Victims and family members have expressed frustration and dismay with Rishi Sunak for not committing to a compensation framework for those affected by the contaminated blood scandal. Before the prime minister’s appearance on Wednesday at the public inquiry into the unparalleled treatment disaster, there were protests by campaigners carrying photos of bereaved loved ones and […]
In an large-scale review recently published in Cephalalgia, researchers found that a broader range of blood pressure (BP) medications could be leveraged more efficiently than currently practiced to prevent migraines. The study underlines the untapped potential of these common and cost-effective drugs in migraine prevention, a condition affecting up to 1 billion people worldwide. Migraine […]
For someone who’s supposed to be a details man, Rishi Sunak clearly doesn’t like being subjected to forensic interrogation. At a painful appearance before the Infected Blood Inquiry on Wednesday, it didn’t help the prime minister’s mood when he was loudly heckled early on by members of the public listening to his evidence. But it […]
The FDA approved a new treatment option for adult patients who need an urgent reversal of blood thinners such as warfarin. Octapharma’s Balfaxar is now cleared to help restore blood coagulation in patients taking warfarin and other vitamin K antagonists ahead of urgent surgeries or other invasive procedures. Blood thinners like warfarin are prescribed to […]
Rishi Sunak was heckled at the infected blood inquiry as he defended the lack of a compensation scheme for victims and family members affected by the scandal. The prime minister faced questions on Wednesday about why a scheme has not been set up despite recommendations from the paymaster general in 2020, a government-commissioned report last […]
Red eyes, itching, discharge from eyes and eye pain are a few symptoms of eye infection Amid heavy rainfall in Delhi and nearby areas over the past few weeks, conjunctivitis has become a prevalent concern. Conjunctivitis, also known as pink eye, is the most common type of eye infection. The humid weather offers a favourable […]
LA JOLLA, CA—In a new study published in Cell Host & Microbe, scientists at La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) compared the immune response of individuals who received older versus newer versions of the whooping cough vaccine. The unexpected findings may help explain the recent rise in whooping cough cases and point to potential targets […]
Among people living with HIV, those who received pitavastatin were 35% less likely to experience a major cardiovascular event compared with those who received placebo, according to a study published in The New England Journal of Medicine.1 The phase 3 Randomized Trial to Prevent Vascular Events in HIV (REPRIEVE) included 7769 participants with HIV who […]
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