Services in Tacoma says its "Give blood, get beer" promotion has worked so well that it's being expanded.
Texas health authorities will destroy more than five million blood samples taken from babies without parental consent and stored indefinitely for scientific research.
After years of discussion and development, the World Anti-Doping Agency is ready to begin a global program to monitor athletes' blood profiles for evidence of cheating.
Eight-year-old Julia Balobeck needs to prick her fingers so many times each day that the tips of her digits have started to turn numb and black. Even at her age, she understands that the needle sticks are crucial to keep track of her blood sugar levels and manage her Type 1 diabetes, but she’d really like someone to find a better way.
Medco Health Solutions Inc. said Tuesday it will compare the blood thinner Plavix, the world's second-best selling drug, with the newer Effient.
A former track athlete at Central Connecticut State University has sued the school, saying a coach forced him to drink blood as a kind of "tribal ritual."
When police officer Darryll Dowell is on patrol in the southwestern Idaho city of Nampa, he'll pull up at a stoplight and usually start casing the vehicle. Nowadays, his eyes will also focus on the driver's arms, as he tries to search for a plump, bouncy vein.
Twinkle, a 14-year-old girl from the Indian city of Lucknow, apparently sheds blood instead of tears. Dr. George Buchanan, who examined her personally, said: “I think this is something that has been purposely brought on.”
A federal jury has acquitted a Nebraska crime-scene investigator accused of falsifying records in a 2006 double-murder case and depriving two men initially charged in the slayings of their rights.
A New York man is donating his 320th pint of blood this week, making him one of two people in the U.S. who has given 40 gallons.
Watching someone bounce off of a giant red rubber ball and then flip dramatically backwards through the air, bouncing off another red ball before splashing into water: that is not an example of complicated television.
As Victor Fabry napped in his hospital bed, a quiet symphony filled his room. The steady pulse of a cardiac monitor marked the progress of his mending heart. Over that beat, the swaying strains of a Brazilian guitarist pumped nearly nonstop from a CD player on the shelf.
A Nebraska man serving a life sentence for killing his 4-year-old son wants his conviction thrown out and is citing evidence-tampering charges against a crime scene investigator among his arguments.
A Nebraska crime scene investigator faces another lawsuit by a man who was wrongfully charged in a 2006 double-murder case.
The commander of the Douglas County crime scene investigations unit is facing federal and state charges over accusations that he planted evidence in the car of two wrongly accused suspects in a Nebraska couple's murder.
Consumers buying iPods, Blackberries and cell phones should use their buying power to pressure electronics manufacturers to stop buying the minerals fueling one of Africa's deadliest wars, activists said Wednesday.
A blood oath isn't good enough for a California appeals court.
Beth Leslie had gotten occasional migraines for years. She thought of them as a painful imposition, nothing more.
The first extensive report into Britain's tainted blood scandal stopped short Monday of blaming individual doctors or companies for what is widely viewed as the National Health Service's worst treatment disaster.
One in four — or almost 80 million — Americans have some form of heart disease. It is the No. 1 killer disease in America, and up to half of those deaths could be prevented by changes in lifestyle, with diet leading the troops.
In Japan, "What's your type?" is much more than small talk; it can be a paramount question in everything from matchmaking to getting a job.
You say you don’t understand the current resurgence of interest in vampires? Don’t worry—most of the characters (the mortal ones, anyway) on Alan Ball’s HBO hit series “True Blood” would probably sympathize. Ever since “mainstreaming” vampires came out of the coffin and took up residence in the tiny fictional town of Bon Temps, La., the locals there have been struggling to figure out the fascination with vampires, too, and, like you, they kind of resent the disruption. Moreover, they don’t know what it means now that this influx of newcomers has upset the status quo seemingly overnight, and now threatens to make them a minority in their own hometown.
Bleeding to make a point ANGKOK - MS WAN, a 42-year-old from Samut Prakarn, braved the morning heat yesterday to stand in a crowded, jostling queue to give blood. 'If we can do this for the country, why not? Every drop of blood will help bring back democracy,' she said.
US alligator wrestling body hopes to make a killing with blood, gore and guts Blood trickles from a gash below Paul Bedard's left ear, a wound that could have been worse considering that he incurred it while kissing an 8ft (2.5m) alligator under water.
FDA urged to let homosexuals donate bloodAccording to the FDA: "['Gay' men] have an HIV prevalence 60 times higher than the general population, 800 times higher than first-time blood donors and 8,000 times higher than repeat blood donors."
