Blood Disorders

House Cats Said to Lead to Car Crashes, Suicides, and Mental Disorders

9 Feb 2012

In one of the oddest articles I?ve seen in a mainstream magazine in a long time, Kathleen McAuliffe writes in the new issue of The Atlantic about a Czech scientist named Jaroslav Flegr with a very serious theory about the potentially devastating effects of a parasite, Toxoplasma gondii, found in the feces of ordinary house ...

Think about giving blood this spring

9 Feb 2012

It is sad, but true. This spring, someone will need a blood transfusion after having a serious accident.

US begins stem cell trial for hearing loss

8 Feb 2012

US researchers have begun a groundbreaking trial to test the potential of umbilical cord blood transplants, a kind of stem cell therapy, to treat and possibly reverse hearing loss in infants.