Blood drives set for week of Aug. 1 SIDNEY – Give blood during a summer of critical need and get a chance to win Bengals season tickets when you donate at blood drives the week of Aug. 1. The Scott Family McDonald’s community blood drive will be held Tuesday, Aug. 1, from 1-4 p.m. at […]
Sudden deaths have been reported in some young people after COVID-19 but sufficient evidence is not available to confirm the cause, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya told Parliament on Friday. Image used for representational purpose only. Photograph: ANI Photo The Indian Council of Medical Research is conducting three different studies to ascertain the facts regarding […]
SiPhox Health announced a $27M Series A funding round led by Intel Capital to continue development of its at-home blood tests. Founded by MIT scientists Diedrik Vermeulen and Michael Dubrovsky, SiPhox Health can test for 17 biomarkers including inflammation, cardiovascular health and metabolic fitness. Its current offering relies on mail-in samples while its at-home device […]
Scientists have identified possible biomarkers that may make it easier to distinguish patients with Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) from those with diarrhea from other causes. Writing in the journal Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, corresponding author Silvia Vázquez-Cuesta, PhD, of the Complutense University of Madrid, and colleagues, noted that there are a number of […]
Two approved blood cancer treatments, daratumumab and bortezomib, were each partially effective at reducing signs of cold agglutin disease (CAD) in two people with hard-to-treat cases of the autoimmune disorder, a study showed. These two therapies, alone or in combination, also were found to effectively treat five of six people with other types of autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA), […]
If you’re looking for a way to give back to our community this summer there is one way to quite literally save a life: Donate blood. As it stands today, Colorado is facing an unnerving shortage of blood. Summer, for a wide variety of reasons, is often a time when blood banks see their supplies […]
A protein from scorpionfish might combat antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients, a recent study suggests. The human version of the protein, called bactericidal/permeability-increasing protein (BPI), normally works to fight off bacteria, but people with CF have self-reactive antibodies that destroy it. In lab studies, the scorpionfish version could escape the antibodies and […]
Photo by JNix/Shutterstock Horses, like humans, can experience a variety of heart disorders or defects, ranging from inconsequential to life-threatening issues. Though some diagnostic tools are the same between species, such as the use of stethoscopes in physical exams, echocardiography (ultrasound) and electrocardiography (ECG), some tools used in human medicine are simply not adapted for […]
The Community Blood Bank is sending out an appeal to the community as the blood supply for the region plummets to dangerous levels. Due to the dangerous levels Community Blood Bank will host a Blood Drive from noon to 5 p.m. on July 31 at St. Bernard Church at 95 E. Corydon St. Hospital usage […]
