569,000 deaths were linked to bacterial antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in all 35 countries of the WHO Region of the Americas, according to a new peer-reviewed paper published in The Lancet Regional Health – Americas. This analysis on the burden of AMR in the Americas is the most comprehensive yet for the region, providing data for […]
The number of steps you should walk every day to start seeing benefits to your health is lower than previously thought, according to the largest analysis to investigate this. The study, published in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology today (Wednesday), found that walking at least 3967 steps a day started to reduce the risk […]
As part of a focused effort to assess current cardiovascular treatment algorithms for racial bias, the American Heart Association, the single largest non-government supporter of heart and brain health research in the U.S., is funding three new scientific research projects at $50,000 each. Clinical algorithms are formulas, flow charts and computerized “calculators” that work behind […]
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — How did blood end up on the back of the nametag sticker put on A.J. Armstrong hours after his parents were shot to death seven years ago, and whose blood is it? Questions about the recently discovered blood evidence dominated day seven of Armstrong’s third capital murder trial. Celestina Rossi, a […]
More gay and bisexual men will be able to donate blood after the American Red Cross announced Monday it would follow recent guidelines from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The FDA issued guidelines in May stating that all potential blood donors must answer a series of individual, risk-based questions to decide eligibility. Men who […]
A Vancouver man and his dog are both recovering from injuries after they were attacked by a trio of raccoons in Kitsilano last week. Jake Moss and Pingu were walking down West 1st Avenue around 1:30 a.m. on Aug. 3 when Pingu stopped to sniff the bushes and encountered two large raccoons. “All of a […]
Blood disorders known as myelodysplastic syndromes/neoplasms (MDS) are difficult to diagnose – and are commonly misdiagnosed – putting patients at increased risk for treatment mistakes and other potentially harmful consequences, according to researchers with Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and collaborating organizations. Their findings, published Aug. 8 […]
TEXOMA (KFDX/KJTL) — Blood Battle 2023 is a wrap and the results are in. PREVIOUS: Blood Battle ’23 begins at Market Street Thanks to the generous donations of our viewers this past month, the evening crew emerged victorious. However, it was a close race all month long. In fact, the morning and evening teams were […]
Two people were killed and one other person was moderately injured in a shooting at the Lehavim junction near Rahat in southern Israel on Tuesday night. The three were shot at by an individual in a passing vehicle and were brought to Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba, where two of them were pronounced dead and […]
CODE. THERE ON YOUR SCREEN TO DONATE NOW. AND ONE DONATION OF BLOOD WILL GET YOU A FREE BEER FOR THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. IT’S AN INCENTIVE FROM THE COMMUNITY BLOOD CENTER. 25 LOCAL BREWERIES, WINERIES AND RESTAURANTS ARE TAKING PART. BOULEVARD BREWING HOSTED ITS OWN DONATION DRIVE TODAY. AREA BLOOD SUPPLY STILL HAVEN’T RETURNED […]