MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'blood donor'. Sun, 11 Oct 2009 21:27:14 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1742795&cid=t_177551_105_f&fid=35048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FMedicineAndMan%2F%7E3%2F378398308%2F Organs are next: A study published early online in Blood showed for the first time how functional oxygen-carrying erythrocytes can be generated from human embryonic stem cells in large quantities. The technique seems to be an important first step towards producing an unlimited supply of disease-free blood. addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fmedicineandman.com%2Fblog%2F2008%2F08%2F29%2Fartificial-blood%2F'; addthis_title = 'Artificial+Blood'; addthis_pub = ''; (Source: Medicine and Man) Medicine and Man blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1742795 Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:25:38 +0100 1742795 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1363912&cid=t_177551_117_f&fid=36026&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.healthtalk.com%2Fzimney%2Ffrequent-blood-donation-doesnt-increase-cancer-risk%2F I’m a regular blood donor and so I was pleased to read about the results of a study that should put to rest one of the myths about blood donation that keeps some people from giving. This is the false belief that frequent blood donation might lead to an increased risk of cancer. Proponents of this concept have argued that since the routine removal of blood leads to routine renewal of that blood, these extra cell divisions could lead to a higher risk of a mutation occurring in one of the new cells, which could, theoretically, lead to a blood cell cancer. But a large study has found the opposite to be true. The study was reported on April 8, 2008 in the online version of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. It looked at about 11,000 regular blood donors who had developed a cancer d... Dr. Z's Medical Report blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1363912 Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:41:40 +0100 1363912