Monthly Archives: August 2023

Why are Black adults at greater risk of death from heart disease? Study blames social factors

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Black Americans are 54% more likely to die of cardiovascular disease than White Americans, despite a substantial overall reduction in cardiovascular disease mortality nationwide. Now, a new study from Tulane University published in Annals of Internal Medicine has found that this racial disparity can be attributed to social factors such as […]

Vikings’ TE T.J. Hockenson says ear infection has been affecting his equilibrium during training camp

Recap: Vikings lose to Seahawks in 2023 preseason debut Recap: Vikings lose to Seahawks in 2023 preseason debut 00:44 EAGAN, Minn. — The starting tight end for the Minnesota Vikings has been limited in training camp due to an ear infection. On Monday, T.J. Hockenson confirmed the nature of his illness, saying the infection has been […]

T.J. Hockenson has been limited in practice by ear infection that affects his equilibrium

Vikings tight end T.J. Hockenson has been limited in practices this summer because of an illness and he shared some details about what he’s been going through on Monday. Hockenson has not been doing any team or contact work because of an ear infection that has affected his equilibrium. He has been able to do […]

U of T researchers contribute to Canada-wide COVID-19 immunity study

A new study involving researchers from the University of Toronto suggests that, by last spring, 75 per cent of people across Canada had developed antibodies in response to COVID-19 infections. Using aggregate data from various collaborating pan-Canadian teams, researchers found that few people showed SARS-CoV-2 infection in their blood during the country’s pre-vaccination and vaccine […]

New imaging method could speed up treatment for critically ill lung infection patients

A federally funded study, led by University of Cincinnati researcher Nalinikanth Kotagiri, looks to develop a new imaging method that can identify certain types of lung infections -; in real time -; in order to speed up treatment for critically ill patients. Kotagiri, an associate professor of pharmaceutical sciences at the UC James L. Winkle […]

Omicron led to 76 per cent of Canadians being infected with COVID-19: study

Breadcrumb Trail Links Local News “The fact that antibodies wane after about six months and the fact that this virus is always mutating means that although we lived through the public health emergency, we’re not out of the woods.” The COVID-19 Immunity Task Force has supported 120 research studies focused on immunity to SARS-CoV-2. Photo […]

Momelotinib Yields Symptom, Anemia Benefits in Pretreated Myelofibrosis

“These updated analyses from the pivotal phase 3 MOMENTUM study [NCT04173494] provide long­term evidence for durable symptom, spleen, and anemia benefits, a favorable safety profile, and survival through week 48 for momelotinib in symptomatic patients with anemia and myelofibrosis previously treated with a JAK inhibitor,” according to the study authors. Treatment with momelotinib produced enduring […]

DHHS Tells Consumers not to Eat ‘Soft Serve On The Go’ Ice Cream Cups Due To Listeriosis

Concord, NH – The New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services’ (DHHS) Division of Public Health Services is advising consumers not eat all flavors of “Soft Serve On The Go” ice cream cups produced by Real Kosher Ice Cream of Brooklyn, NY. This is due to a national outbreak of Listeriosis that has been linked to […]

Ear infection behind T.J. Hockenson’s limited training camp

Minnesota Vikings tight end T.J. Hockenson offered some answers to his absence from the contact and team parts of practice. According to ESPN’s Kevin Seifert, Hockenson said that he developed an ear infection early in camp that affected his equilibrium and kept him out of most parts of practice. Buy Vikings Tickets T.J. Hockenson said […]

Get Ready for IPPS 2024 Coding Impacts

When the Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Final Rule for the 2024 fiscal year (FY) takes effect on Oct. 1, 2023, it will usher in a number of important updates and changes to reimbursement factors and programs, such as the Hospital Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Program, Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP), and Hospital-Acquired Condition (HAC) […]