Dr. Eric Baggerman with Amistad Health said upper respiratory infections and common colds are increasing. CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — With children returning to school, local health experts are seeing an uptick in upper respiratory infections and common colds as school districts begin a new school year in the Coastal Bend. Dr. Eric Baggerman, CEO and […]
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On August 16, 2023, Mint Tower Capital Management B.V. made a significant move in the investment world by acquiring a new position in shares of Globus Medical, Inc. (NYSE:GMED). According to the company’s latest filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), they purchased 4,500 shares of the medical device company’s stock, valued at approximately […]
WOODLAND HILLS, Calif. — After many years, Hugo Velasco will finally get the chance to donate blood. “It was frustrating before when you tried to donate, and they would exclude you,” said Velasco. What You Need To Know Approximately 29,000 units of red blood cells are needed every day in the U. S. The blood type […]
KARACHI: The Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH) has expanded its newborn screening process to include inherited metabolic disorders, marking the introduction of a powerful lab tool for the first time in a clinical setting in Pakistan. According to experts, metabolic disorders refer to abnormal chemical reactions in the body that can disrupt a baby’s intellectual […]
image: Figure 1. Skin-like microfiber Bragg grating (μFBG) patch. view more Credit: OEA A new publication from Opto-Electronic Advances, 10.29026/oea.2023.230018 discusses Spatiotemporal hemodynamic monitoring via configurable skin-like microfiber Bragg grating group. Cardiovascular disease is the world’s leading cause of death. According to the World Health Organization, 17.9 million people die every year due to cardiovascular diseases. For […]
Pre-clinical trials by University of Queensland researchers have found an injection of a specific blood factor can replicate the benefits of exercise in the brain. Dr Odette Leiter and Dr Tara Walker from UQ’s Queensland Brain Institute led a team which discovered platelets, the tiny blood cells critical for blood clotting, secrete a protein that […]
CNN — At least three people have died in Connecticut and New York after contracting a rare flesh-eating bacteria that can be found in warm, brackish waters or raw shellfish, officials confirmed Wednesday. Two people in Connecticut became infected with Vibrio vulnificus and died after swimming in two separate locations on Long Island Sound, according […]
A blood clot, or thrombus, is a collection of blood cells that forms inside a blood vessel, impeding blood flow. Rarely, a blood clot may form in the abdomen. Doctors refer to this as mesenteric venous thrombosis (MVT). An MVT is so-called because it involves a thrombus in the superior mesenteric vein (SMV) in the […]