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FYI -- Is There A Better Blood?
Experts say that filtered blood is the best blood, but hospitals are fighting back saying that they don't have the funds. What will they do?
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Aids-Causes & Spread
Aids caused by HIV is a serious condition in which the body's defences against some illnesses are broken down.Sexual intercourse and Blood Transfusion are the common ways by which this disease spreads
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Dr. Charles Drew, Pioneer in Blood Research
Profile of Dr. Charles R. Drew, who discovered that plasma could be dried and developed techniques for storing and transfusing blood.
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Engineers and the Red Cross
This article is to thank the Red Cross for all the wonderful work they have done, and continue to do, for people in need around the world. Their help after the World Trade Centre attacks is just one facet of the selfless work they have been involved in for decades.
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What Do You Know About Jack Kevorkian aka Dr. Death? (Part 2)
This is the second in a series of articles about Jack Kevorkian. This article profiles Jack from the beginning of his medical schooling until his invention of the Thanatron(death machine).
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BIG TOP IN A BULLRING
A Spanish bullring can be a magical setting for a circus, provided you don't mind the bloodstains...
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Embryo Toxic Factor
Some complications of pregnancy which cause miscarriage.
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He's Not Dead
Thinking in my delirium that Sonny, my husband, had been killed, I am shocked to find out he's alive. The mind is far more powerful than we realize; and knowing that this type of experience can happen after surgery would help many patients and their families during these difficult and terrifying days.
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Historical Curiosities:Part II
Why did people die from blood transfusions? Do rocks have babies? The answers to these and other questions.
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Onion Toxicity in Dogs
Feeding dogs pizza, hamburger, spaghetti, and other table scraps with onion can cause Heinz body hemolytic anemia.
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A Parasite in the Blood Supply
American sleeping sickness, or Chagas disease, is caused by a parasite, and it can be transmitted through organ or blood donation.
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AIDS Activists Part 1
A short list of activists making a difference in curbing the spread of AIDS.
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Dying for Religion
Jehovah's Witnesses would rather die than have a blood transfusion. In a recent case, two children are left growing up with only one parent. Why?
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West Nile Virus
In 1999, the first case of West Nile Virus in North America was reported in New York City. Just three years later it arrived in southern Ontario. What is West Nile Virus and how can we protect our selves from contacting the disease?
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