Blood Health Center

Common Disorders

• Blood typing
• Blood pressure - high
• Capillary sample
• ABO incompatibility
• Hypertension
• Aging changes in the heart and blood vessels
• Essential hypertension
• Changes in the newborn at birth
• Arterial stick
• Vomiting blood
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Blood - Health News

• Anemia Drug May Raise Stroke Risk in Kidney Patients
  Use of Aranesp should be reserved for the most seriously ill, experts say
  
• Fructose May Raise Blood Pressure
  Drinking more than two sweetened sodas a day boosts risk of hypertension, study finds
  
• Science Finds Healing in Halloween Horrors
  Vampire bats, spiders and even a monster have sparked new treatments
  
• Stroke Centers May Offer Best Shot at Recovery
  Specialty facilities are more apt to give needed treatment, and faster, study finds
  
• Cholesterol Drugs May Help Prevent Flu Deaths
  But expert says it could be that statins protect heart during infection
  
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Related Tools and Calculators

• Check Your Cholesterol Now
  Scientists have done wonders at figuring out ways to control cholesterol. Do you need to start applying them less casually? Or are your numbers low enough to make a cardiologist's day?
  

Related Videos

• What's Your Stroke IQ?
  Fewer than two in five people know the warning signs of stroke. Recognizing these symptoms could save a life.
  
• Disaster Heart Attacks
  It's been more than three years since Hurrican Katrina ripped through New Orleans.  A new study shows the storm did more than damage residents' homes.  It also damaged their hearts.
  
• Teaching Old Docs New Tricks
  Two new programs are helping veteran doctors keep up with the latest technology.
  
• Hungry Heart
  You know about foods that are bad for the heart but how about foods that can act like armor, protecting the heart from disease? Nutritional tips and internet tools that can help you stick to a heart-healthy diet.
  
• Stem Cell Solutions
  Heart disease, scleroderma and urinary incontinence all treated with adult stem cells. A look at the rapid rate of research progress.
  
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Related Animations

• Coronary Bypass Surgery
  The Coronary bypass procedure is usually called a CABG. It is a type of heart surgery that reroutes, or "bypasses," the blood around these clogged arteries. This video animation shows how this life saving surgery is done.
  
• Angioplasty
  Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty (PTCA) ? often abbreviated to angioplasty ? is a procedure to re-open a narrowed coronary artery. Watch how this procedure opens arteries.
  
• Cholesterol
  Cholesterol is a soft, fat-like, waxy substance found in the bloodstream and in all your body's cells. Statins are the most widely used medication for lowering cholesterol. This video animation shows how Cholesterol behaves in the blood stream.
  
• Heart Attack
  Heart attack or myocardial infarction is caused due to coronary artery blockage. This video animation demonstrates how a heart attack can happen.