The union representing Canadian Blood Services workers has clarified that the current shortage in the blood supply is the direct result of job cuts and changes in the service's blood collection system.

"They are cutting jobs and shortening hours," Allen said Monday. "These cuts are having a negative impact on how our members are doing their jobs. We don't want to slam our employer, but they are doing too much, too fast and it's not working."

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A research by UC Davis M. I. N. D. Institute has concluded that infants who showed fascination for unusual objects were later diagnosed with autism. Strange though but these children were more likely to spin and rotate; look out of the corners of their eyes at simple objects including a feeder or a rattle as early as 12 months of age.

The study was conducted on 66 babies. 35 babies out of these were considered at high risk for autism as they had an older sibling who was diagnosed with the disorder.

AIDS vaccine made by Crucell has shown success in blocking the AIDS virus in monkeys. The claim has been made by a Harvard scientist.

The scientist wrote in an online journal Nature about the new vaccine. The vaccine was successful in keeping away the virus for up to 500 days. This, he considers, is a breakthrough in developing an AIDS vaccine.

Having a flu shot for influenza may give you protection against thrombosis. According to a study conducted by the researchers of University Paris Descartes, the flu shot protected against two types of blood clots - deep vein thrombosis i. e. clotting in the leg and pulmonary embolism i. e. clot in the lungs in by 26% of cases under review.

More than 1400 patients were included in the research. It was found that the flu shot reduced the occurrence of blood clots in 52 years old by 48%. Whereas in women under 51 it was 50% and 59% in women taking oral contraceptive pills.