Monthly Archives: July 2023

Nasal swab test could be breakthrough for children with suspected sinus infections

Test could be breakthrough for children with suspected sinus infections Test could be breakthrough for children with suspected sinus infections 02:53 PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A nasal swab test could be a breakthrough for children with suspected sinus infections.  The test could tell parents whether their child needs antibiotics for their sinus infection or not.  Melissa […]

Coastal Bend Blood Center looking for heroes

CORPUS CHRISTI, Tx — The Coastal Bend Blood Center held its first school blood drive of the new school year. Their blood mobile was at the London School district on Wednesday to launch the center’s “High School Heroes” campaign. High school students account for 30% of the Coastal Bend Blood Center’s supply. Students like London […]

54 lives saved from Collier blood drive

<img width="840" height="486" src="https://medicalguru.us/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/blood-drive-collier.jpg" class="skip-lazy wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-attachment-id="365173" data-permalink="https://winknews.com/2023/07/26/community-blood-center-blood-drive-collier/blood-drive-collier/" data-orig-file="https://winknews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/blood-drive-collier.jpg" data-orig-size="1026,577" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="blood drive collier" data-image-description data-image-caption=" Flyer for Collier blood drive CREDIT Collier County Sheriff’s Office ” data-medium-file=”https://winknews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/blood-drive-collier.jpg?w=300″ data-large-file=”https://winknews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/blood-drive-collier.jpg?w=1024″>Flyer for Collier blood drive CREDIT Collier County Sheriff’s Office NCH’s Community Blood Center ran a blood drive where enough blood was collected to […]

FDA Approves Blood Thinner Reversal Drug, But Requires More Tests to Assess Serious Risk

An Octapharma drug already sold in Europe and Canada for reversing the effects of blood-thinning medicines in patients undergoing emergency surgery or invasive procedures is now approved for use in the U.S. However, more complications and fatalities were observed in the study drug group, so as a condition of approval the FDA is requiring Octapharma […]

Tori Kelly’s husband says she is ‘smiling and feeling stronger’ after blood-clot scare

Tori Kelly’s husband provided an update Wednesday on her condition after the singer reportedly lost consciousness and was rushed to the hospital with blood clots this week. Basketball player André Murillo, who married Kelly in 2018, said on his Instagram story that the “I Was Made for Loving You” artist “is smiling and feeling stronger,” […]

Childhood Obesity Management May Influence Cardiovascular Risk Trajectory in Adulthood

Prof. Henner Hanssen Credit: University of Basel The optimization of screening programs and risk management strategies for obesity-related cardiovascular risk in childhood could potentially change cardiovascular disease-related trajectories later in adulthood, according to a newly published scientific statement.1 Produced by the Task Force for Childhood Health of the European Association of Preventive Cardiology (EAPC) and […]

Public health agency ends probe after Air France passenger sat in blood-soaked area

Canada’s public health agency has ended an investigation opened after an Air France passenger said he sat amid the uncleaned remnants of a previous passenger’s hemorrhage, concluding that nothing was found on board that could spread communicable diseases. The Public Health Agency of Canada had opened the probe citing its mandate to ensure that anything […]