One in four U.S. men die of heart disease. Hims aims to expand access to preventive care with new dual-action capabilities that support sexual health and the heart together, signaling the company’s next frontier of personalized health and wellness. Hims & Hers Health, Inc. (“Hims & Hers”, NYSE: HIMS), the leading health and wellness platform, […]
Monthly Archives: July 2023
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So many things go into making up “population well-being” — healthy or unhealthy behaviors, physical and social environment, financial security, access to green spaces, readily available healthy food…the list goes on. Public health researchers, using validated holistic measures, have shown strong associations of population well-being with health outcomes, lower rates of hospitalizations and emergency department […]
Infection
Study offers new insight into how antimicrobial resistance emerges in patients with bacterial infections
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A research study led by the University of Oxford provides a transformational new insight into how antimicrobial resistance (AMR) emerges in patients with bacterial infections. The findings, published today in the journal Nature Communications, could help develop more effective interventions to prevent AMR infections developing in vulnerable patients. The study’s findings challenge the traditional view […]
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BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Houchin Blood Bank is asking the community to help battle the ongoing blood shortage by donating blood and platelets and have a chance to win a $250 back-to-school gift card of your choice, according to organizers. From August 1st to 19th, every donor will be automatically entered into the drawing. The […]
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A Georgia resident has died of Naegleria fowleri after likely becoming infected while swimming in a freshwater lake or pond, according to the Georgia Department of Public Health. Naegleria fowleri is commonly referred to as the “brain-eating amoeba” because it destroys brain tissue, causing brain swelling and usually death, according to the Georgia Department of […]
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Cases of leprosy — an infectious disease that’s been around since ancient times — have increased dramatically in Florida, and health experts fear the infectious disease is now endemic to the Sunshine State. Central Florida accounts for nearly one-fifth of all cases in the US, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and […]
Connecticut public health officials are warning about the potential dangers of saltwater and eating raw or undercooked seafood following a series of bacterial infections that left one person dead. Three cases of Vibrio vulnificus infections have been reported to the state Department of Public Health since July 1, the agency says. All patients were hospitalized […]
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New guidelines aim to save horseshoe crabs, Red Knot birds in Delaware Bay New guidelines aim to save horseshoe crabs, Red Knot birds in Delaware Bay 00:42 PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Conservationists put in new guidelines to protect horseshoe crabs from medical practices that use their blue blood. Delaware Bay is home to many horseshoe crabs, […]
Cardiovascular
$11.5 million award renewal from NIH supports study of how stress influences cardiovascular health
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Psychosocial stress profoundly affects people’s lives globally, not least because it can be a critical risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Thanks to an $11.5 million award renewal from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health, distinguished researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and elsewhere […]
Blood
Blue blood from horseshoe crabs is needed for medicine, but a declining bird relies on crabs to eat – Boston News, Weather, Sports
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PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A primordial sea animal that lives on the tidal mudflats of the East Coast and serves as a linchpin for the production of vital medicines stands to benefit from new protective standards. But conservationists who have been trying for years to save a declining bird species — the red knot — […]