GlobalData estimates that approximately 2,800 individuals aged 19 years and under will be diagnosed with ALL in 2023 alone. Credit: Pixel-Shot via Shutterstock. The average annual percent change (AAPC) of paediatric lymphoid leukaemias rose by 0.4% in the US, according to a recent update by the US Public Health Service published in the Journal of […]
SHERIDAN — Sheridan Memorial Hospital is facilitating community blood drives on July 31 and Aug. 1-2. From 11:30-6 p.m. July 31, 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Aug. 1 and 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Best Western Sheridan Center, donors may give to the Vitalant blood drive.
As we enter this new phase of living with COVID-19, myths persist. One false rumor is that people can contract COVID through the blood supply. According to researcher Sonia Bakkour, in a press release promoting her research study “[o]ther studies have shown that in rare cases where a blood sample tested positive, transmission by blood […]
Anyone looking for an epic conclusion from The Venture Bros.: Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon Heart should look elsewhere. But then, anyone looking for an epic conclusion is most likely watching the wrong show. Venture Bros., the apparently completed Adult Swim series that started life as a mean-spirited riff on Jonny Quest-style adventure-boy […]
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Elizabeth Engle, MD, has devoted her career to finding genetic and developmental causes for disorders of eye, eyelid, and facial movement. From common conditions like strabismus to very rare disorders, these conditions can impact a person’s appearance and impair social communication, making it hard to shift one’s eyes up, down, or […]
The 44-year-old victim was expected to survive cuts to his hands, elbow, shoulder and foot, as well as an injury to the bridge of the nose, following the attack shortly before 1:30 p.m. Thursday, July 20, Detective Lt. Fred Pulice said. The victim staggered out of the long-unoccupied building at 215 West Englewood Avenue near […]
Every three weeks, Katrina Crume and Aaron Dean Calloway made the nearly two-hour journey from their home near Owensboro, Kentucky, to Louisville so their baby, Phoebe, could receive a lifesaving blood transfusion. What made these transfusions remarkable was Phoebe was still in the womb. What made them necessary was incompatibility between Katrina’s and Phoebe’s blood. […]
Share this Article You are free to share this article under the Attribution 4.0 International license. A new rapid test uses bacteriophages—viruses that infect bacteria—to quickly and accurately identify the pathogens that cause urinary tract infections. About one in two women gets cystitis during her lifetime, and many suffer from recurrent urinary tract infections. Bladder […]
In an extremely rare medical case, a scuba diver who descended deep into an underwater cave developed a deadly blood syndrome in which fluid leaked out of his blood vessels. The syndrome was a strange complication of decompression sickness, or “the bends,” in which air bubbles form in the blood as people go from […]
Matthew Stockman/Getty Images University of Colorado head football coach Deion Sanders’ girlfriend Tracey Edmonds said the Pro Football Hall of Fame cornerback had a second successful surgery to remove blood clots this week. Edmonds posted the following Friday on Instagram regarding the procedure and Sanders’ condition: “Thank you Lord for another successful surgery!! We thank […]