Monthly Archives: August 2023

COVID keeps evolving, but so does our immunity. Are we now at a ‘stalemate’ with this virus?

After billions of global COVID-19 infections, millions of deaths, and countless lives upended by long-lasting health impacts, we’ve finally hit a point in this pandemic where SARS-CoV-2 isn’t the fearsome pathogen it used to be. Once thought to kill up to 20 per cent of those infected in the early days of 2020, COVID’s destructive […]

Long-Term Adverse Cardiovascular Events in STEMI Patients

Introduction Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death worldwide, with ischemic heart disease being the most common type.1 ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) is the most serious manifestation of ischemic heart disease. Based on the national registries of the European Society of Cardiology) countries, the incidence rate of STEMI in other European countries ranged […]

Here is how lack of sleep is linked to cardiovascular disease in long term: Research

ANI | | Posted by Krishna Priya Pallavi, Pennsylvania Aug 14, 2023 01:06 PM IST Share Via Copy Link The study shows when sleep is restricted to five hours per night, cardiovascular health indicators like heart rate, blood pressure deteriorate through the week. It is a mistake to think that sleeping in on weekends will […]

Textbook Revision – Submission from Concerned Citizen

We request the Indian government, as part of its health initiatives to spread awareness among young children in schools about the perils of diabetes Dear team NCERT, We wish to bring to your kind attention the alarming rise of diabetes in India and also health degradation arising out of close contact/ relative marriages. As you […]

Comparing diagnostic efficacy of C-TIRADS of thyroid nodules

Thyroid nodules are one of the most prevalent endocrine system diseases. Studies have shown that about 70% of the population worldwide have thyroid nodules, most benign and malignant nodules account for approximately 10%-15%.1–3 Ultrasound imaging is simple and rapid with high resolution. Its value in detecting and evaluating thyroid nodules has gradually been recognized in […]

Country singer Renee Blair says she lost ‘roughly half the blood in my body’ during childbirth

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 […]

Red Cross warns of blood shortage; list upcoming Livingston County blood collections

ROCHESTER — 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 […]

First Period Study Using Actual Blood Finds Shocking Discrepancies Across Products

Image: Getty Just how underrepresented this topic is was quantified by Stanford University, who reported that a search for ‘menstrual blood’ on medical database PubMed brought up just 400 results from the last several decades, while a search for ‘erectile dysfunction’ had approximately 10,000 results from the same period.  In keeping with this trend, the […]

Newborn acquired infection after being fed stranger’s breast milk in Toronto NICU

Over the course of her weeks-long admission to neonatal intensive care units last summer, an Ontario family’s premature baby suffered low oxygen levels and acquired an infection after being fed a stranger’s breast milk — but her family says, ultimately, it was a lack of communication from the Toronto area hospitals’ staff that has “forever […]