Born and raised in Sweetwater, Dottie Monroe has been a nurse for almost 40 years and an educator for 25 of those years. Although she thought about becoming a veterinarian, Ms. Monroe followed in her ...

Isabella Carter of Cortland has her Coumadin levels checked every few weeks to make certain the anti­coagulant medication is at the proper levels in her bloodstream. Getting the proper dosage of the ...

Phlebotomy refers to drawing blood from a person’s vein with a needle. Lab tests on blood samples are important as they measure different blood components and provide information that can lead to a ...

Robin Meyer was adamant: “We have to do something for this patient.” Meyer, R.N.C. infusion nurse at AHN Cancer Institute at Saint Vincent, identified an urgent and important need for her patient, ...

PV management requires balancing thrombotic risk reduction with quality of life preservation, often involving trade-offs. JAK/STAT pathway activation contributes to chronic inflammation and symptom ...

A press release about a labor dispute at the American Red Cross (ARC) is challenging perceptions of the venerable institution and how it conducts its mobile unit blood drives. Issued in early November ...