Experts say there’s a mere one-in-a-billion risk of mad cow disease spreading through blood transfusions in New Zealand – yet it continues to exclude thousands of potential donors here amid repeated shortages. Their analysis has prompted a fresh call for New Zealand to follow other countries and ease restrictions put in place more than two […]
THURSDAY, Aug. 24, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Aspirin is underused in secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD), according to a study published online Aug. 22 in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Sang Gune K. Yoo, M.D., from Washington University in St. Louis, and colleagues reported and assessed aspirin use for secondary prevention of […]
Mayo Clinic is reporting an additional benefit of vaccination beyond protection from COVID-19 infections — a lower likelihood of severe symptoms if people end up with long COVID. The study offers some of the first proof about a long-held assumption that vaccination reduces the severity of coronavirus infections, which then in turn forecasts whether people […]
“We appreciate the robust conversation that occurred prior to the vote,” Jason Weidman, senior vice president and president of the coronary and renal denervation business at Medtronic, said in a prepared statement after the vote was announced. “We will continue to collaborate with the FDA on bringing a new option to the millions of people […]
With a range of topics from nicotine regulation to metabolic disease to precision medicine, the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC will launch the 12th season of its Pioneers in Biomedical Research Seminar Series on Sept. 8. The seminars are geared toward members of the Virginia Tech and Carilion Clinic biomedical and health sciences research communities, including […]
Canada is likely at the start of the new wave of COVID-19 infections, according to health experts. COVID-19 continues to mutate and has recently spawned two variants, EG.5, a subvariant of Omicron, and BA.2.86. Scientists are closely monitoring the viruses including the currently dominant XBB.1.5, which itself is much more transmissible and deadly than the […]
Gil Melmed, MD Credit: Cedars-Sinai A recent study suggests educational videos and text-based interventions may not be enough to move the needle for influenza vaccine uptake in adults with irritable bowel disease (IBD). Results of the study, which included more than 1000 patients with IBD, found these efforts had little impact on vaccine uptake, but […]
The new platform, called ‘MN-predict’, will allow doctors and scientists to identify those at risk and to design new treatments to prevent them from developing these potentially lethal cancers. MN-predict makes it possible to identify at-risk individuals, and we hope it can become an essential part of future leukaemia prevention programmes. George Vassiliou Researchers at […]
Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute Scientists have created a new test for identifying people at risk of developing acute myeloid leukaemia and related cancers, years before they do. The new platform, ‘MN-predict’, will allow doctors and scientists to identify those at risk and to design new treatments to prevent them from developing these potentially lethal […]
