Monthly Archives: August 2023

Stolen Metro East police car abandoned with blood inside; man found dead in road

PONTOON BEACH — Authorities were saying little Thursday about a stolen police car discovered abandoned with blood inside, or a man found dead nearby on a Pontoon Beach road. A Washington Park police squad car was stolen — with a police rifle inside — late Wednesday night. It was later found in Pontoon Beach near Highway […]

Killeen hosts ‘Battle of the Badges’ Blood Drive for a good cause

KILLEEN, Texas (KWTX) – The Killeen Police Department and Killeen Fire Department are uniting for a good cause with Carter BloodCare. City of Killeen is hosting a “Battle of the Badges” Blood Drive from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Aug. 24 at the KISD Pratt Learning & Leadership Center at the 505 block of East […]

QHS researchers collaborate on new Terry Fox New Frontiers Program project

Sheela Abraham Queen’s Health Sciences researchers are part of a multi-institutional research team that will receive $2.4 million to advance cancer research and treatment. The collaborative team – led by principal investigators at Sunnybrook Research Institute and Princess Margaret Cancer Centre – is behind one of five projects to receive funding in the 2023 Terry […]

Cognitive Processing Therapy on Cardiovascular Risk Markers in PTSD Patients

The following is a summary of “Effect of cognitive processing therapy on markers of cardiovascular risk in posttraumatic stress disorder patients: A randomized clinical trial,” published in the July 2023 issue of the Psychosomatic Research by Watkins et al. Coronary heart disease (CHD) is associated with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD); however, the effects of PTSD […]

Michigan Teen Who Died 3 Days After Covid Vaccination Actually Killed By Bacterial Infection, CDC Reportedly Finds

Topline A 13-year-old who died days after receiving his second dose of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine in 2021 was actually most likely killed by a systemic bacterial infection, according to a federal report obtained by the Detroit Free Press, after his death drew the attention of vaccine advocates and naysayers alike in the early months of […]

Blocking the Paths to Viral Infection

Viruses, like those that cause influenza and Covid, are masters at evading treatment. Antiviral medications work by targeting specific parts of a virus, like a spike protein, to prevent it from replicating. However, viruses can quickly mutate, reducing the effectiveness of many antiviral drugs. Research at the University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering is […]

Mutations in blood stem cells can exacerbate colon cancer

image: Compared with normal mice (top), colonoscopies detect more, and larger, tumors in the intestines of mice with clonal hematopoiesis (bottom). view more  Credit: © 2023 Feng et al. Originally published in Journal of Experimental Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1084/jem.20230011 Researchers at the University of Florida College of Medicine have discovered how common age-related changes in the blood system […]

Pocket-Sized Device Can Help Clinicians Quickly Identify Infected Wounds

Credit: Marina Demidiuk/Getty images An international team of researchers has developed a pocket-sized device that can help clinicians identify infected wounds faster. Traditional methods for detecting wound infections are often imprecise since known methods of identifying bacteria are often time-consuming and not available rendering current diagnoses subjective and largely based on the clinician’s experience. But […]

Should heart attack patients take aspirin to avoid stroke? What doctors suggest

Fewer than half of people worldwide who have already had one heart attack or stroke take daily aspirin to prevent a second one, according to a new study. Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis suggested that increasing daily aspirin use in such patients could reduce cardiovascular deaths. The authors of the […]

Addition of Doxorubicin to Zalifrelimab/Balstilimab Leads to Responses in Advanced Soft Tissue Sarcoma

Breelyn Wilky, MD The activity generated by the combination of doxorubicin, zalifrelimab (AGEN1884), and balstilimab (AGEN2034) in patients with advanced/metastatic soft tissue sarcoma indicated a potential pathway for the use of immunotherapy in this patient population, which has historically been associated with immunologically cold tumors, according to Breelyn Wilky, MD. Data from a single-arm, open-label […]