Monthly Archives: August 2023

Blood Drive to be Held September 12 at South Georgia Tech – Americus Times-Recorder

Blood Drive to be Held September 12 at South Georgia Tech Published 3:28 pm Thursday, August 31, 2023 The American Red Cross will be hosting a blood drive on Tuesday, September 12, at South Georgia Tech. By Pat Peacock AMERICUS – The American Red Cross will conduct a blood drive on Tuesday, September 12 from […]

What to do if you get a yeast infection

A vaginal yeast infection is a common issue for women and occurs from the growth of too many yeast cells in the vagina. While the symptoms can be bothersome, uncomfortable and embarrassing, the infection isn’t necessarily cause for larger concern. In this post, we’ll cover common causes, prevention and treatment options for women dealing with […]

Two-Step Blood Test Sharpens Alzheimer’s Diagnosis

Summary: Researchers have developed a two-step workflow using a new blood-based p-tau217 biomarker to improve the accuracy of Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) diagnosis. The first step uses a diagnostic model that combines plasma p-tau217 with age and the APOE e4 gene to identify high-risk patients. The second step involves confirmatory testing only for those with uncertain […]

Cardiac CT before TAVR detects CAD with high accuracy, suggesting a reduced need for invasive imaging

All patients underwent both CTA and ICA before TAVR, but the authors blinded themselves to ICA results to focus on the effectiveness of CTA. CTA coronary reconstruction was used to assess each patient’s left main coronary artery, proximal left anterior descending coronary artery, proximal left circumflex coronary artery, and proximal right coronary artery. At that […]

LivaNova Nabs FDA Nod, CE-Mark for In-Line Blood Monitor

LivaNova recently received FDA 510(k) clearance and CE-mark for its Essenz In-Line Blood Monitor (ILBM). The monitor is integrated into the company’s next-generation cardiopulmonary bypass procedure (CPB) platform, the Essenz Perfusion System and provides accurate and continuous measurement of essential blood parameters from its cockpit to medical professionals during CPB. Along with the new inclusion […]

Antioxidants stimulate the formation of new blood vessels in lung cancer tumors

Vitamin C and other antioxidants stimulate the formation of new blood vessels in lung cancer tumors, a new study from Karolinska Institutet published in The Journal of Clinical Investigation shows. The discovery corroborates the idea that dietary supplements containing antioxidants can accelerate tumor growth and metastasis. We’ve found that antioxidants activate a mechanism that causes […]

Sly CAR-T strategy evades ‘fratricide’ problem to aim at all blood cancers

The problem with the plan was fratricide, among other wanton cellular murders. Saar Gill and Carl June, cell therapy researchers at the University of Pennsylvania, wanted to make a single treatment that could tackle virtually all blood cancers. It was an audacious goal. advertisement Most cell therapies, such as CAR-T, involve removing a patients’ T […]

HIV cure on the horizon? Blood cancer drug could hold the key

MELBOURNE, Australia — A blood cancer drug could potentially be the key to curing HIV. Australian researchers found that the cancer drug venetoclax can not only attack hibernating HIV cells but also delay the virus’s resurgence. Currently, the “silent” HIV cells, medically referred to as latent infection, are the reason HIV remains in a patient’s […]