A Woodinville woman arrested following two car crashes last week registered a .47 blood-alcohol content on a breath test - nearly six times the legal intoxication threshold and possibly a state record. picked by suebe 1 year ago

Call the Guinness World Records people! Authorities say the woman had a blood alcohol level of .72 percent. picked by tigertony 7 months ago

Drinking alcohol is a social custom that has been around since the early days of man. However the difference with today’s alcoholic drinking by comparison to that of say just 200 years ago relates to the scale of damage someone under the influence of alcohol can inflict on their local community when driving behind the wheel of a car. Being drunk and picking a fight is one thing, being drunk ... read full post picked by stas 1 year ago

A Cambodian man has been arrested after injecting a woman with his own blood in a poorly thought-out scheme to win her affections, police said on Wednesday.
Prince Charming. picked by eelem 4 months ago

Scientists have used embryonic stem cells to generate blood -- a feat that could eventually lead to endless supplies of type O-negative blood, a rare blood type prized by doctors for its versatility picked by bernardblack 2 weeks ago

Blood donors typically get juice, a cookie and a thank you, but the local Red Cross has parked a new car outside a hospital to entice more people to help ease a blood shortage. The pearl white 2007 Lincoln MKX crossover vehicle has a sign that reads: "Win this car. Give Blood." picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

The GLBT wing of Amnesty recently highlighted that in the UK, the National Blood Service still refuses donations of blood from gay men. picked by pocksucket 5 months ago

SANDPOINT, Idaho - The Judge didn't believe the man's explanation last week that the breath test found he had a blood alcohol content of 0.27 because he had used Listerine before coming to court. picked by bevissimo 3 months ago

A blood test showed one mother had a blood alcohol content of 0.19 percent, while her newborn baby girl had 0.20 percent BAC. Doctors said the baby was in a serious condition. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Scientists at the University of Bonn have discovered a new rare type of haemoglobin. The new haemoglobin type appears optically to be transporting little oxygen. Measurements of the blood oxygen level therefore present a similar picture to patients suffering from an inherited cardiac defect. After examining two patients, the scientists now understand that the new type of haemoglobin distorts the l... read full post picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago

HIGH blood pressure is caused by the brain and not the heart, according to a new report which could lead to a radical change in the way the problem is treated. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

A toddler has had pioneering surgery to stop his heart pumping blood the wrong way around his body.

Alec Hutchinson, three, was born with a rare condition which meant the blood vessels in his heart were plumbed in back to front. picked by AutumnLotus 5 months ago

Scientists have developed an artificial plastic blood which could act as a substitute in emergencies.

sounds good to me, no more blood banks, no more shortages, and best of all no more risk of receiving contaminated blood. picked by Nicky666 1 year ago

Scientists at the University of Copenhagen have apparently found a way to convert blood of any group into "O negative" type blood, which can be donated to people of all blood groups. picked by rambler 1 year ago

SCIENTISTS at a British pharmaceutical firm have developed a vaccine to curb high blood pressure, an advance over pills that cause side effects. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

We know that medication di theiir job of lowering high blood pressure to acceptable levels. However there are side effects to these medications that you should be aware of. Find out that information in this article picked by jastearns 1 year ago

Simply enter your gender and weight, followed by the number of drinks you plan on having, what type of alcohol and over what period of time you plan on consuming these beverages. Your blood alcohol concentration is then calculated. picked by super 1 month ago

A Cambodian man was arrested after injecting a woman with his own blood in a bizarre scheme to win her affections. picked by AutumnLotus 12 months ago

A highly sensitive microchip may help doctors detect rare traces of cancer circulating in the bloodstream.The device can isolate, count and analyze circulating tumor cells from a blood sample. These circulating tumor cells, or CTCs, are the tiniest fragments of tumors, which are carried in the blood. picked by 2manyusernames 9 months ago

A Boise Police officer was cited for driving under the influence Saturday morning – but didn’t show up on the arrest list on the Ada County Sheriff’s Office website. The omission is leading some to ask if an officer is treated differently than the general public. picked by muppet 4 months ago