... ) - U.S. health officials are seeking to relax blood donation rules for some people who initially tested positive for hepatitis B, which could clear hundred of thousands ...
... is: What is the proper incentive so that the rate of blood donation can increase? "There is a big demand and supply ... turnout at sites. But a question is whether the people donating blood are simply switching from another site ...
... health officials announced Friday that they will reexamine a 27-year-old set of restrictions on blood donations by gay men ...
... time to change the policy that bans blood donations in Canada from all men who have sex with men, states ... , the United States and other industrialized countries have disallowed blood donations from men who have sex with men because ...
... blood donations needed in poor countries By 2010-06-11T10:45:50Z GENEVA ... says people make a total of 93 million blood donations worldwide every year, but the rate of donation in poor countries is far too low.... © 2010 ...
... a survey to explore reasons for low likelihood of blood donation in African Americans. Fifteen African ... hospitals. This lack of trust was positively correlated with not donating blood even compared against other risk ...
Among African-Americans, mistrust of hospitals is high, a new study suggests, offering a possible explanation for their historically low rate of blood donation.
... men who have had sex with men from 1977 to the present to donate blood. "It's time to prove the claim that members ... justice and fairness in establishing an evidence-based foundation for blood donation policies," conclude the authors ...
New research supports a change to the lifetime ban on blood donations from men who have sex with men.
Canadian Blood Services resumed taking blood donations in Regina on Saturday following a one-day halt while the agency reminded staff about screening procedures.
A P.E.I. woman whose life was saved by a blood transfusion earlier this year is launching a blood donation drive.
... negative experience diminishes the likelihood of return blood donation, and increases the possibility that a short-term ... centers have an obligation to constantly monitor risks of blood donation and to make a concerted and committed effort ...
... antibodies, thus paving the way for the correction of the blood-coagulating process. The modification is called electrophilic ... , additional FVIII can be injected.” The study involved blood donated by eight people with FVIII-resistant ...
... decision in 2004 to ban blood donations from anyone who had received a blood transfusion since 1980 ... is also being trialled to remove prions – infective proteins – from donated blood. Dr Houston said: "The study shows ...
... underline the importance of precautions against vCJD transmission, such as the Government decision in 2004 to ban blood donations from anyone who had received a blood transfusion since 1980 ...
