It takes around 10 minutes or less to fill up a 350 or 450ml bag. This is approximately 8 to 12 per cent of the blood volume ...

Researchers have developed a new technique that can detect the presence of micro- and nanoplastics in clear body fluids. They ...

A high-end medical practice is offering clients the ability to scrub their blood of microplastics — as long as they can pay.

Cancer diagnoses traditionally require invasive or labor-intensive procedures such as tissue biopsies. Now, research ...

The American Red Cross is looking to make up for lost time. Officials say that thousands of blood products, such as plasma, platelets, and whole blood, went uncollected after this winter. So, as ...

Blood is drawn from a cannula into a machine that separates out the plasma from blood cells. That plasma is filtered through a column that is supposed to trap microplastics and other undesirable ...

Clinical trial results published March 29 in the Journal of the American Medical Association indicate a potential shift in managing bleeding complications after major open-heart surgery.

The findings, which compared the firefighters’ blood samples against those taken from other firefighters after past fires, suggest unique risks to blazes that burn in populated areas. By Maggie ...