SPRINGFIELD, Ore. - Craig Prindel calls his dog a hero and a lifesaver: Ginger, an eight-and-a-half-year-old lab mix, has been giving blood at Banner's Blood Bank for more than five years. "She just ...

When Caroline Wangamati was touring a rural Kenyan hospital in 2018, the doctors shared that two young mothers would likely be dead within hours. Their hemoglobin levels were catastrophically low — a ...

The US Food and Drug Administration has given clearance to another blood test to help assess Alzheimer’s disease and other causes of cognitive decline, providing a broader understanding of when the ...

Sometimes it may feel like almost every visit to the doctor includes a dreaded blood draw. Blood tests can reveal a lot about the state of your health. But whether you should get a specific test (and ...

Alzheimer’s disease is a devastating condition that affects more than 7 million Americans, according to the Alzheimer’s Association. As the Baby Boomer generation ages, this number is estimated to ...

The Food and Drug Administration is urging blood banks to turn away potential donors at risk for Zika. While the new protocol protects the nation’s blood supply from infection, it’s also contributing ...

The U.S. Army is reviving a 20th-century tactic by using Type O soldiers as "walking blood banks". How does this system save ...

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