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• Blood tests urged for young Ark. dental patients

  April 9, 2013 5:43 PM

  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Arkansas health officials on Tuesday recommended blood tests for about 100 young patients of a dentist who sedated them with drugs possibly contaminated with infectious material. Screenings for dozens of patients of the now deceased Dr. William Jarrod Stewart will include tests for hepatitis B,... more »

• EPA gives free lead blood testing in Pueblo

  March 15, 2012 7:48 PM

  Do you know if your children have high levels of lead in their blood? Folks from the EPA out of Denver came to the Pueblo Health Department Thursday to offer free blood testing to children and adults. Once they drew blood, results came back in just three minutes. Testers tell... more »

• Welfare recipients could have to take blood test to receive benefits

  February 9, 2012 7:05 AM

  DENVER (AP) - Colorado lawmakers are considering making welfare recipients take a drug test before receiving benefits. The proposal sponsored by Republican Rep. Jerry Sonnenberg is getting its first hearing in a House committee Thursday. House Bill 1046 would require applicants of the Colorado Works Temporary Assistance for Needy... more »

• 9-11 blood drive planned at Memorial Hospital

  September 9, 2011 5:17 PM

  Memorial Hospital is asking people in the community to honor those who lost their lives on 9-11 by giving blood. The blood drive will happen from 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday at the East Branch of the Pikes Peak Library, 5550 N. Union. No appointment is necessary. more »

• Health Fair scheduled

  March 29, 2011 3:33 PM

  The Nursing Department at Colorado State University - Pueblo will coordinate a host of local organizations to provide health screening and education at a health fair on Saturday, April 9. The annual event runs from 7 a.m. to noon at Praise Assembly of God, 2000 Troy Avenue in Pueblo.... more »

• Death rate soars for binge drinkers with high blood pressure

  August 20, 2010 2:02 PM

  New research indicates that the death rate soars for binge drinkers when the also have high blood pressure. Scientists at Yonsei University College of Medicine in Seoul, South Korea found the risk of cardiovascular death in men with a blood pressure of at least 168 over 100 was three... more »

• Publicist: Zsa Zsa Gabor receives last rites

  August 16, 2010 9:22 AM

  A spokesman for Zsa Zsa Gabor says she is in serious condition at a Los Angeles hospital and has received the last rites. John Blanchette on Sunday described Gabor's health situation following her surgery a day earlier as "very sad." Blanchette told the Los Angeles Times that the 93-year-old... more »

• Tests to determine if age of blood matters

  July 27, 2010 8:46 AM

  There's growing concern that blood transfusion patients who receive older blood may not do as well as patients who receive fresher blood. Hospitals throughout the country are taking part in a study in hopes of discovering whether the age of blood does make a difference. The multi-million-dollar research on... more »

• Woman gives birth at Starbucks in Colorado Springs

  July 26, 2010 8:38 AM

  A woman who left a Starbucks in Colorado Springs may have had a tall order, but it had nothing to do with coffee. Police Sgt. Mark Stevens says the 42-year-old woman walked into a Starbucks near the Garden of the Gods and gave birth about noon Friday in the... more »

• Preventing cancer with vitamins

  June 16, 2010 9:38 AM

  A new study suggests vitamin B6 could play a large role in preventing lung cancer. A European study of nearly 400,000 adults found having above average blood levels of vitamin B6 and an amino acid called methionine, reduced the risk for lung cancer by 50 percent -- even among... more »

• Penrose-St. Francis plans blood drive outreach

  June 1, 2010 4:50 PM

  The Penrose-St. Francis Blood Bank is always in need of people to donate blood. Blood Bank hours are Monday, 10 a.m. to 6:15 p.m.; Tuesday through Thursday, 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.; and Friday, 7 a.m. to 2:20 p.m. Walk-ins are welcome or call 776-5822 for an appointment. The... more »

• Blood drive planned

  March 29, 2010 5:27 PM

  Penrose-St. Francis April Community Blood Drives The Penrose-St. Francis health system has planned numerous blood drives for the month of April. The blood bank at Penrose is open at 2222 N. Nevada in Colorado Springs Monday, 10 a.m. to 6:15 p.m.; Tuesday through Thursday, 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.;... more »

• Newborn blood used in research angers parents

  February 9, 2010 12:02 PM

  A critical safety net for babies - that heelprick of blood taken from every newborn in the U.S. - is facing an ethics attack. After those tiny blood spots are tested for a list of devastating diseases, some states are storing them for years. Scientists consider the leftover samples... more »

• Promising therapy using your own blood could help arthritis and other problems

  December 20, 2009 8:48 AM

  Imagine feeling constant pain every single day. It could make your life miserable, but a promising therapy using your own blood could change everything. Charlotte Marsden of Cape May, New Jersey says the pain was so bad it robbed her of simple pleasures like going for a bike ride... more »

• Promising therapy using your own blood could help arthritis and other problems

  December 20, 2009 8:31 AM

  Imagine feeling constant pain every single day. It could make your life miserable, but a promising therapy using your own blood could change everything. Charlotte Marsden of Cape May, New Jersey says the pain was so bad it robbed her of simple pleasures like going for a bike ride... more »

• Mistake shows DUI tests were wrong

  December 11, 2009 10:11 PM

  82 DUI tests in Colorado Springs were recorded wrong. Those tests show higher blood-alcohol levels than the suspects really had. In mid November, the Metro Crime Lab in Colorado Springs discovered the mistake while going through blood tests used for DUI cases. They began retesting a thousand blood samples... more »

• Study hoping to find test for risk of Breast cancer

  December 6, 2009 8:51 AM

  What if you could learn your exact risk of developing breast cancer with far more accuracy than just family history? Researchers in California's Bay area are hoping by studying the blood of thousands of women they'll find ways to predict, prevent and treat breast cancer. Thirty-nine year-old Melinda Maletic... more »

• Study hoping to find test for risk of breast cancer

  December 6, 2009 8:26 AM

  What if you could learn your exact risk of developing breast cancer with far more accuracy than just family history? Researchers in California's Bay area are hoping by studying the blood of thousands of women they'll find ways to predict, prevent and treat breast cancer. Thirty-nine year-old Melinda Maletic... more »

• Test aims to detect flu - before symptoms

  September 22, 2009 9:02 AM

  Duke University researchers are developing a test to determine - with a mere drop of blood - who will get influenza before the sniffling and fever set in. And they are turning to hundreds of dormitory-dwelling first year students to see if it works. It is a novel experiment:... more »

• Screenings and tests lead to better survival of prostate cancer

  September 4, 2009 2:23 PM

  September is prostate cancer awareness month and a time when health care providers are encouraging men to get screened for the disease. That process begins with a PSA test. Dr. Jacques Ganem is on the front line of treating one of the most common cancers in men worldwide. ... more »