DNA DestructionIn the weeks before state health officials destroyed more than 5 million newborn blood samples they had stored without consent, privacy advocates, parents and lawmakers reached a last-ditch accord to save them — but couldn't convince the Department of State Health Services to …
I pose the question that way because it seems that, after talking to my wife and several friends who have seen it, there doesn't seem to be a middle ground. The people I know either love it or they hate it and there doesn't seem to be anything in between.
Kerry: Let Gay Men Give Blood BOSTON -- Gay men should be allowed to donate blood and laws banning them from doing so are discriminatory and outdated, according to Sen. John Kerry and several of his Senate colleagues.
Doctor probes mystery of girl who cries bloodTwinkle, a 14-year-old girl from the Indian city of Lucknow, apparently sheds blood instead of tears. Dr. George Buchanan, who examined her personally, said: "I think this is something that has been purposely brought on."
Coyote: Taylor Mitchell Killed On Hike In Nova Scotia Canada Was Rising Country And Folk Music Star | World News | Sky News"Taylor was hiking on a trail in Cape Breton Highlands National Park, Nova Scotia, on Tuesday when the wild animals pounced on her."
Victims tell of Brooklyn priest sex abuseThe Sins of The Father as Father George Zatarga had his 40 year reign on the innocent lives of the church members. He is fianlly being brought to justice by the church ..
I'm typing this mostly with one hand because my left hand and arm aches a lot (so forgive some typos). In the morning when I wake up it's been rested and seems fine, but as the day goes on it aches more and more.
Cause for alarmThe debate over whether a wife shot her cheating husband divided everyone - including jurors for two trials.
Woman Married To Fat, Emotionally Distant Vampire Escapes Into 'Twilight' Novels~just a little vampy fun.... "When we were first married, Andrei was so dark and mysterious," Pastor said wistfully. "These days, pretty much all he does is sit around swilling blood and watching ESPN."
BBC News - Taliban intensifies Afghan PR campaignAfter the attack on buildings in Kabul that killed five people and injured 71, Allan Little - who was there - explains that while the militants certainly caused disruption, their mission was not entirely successful.
New Hamas cartoon features blood-drinking Jews other fun[The] pilot episode shows a toadyish Palestinian officer watching as a Jewish character machine-guns a group of West Bank children to death and drinks their blood. "You killed our children before my eyes," the officer says meekly.
Blood Sausage Tradition Alive And WellFor years, Brad Moen has invited friends, family members and customers to his farm for the annual preparation of blood sausage.
Mayan Text Details Blood Sacrifices : Discovery NewsMayan priests as well as kings had to perform self sacrifice, with their own blood. A text has been discovered revealing details about the blood letting sacrifice of a Mayan priest.
Indian girl cries tears of blood THIS is the girl who has baffled top doctors because she spontaneously BLEEDS from her pores up to 50 TIMES a day. Twinkle Dwivedi, 14, has strange disorder which means she loses blood through her skin without being cut or scratched.
Cerberus Capital: Literally Blood-Sucking the Poor to Make Their BillionsWall Street Vampires: Lately, a lot of Americans, myself included, have used the blood-sucking monsters as a metaphor to describe the Wall Street billionaires who rule us, and who are ruining us.
Cerberus Capital: Literally Blood-Sucking the Poor to Make Their Billions - A Must-ReadCerberus Capital, one of Wall Street's most notoriously ruthless leveraged-buyout firms (or "private equity firms" in PC-speak), recently made a $1.8 billion killing on its human plasma investment, a company called Talecris.
Evolving Viruses All the Way to Extinction...some scientists are turning the virus's secret weapon against it. They hope to cure infections by forcing viruses to evolve their way to extinction. More Articles
BBC News - Mousavi 'ready to die' for reform in IranIranian opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi has said he is not afraid to die for the cause of reform. It was his first comment since the death of his nephew and other anti-government protesters late last month.
CBS 58 News - Packers fan says team saved his life Watching the Packers clinch a playoff berth is more than a just an exciting victory for die-hard fan Jim Becker. Every time Jim cheers on his beloved team, he's reminded how the Packers actually stopped his clock from running out.
Diabetes & Obesity: Why Conventional Medicine Makes Things WorseIf you are diabetic, overweight, or suffer from insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome, or any of the other conditions conventional medicine associates with "elevated blood sugar," I want to share a startling new discovery with you: Lowering your blood sugar may increase your ris …
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