People in the UK can claim Personal Independence Payments (PIP) in the UK if they are living with health conditions that demand extra living costs. There are around 2.8 million people claiming PIP, according to the latest Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) assessment in March. Many will qualify for a PIP if they have […]
Monthly Archives: August 2023
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Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A simple blood test may predict the risk of progressive heart and kidney disease in people with type 2 diabetes and kidney disease, according to new research published in the journal Circulation. “High levels of certain biomarkers are indicators of heart and kidney complications and may help predict future risk of […]
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Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email A simple blood test may be able to predict the risk of heart and kidney disease in people with type 2 diabetes, a new study has suggested. Researchers have found high levels […]
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Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email A blood test may be able to predict diabetic people’s risk of heart and kidney disease, according to a new study. Researchers have found high levels of four biomarkers, which are biological […]
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Key Takeaways Because the CDC is no longer tracking COVID cases, it’s hard to determine exactly how many people are getting sick, and how often. People with compromised immune systems may contract the virus more frequently. There’s little data on whether certain strains tend to reinfect the same people. Officially, the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency […]
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Various medical circumstances, including heart attacks and extreme cases of COVID-19, necessitate the use of anticoagulants, medicines that prevent blood clots. But the most commonly used, heparin, can induce potentially fatal side effects by making the blood clots worse rather than better. This only happens in a minority of patients so effective treatments are not […]
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While seemingly esoteric and of little impact to health workers and the public, a little known group is creating a firestorm in the public health community. The Healthcare Infection Control Advisory Committee advises the CDC on guidelines for infection control in healthcare settings. HICPAC met in June and published slides summarizing its draft guidelines. This […]
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While seemingly esoteric and of little impact to health workers and the public, a little known group called HICPAC is creating a firestorm in the public health community. HICPAC, the Healthcare Infection Control Advisory Committee, advises the CDC on guidelines for infection control in healthcare settings. They met in June and published slides summarizing their […]
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John A. Scarlett, MD The FDA has accepted a new drug application (NDA) seeking the approval of imetelstat for the treatment of transfusion-dependent anemia in patients with lower-risk myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS).1 The NDA is supported by findings from the phase 3 IMerge trial (NCT02598661), which demonstrated that patients treated with imetelstat (n = 118) experienced […]