OWENSBORO, Ky. (WEHT) — The third annual Big Red Battle blood drive is back at Owensboro High School this week. The bloodmobile is at OHS from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. and will move to Daviess County High School on Friday, Sept. 1. The blood drive will take place from 3 p.m. until 7 p.m. […]
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Researchers have developed a blood test that detects Parkinson’s disease, potentially establishing a way to help diagnose the condition before nervous system damage worsens. A new blood-based diagnostic test would be a major advancement for Parkinson’s disease, which afflicts 10 million people worldwide and is the second-most common neurodegenerative disease after Alzheimer’s. Led by a […]
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Aug. 30 (UPI) — A swimmer in Texas has died after developing a meningitis infection caused by a brain-eating amoeba from an Austin area lake, health officials announced Wednesday. Austin Public Health officials said the swimmer, who has not been identified, contracted an amebic meningitis infection from Naegleria fowleri, more commonly known as a brain-eating […]
Research conducted at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health detected significant levels of metals in the blood and urine among marijuana users, concluding that marijuana may be an important and under-recognized source of lead and cadmium exposure. This is among the first studies to report biomarker metal levels among marijuana users and most likely […]
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image: The image represent glucose uptake in the brain measured by positron emission tomography in middle-aged individuals with low (top) or high (bottom) sustained cardiovascular risk over 5 years. The colors represent cerebral glucose consumption, with red indicating higher consumption and blue lower consumption. view more Credit: CNIC Cardiovascular disease and dementia frequently occur together in […]
The number of coronavirus cases in Germany has been rising continuously for about six weeks. For the last week, the RKI, Germany’s infectious disease agency, reported 4,000 coronavirus infections, double the number of a month ago. While the figure is an indication of the sharp increase in the number of infections, it by no means […]
OWENSBORO, Ky. (WEHT) – The third annual Big Red Battle Blood Drive is back this week to see which Owensboro high school can donate the most blood and raise some money from students and staff as well as football fans and community members. The Blood Center’s Bloodmobile visited Owensboro High School earlier today and will […]