Treating diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) can be particularly challenging in patients underlying cardiovascular comorbidities, since the most common first- and second-line therapies come with considerable cardiovascular toxicities, according to a report published in JACC CardioOncology. However, newer targeted therapies and immunotherapies have been developed that appear to carry a lower risk of cardiovascular complications, […]
ByParmita Uniyal, New Delhi Jul 22, 2023 04:43 PM IST Share Via Copy Link From itchy skin to vaginal yeast infections, a host of dermatological issues can affect skin health in the monsoon season. Rainy season provides much-needed respite from sultry summers, but it also brings a flood of fungal infections. Besides causing new health […]
After contracting an incredibly rare infectious breast disease, an Ohio woman was shocked to self-discover that it came from contaminated water. “It was me that found the test to result the bacteria, and it was me leading the way to find out how I contracted it,” Tami Burdick, of Cincinnati, told Fox News Digital. Burdick […]
WHEN healthy Rachael Stewart started suffering from discomfort when breathing, she thought it was an innocent chest infection – and her GP backed this up. But when her chest pain got worse ten days later in February 2019 – after five days of antibiotics – her doctor sent her to A&E. Rachael Stewart, 28, from […]
#inform-video-player-1 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } #inform-video-player-2 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } ENID, Okla. — One blood donation can save three lives. Cancer patients, newborns and trauma victims across the country require life saving blood transfusions every day. But Oklahoma is struggling to fill the demand of 1,200 daily blood donations. […]
Megan Hennessy of South Portland slaps at a mosquito Tuesday while gardening at the community garden at Hinckley Park in South Portland. Shawn Patrick Ouellette/Staff Photographer Megan Hennessy was trying to make quick work of picking produce from her 17-by-8-foot plot in the community garden at Hinckley Park in South Portland. But as she plucked […]
By Sola Ogundipe The so-called “super dodgers,” who get COVID-19 but show no symptoms, may have a hereditary advantage. According to a recent study done by researchers from the University of California, San Francisco, they are more than twice as likely to have a particular gene variation that aids them in killing the virus. The […]
ByParmita Uniyal, New Delhi Jul 22, 2023 01:23 PM IST Share Via Copy Link Soaps to flip-flops, here’s a list of personal hygiene items you should not be sharing with your friends, roommates or family members to prevent infections. It’s raining infections this monsoon as cases of gastrointestinal diseases, cough and cold, skin allergies, eye […]
Can a hand “steal” blood from the brain? Yes, say doctors at a private hospital in Bengaluru who last week diagnosed a not-so-common condition in a 72-year-old patient from Anantapur in Andhra Pradesh. For the last two months, the patient was finding it difficult to speak, particularly when using his left hand for work. He […]
India has logged 60 new coronavirus infections, while the active cases have increased to 1,479 from 1,460 a day ago, according to the Union health ministry data updated on Saturday. The Covid case tally been recorded at 4.49 crore (4,49,95,224). Image Source: Reuters/Representational