Your lower esophagus, stomach, intestines, liver, and kidneys are below the diaphragm, in your abdominal cavity. The left and right phrenic nerves send signals to control the diaphragm, which receives ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — The recent stretch of harsh winter weather in West Michigan has left the region’s blood supply dangerously low, a regional blood bank says. Versiti Blood Center of ...

The winter storm that hit Kentucky in early January hurt the state’s blood supply, the Kentucky Blood Center said Monday. The wintry conditions — snow, ice and freezing temperatures — caused the blood ...

The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) in Dagupan City is appealing for donors as it experiences a critical shortage of blood supply. Kevin Campos, a resident of Barangay Naguilayan in Binmaley, Pangasinan, ...

January’s National Blood Donor Month gives us the ideal opportunity to remind folks that the U.S. is facing a critical and ongoing shortage in its national blood supply. And the extreme heat ...

A major South Sound blood-collection agency says it has only half the donation appointments it needs to supply the region’s hospitals. Bloodworks Northwest declared a “code red emergency blood ...

She had been in pain for the entire 90-minute flight. Her abdomen was so distended and tender that she felt as if it might ...

The blood center needs to collect more than 300 units of blood per day to supply our region’s hospitals, according to Morgan. Right now, the center is only seeing about half that. “We’ve ...

Where it is safe to do so, donors are asked to book a time to give blood by using the Red Cross Blood Donor App, visiting RedCrossBlood.org or calling 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767).

The pleura (plural: pleurae) is a two-layered membrane that covers the lung. Between the layers is a small amount of lubricating fluid, known as pleural fluid, which helps cushion the lung and reduce ...

A ransomware incident affecting computer systems at New York Blood Center Enterprises has forced the community-based blood center to take some of its systems offline, canceling some blood drives and ...