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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RESIDUE OF A REVOLUTION
Bhola Singh is dead... Bhola Singh was a farmer from village Balloh, district Bhatinda, Punjab. He is part of a story with a beginning and an end. But it has no middle. Thus what
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Analysis of pesticide residues in blood samples from villages of Punjab
Pesticides have become integral part of villagers in Punjab. Bhatinda district in Punjab, an important cotton belt of the country irrigated by canal water grows largely cotton and rice crop
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Group defence
Diverse blood types evolved to provide immunity against infections
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Red alert
Blood storage bags are unhealthy
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Blood row
HIV positive haemophiliacs sue US pharma giants
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Positive step
The Union ministry of health and family welfare recently announced that blood donors found hiv positive would be informed of their infection and asked to seek confirmatory tests. This is in
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Punished for good
In a landmark judgement, a Japanese court has found a former top official in the health ministry guilty of supplying blood contaminated by HIV. The case is said to be significant by many experts as
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CHINA
The Chinese health ministry will enforce a ban on the system of donating blood for money. This decision comes following a report about more than 80 per cent residents of the Donghu village in Henan
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Genetic test to fly safe
Pre-flight genetic testing could help guard against flight-related deep vein thrombosis (DVT). Flight-related DVT occurs when a passenger's blood clots sitting in cramped conditions. The condition
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Airways and bloodways
At Brazil's main airports leaflets will be distributed warning passengers of the danger of contracting potentially fatal blood clots on long-haul flights. The threat of suffering deep-vein thrombosis