German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius (SPD) and Finance Minister Christian Lindner (FDP) have tested positive for COVID-19, ministry sources said on Monday. Lindner, who is experiencing mild flu-like symptoms, will continue to work from home, DPA reported. A spokesperson for the Defense Ministry said Pistorius had canceled his trip to Ramstein, Rhineland-Palatinate, a state in southwestern Germany, for […]
Non-vitamin K oral anticoagulants (NOACs) are associated with fewer major bleeding events and deaths than vitamin K antagonists (VKAs) when treating patients who develop new-onset atrial fibrillation (AFib) after transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), according to a new meta-analysis published in Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine.[1] “AFib events significantly increase the risk of stroke, bleeding and […]
SIOUX CITY (KTIV) – LifeServe Blood Center needs blood donations. All of the blood types, at LifeServe, are at a low or critically low levels. That means LifeServe has less than a two-day supply for emergencies that may arise. Summer is a slow season for blood donations. “Summer is the most difficult season to collect […]
<div data-thumb="https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/tmb/2023/substance-abuse-in-pre.jpg" data-src="https://scx2.b-cdn.net/gfx/news/hires/2023/substance-abuse-in-pre.jpg" data-sub-html="Credit: JACC: Advances (2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.jacadv.2023.100619″> Credit: JACC: Advances (2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.jacadv.2023.100619 Pregnant women with a history of substance abuse face a dramatically increased risk of death from heart attack and stroke during childbirth when compared with women without history of substance abuse, a new Smidt Heart Institute study shows. These findings […]
LifeStream Blood Bank announced Monday that Robert Sanchez has been named its new president and chief executive officer. Sanchez previously served as the vice president of the central United States division and the president of the northeast business unit for Biomat USA, Grifols, a plasma donation center. He is the sixth president and CEO in […]
When a statue of David Ben-Gurion was set on fire and charred black, the rapper Nas released his 19th album, “Magic 3,” and celebrated the event in a white tuxedo. (There is no connection between the two events, except in my imagination.)
<div data-thumb="https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/tmb/2023/new-insights-into-myst.jpg" data-src="https://scx2.b-cdn.net/gfx/news/2023/new-insights-into-myst.jpg" data-sub-html="Credit: Cell Reports Medicine (2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.xcrm.2023.101012″> Credit: Cell Reports Medicine (2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.xcrm.2023.101012 Giant cell arteritis (GCA), formerly known as temporal arteritis, was first described by Mayo Clinic doctors and classified as an inflammatory condition of the blood vessels in the early to mid-20th century. The condition causes bulging blood vessels […]
Urgent need for blood donors Due to the constant need for resources, the Chickasaw Nation, Seminole Nation, Choctaw Nation and Muscogee Nation have partnered with Oklahoma Blood Institute (OBI) in the Tribal Blood Drive Challenge. Upcoming events and locations to donate below: Sept. 18 at the Chickasaw Nation Health Clinic in Tishomingo from noon-4 p.m. Donors receive […]
By Sarah Darby, as told to Amelia Harnish I never would have expected that my love of The Bachelor would drive me to make one of my first parenting decisions. But as any new mom knows, parenting is full of surprises. I first heard the phrase “cord blood banking” from season 17 winner Catherine Giudici Lowe, […]
Another noteworthy takeaway from this analysis was the fact that, among participants with a history of monthly cannabis use, individuals who had not used it recently faced “significantly greater odds” of experiencing a MI than more recent users. This was “somewhat unexpected,” Corroon et al. wrote, “given the known acute cardiovascular effects of cannabis use, […]