Digital Brief: Sept. 20, 2023 (AM) Digital Brief: Sept. 20, 2023 (AM) 02:37 PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Artificial intelligence is being used to help doctors better diagnose a number of health conditions. Now, it’s showing views of the heart like nothing they’ve seen before, providing doctors with the ability to predict if someone is going to […]
Continuous interval monitoring was performed during each study until valve deployment. A temporary pacemaker was used in cases of heart block, “per standard practice.” Overall, this practice was found to be both safe and feasible. All EP studies were successful. “Only one case required a temporary pacemaker for rapid pacing because of an inadequate threshold […]
Sibley, Iowa — Your next chance to bolster the northwest Iowa blood supply is this Thursday in Sibley. Community Blood Bank Executive Director Ken Ver Steeg tells us about this opportunity to give blood at the Osceola Regional Medical Center in Sibley.
Many organizations classify hypertension as a blood pressure reading of 140/90 mmHg or higher, though some say 130/80 mmHg. Joe Raedle / Getty Images The World Health Organization (WHO) has released its first report on the dangers of hypertension, also known as high blood pressure, in which it calls the condition a “silent killer” and “one […]
She is the most beautiful Israeli you can imagine, all of the good and beautiful Land of Israel in one person. Raised in Maccabim by a pilot father and a psychologist mother, she is a combat helicopter pilot. She studied at Oxford and is a principal at Vintage Investment Partners. She headed the Bnei Zion […]
Combination sacituzumab govitecan-hziy (Trodelvy; Gilead) and pembrolizumab (Keytruda; Merck) showed promising early antitumor activity in patients with advanced or metastatic non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in the first-line setting, according to findings from the phase 2 EVOKE-02 trial (NCT05186974) announced in a press release and presented at the International Association for the Study of Lung […]
The FDA has approved LimFlow, a new therapy pioneered at University Hospitals., which gives thousands of patients hope for an alternative to leg amputation. LimFlow therapy works by diverting blood flow from blocked arteries into the veins, making the veins become an artery, reversing the flow of blood to get oxygen in the blood to […]
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — It was an emotional Tuesday for a Kansas City area man. He’s meeting for the first time some people who saved his life. At the Kauffman Foundation Conference Center, Kevin Wake is happy. But more importantly healthy. He was told in high school that he most likely wouldn’t live past his […]
The Biden administration announced Wednesday that it is providing $600 million in funding to produce new at-home COVID-19 tests and is restarting a website allowing Americans to again order up to four free tests per household — aiming to prevent possible shortages during a rise in coronavirus cases that has typically come during colder months. The Department of Health and Human […]
Blood donations remain low since the start of COVID but demand remains – CBS San Francisco Watch CBS News The need for blood donations remains constant as nonprofit organizations like Vitalant face many hurdles from before and during the pandemic. While a large percentage of the population is eligible to donate, only a small fraction […]