Blood

Blood Shortage extended

N.J. extends blood shortage emergency and American Red Cross offers gift cards to donors

New finger-prick blood test could help in diagnosing Alzheimer's disease

Alzheimers blood test

Dog blood bank opens in Center City; pets who donate receive a free exam and treats

VEG Blood Banks

Doubts abound about new Alzheimer's blood test

Blood donors to receive free Dunkin' products during the month of August

Dunkin' Red Cross

Exposure to moderate light during sleep can impact your health, study finds

Sleep Light Exposure

The Red Cross desperately needs blood donations; here's how to help

Red Cross Blood Drive

Philly region experiencing 'emergency shortage' of type O blood, platelets, Red Cross says

Blood donations Philadelphia

FDA eases blood-donation rules for gay, bisexual men amid coronavirus shortage

FDA gay men blood donation restrictions

CVS testing device that will bring hemodialysis into patients' homes

Carroll - CVS Pharmacy

Scientists are closing in on a blood test screening for Alzheimer's disease

alzheimers blood test

Everything you need to know about giving blood

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Apple's high-tech blood glucose monitors are slowly hitting store shelves

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4 cases of sepsis – 1 fatal – tied to bacteria-ridden blood platelet transfusions

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Learn how to stop someone from bleeding to death

Cooper University Hospital

Turns out, the chemicals in sunscreen do seep into the bloodstream

Platelets: The chameleons of cancer biology

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A blood test may help diagnose chronic fatigue syndrome, study finds

chronic fatigue syndrome blood test

Update: 'Young blood' transfusions are risky treatment, FDA cautions

FDA commissioner Scott Gottlieb

Everything you need to know about donating blood for the first time

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Transfusions of 'young blood' might be 'fountain of youth' everyone's looking for

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Cooper-led study fails to confirm benefit of novel sepsis treatment used worldwide

Medical Condition

Of ‘miracles’ and money: why hemophilia drugs are so expensive

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New blood and urine tests can detect autism in children

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Villanova professor sees earthworms as hope for human blood substitute

Fresh blood needed as supply at 'significantly low' levels nationwide

CHOP joins $3.5M investment toward needle-free blood-draw device

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Philly company gets FDA approval on blood-draw tech

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Worrying about aging doesn't help — it actually may speed up the process

Family Meal Drugs

Quality time at family meals may lower teens' risk of using alcohol, marijuana

Cooper Mobile Unit

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