Blood money
This year marks the 200th anniversary of the first successful human-to-human blood transfusion, conducted by James Blundell, an English obstetrician working just across the Thames from The Economist’s
Blood
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A vitamin that helps the critically ill
Vitamin D, which the body synthesises with the help of sunlight, has an important bearing on the functioning of our auto-immune system, says a study. Howard Amital, professor at the Tel Aviv University's
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Soon, ban on blood tests to detect TB
India will soon ban blood tests to detect tuberculosis (TB) that are widely available across the country. An expert group set up by the Drug Controller General of India has found that blood tests are mostly
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HIV patient's blood may hold key to AIDS vaccine
NEW DELHI: Could an antibody from the blood of a HIV patient help create the elusive HIV vaccine? The hunt has begun to identify 100 volunteers belonging to a rare group of HIV infected patients who stay
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Prevalence of HIV, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C and Syphilis in donor’s blood: A study from eastern part of India
Voluntary donor selection and screening of donor’s blood for infective agents are the cornerstones of transfusion medicine. Strict donor selection criterion, proper counselling and deferred collection
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Harvesting own blood can be the new life-saver
MUMBAI: Rising awareness about diseases being transmitted during blood transfusion is bringing about a change in the mindset of patients as more and more people are opening up to the idea of donating blood
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HC intervenes in HIV infection case
The Gujarat high court directed police on Thursday to register an FIRin thecaseof 23thalassaemic children being given HIV-infected blood during transfusion in Junagadh. Parents of the infected children
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Online, all you wanted to know about blood in Orissa
The hunt for blood will no longer be as frantic as it usually is, if a Web-enabled system set up in Orissa serves the purpose for which it has been designed. The e-blood bank service, which the government
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Measure haemoglobin without needle prick
Five Thane-based researchers, including two doctors, have created a device that can measure haemoglobin, oxygen saturation level in the blood and monitor heart rate without the prick of a needle for just
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Past, present & future scenario of thalassaemic care & control in India
The first case of thalassaemia, described in a non-Mediterranean person, was from India. Subsequently, cases of thalassaemia were documented in all parts of India. Centres for care of thalassaemics were
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Lancet study rings alarm over anaemia prevalence in India
Prevalence of anaemia among non-pregnant women in India is higher than that in other South Asian countries, a recent study published in reputed medical journal The Lancet has revealed. According to