1. Along with the recent development of community banks to accept cord blood donations from people like Sue Tighe, others are offering a private banking system for parents. 2. And if further research bears out the findings, blood donation could become a regular part of the prescription for a healthier heart. 3. Beijing construction worker Wang Gui, for example, tries to dilute his compulsory blood donation by guzzling water beforehand. 4. All blood donations are screened for HIV infection using two separate tests, Page explains. 5. Canadian Blood Services has already decided to refuse blood donations from people who have visited the UK, and has asked an expert committee to decide on the criteria. 6. CHURCHSHOOTING-BLOOD Short update on blood donations. 7. Currently, people with severe hemophilia must receive frequent transfusions of clotting factor, and many have contracted hepatitis and HIV from supplies made from human blood donations. 8. Etchason argued that public policy makers should re-examine whether autologous blood donations represented the most efficient use of health-care dollars. 9. Even if families of Texas newborns wanted to be similarly generous, there is no system in the state to take and store umbilical cord blood donations. 10. He said sharp monitoring of blood donations has made the blood supply safe. |