This story was originally published by Grist and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In 2016, hospitals in New York identified a rare and dangerous fungal infection never before found in the United States. Research laboratories quickly mobilized to review historical specimens and found the fungus, called Candida auris, had been present […]
Country singer Renee Blair revealed that she lost over two liters of blood while giving birth to her first child. Blair announced on Instagram Friday that she and her husband Jordan Schmidt welcomed a son in a black and white image of the new family in a hospital bed. Alongside the photo, Blair included a series of […]
A new scientific statement from the American Heart Association reviews strategies to improve shared decision-making in cardiovascular care Embargoed until 4 a.m. CT/5 a.m. ET Monday, August 14, 2023 DALLAS, Aug. 14, 2023 – A new American Heart Association scientific statement highlights evidence that supports shared decision-making, a term that describes the process of ensuring […]
Insider’s reporter applied a CGM that — thankfully — didn’t hurt at all, and then recieved AI-generated health data on how food and exercise impacted her blood-sugar levels. Samantha Stokes/Insider This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. p” class=”inline-offer pre-churn-offer”> Redeem now The healthcare startup January uses […]
Dozens of people recently showed up at the Adventist University of Haiti (UNAH) in Port-au-Prince to donate blood for a student hospitalized with a serious blood condition. Sanderva Judeline Joseph, 24, a fourth-year business administration student, had recently been diagnosed with aplastic anemia, a rare and serious blood condition that occurs when the bone marrow […]
The American Red Cross has seen a shortfall of about 25,000 blood donations in the first two months of the summer, which makes it hard to keep hospital shelves stocked with lifesaving blood products. By making an appointment to give blood or platelets in August, donors can keep the national blood supply from falling to […]
The American Red Cross has seen a shortfall of about 25,000 blood donations in the first two months of the summer, which makes it hard to keep hospital shelves stocked with lifesaving blood products. By making an appointment to give blood or platelets in August, donors can keep the national blood supply from falling to […]
Amarin Corporation plc announces that the Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) has accepted VAZKEPA (icosapent ethyl) for reimbursement with a Patient Access Scheme* for secondary prevention in patients treated with a stable dose of statins, low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol levels >1.04mmol/L and ≤2.60mmol/L, raised fasting triglycerides (≥1.7mmol/L) and with established cardiovascular disease (CVD) defined as a history of any […]
Filippos Kyriakidis,1,* Dionysios Kogias,2,* Theodora Maria Venou,1,* Eleni Karlafti,3,4 Daniel Paramythiotis5 1Second Chemotherapy Department, Theagenio Cancer Hospital of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece; 2First Department of Internal Medicine, University General Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Alexandroupolis, Greece; 3Emergency Department, AHEPA General University Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece; 4First Propaedeutic Department of Internal Medicine, University General Hospital of […]
