Mississippi’s infant mortality rate reached a five-year high in 2021, according to the latest numbers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The death rate of babies under one year of age rose from 8.3 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2020 to 9.39 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2021, the most recent […]
The Ophidascaris robertsi larvae specimen was extracted from the woman’s brain by surgeons. Credit: Canberra Health Many Australians likely read the coverage of the live roundworm found in the brain of a New South Wales woman with morbid curiosity. If you missed it, a wriggling, eight-centimeter-long parasitic roundworm was removed from the head of a […]
#inform-video-player-1 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } #inform-video-player-2 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } Freeman Hospital West will host a blood drive for the Community Blood Center of the Ozarks from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday in its conference rooms at 1102 W. 32nd St. The Springfield-based blood center provides blood and […]
Innovative optical technologies for non-invasive microscopy allowed the research team to reveal the overproduction of lipid droplets, the mitochondrial network rearrangement and the morphological reshaping as first early indicators of therapy-induced senescence in human tumoral cells that underwent anticancer treatments. Credit: Politecnico di Milano A new study published in Science Advances has investigated one of […]
GlobalData tracks drug-specific phase transition and likelihood of approval scores, in addition to indication benchmarks based off 18 years of historical drug development data. Attributes of the drug, company and its clinical trials play a fundamental role in drug-specific PTSR and likelihood of approval. (Islatravir + ulonivirine) overview Fixed-dose combination of islatravir and ulonivirine (MK-8507) […]
In a significant step toward developing new treatments to mend blood vessels damaged by heart attacks and strokes, and even from chronic diseases like diabetes and obesity, scientists at Wake Forest University have discovered how to amplify the effects of an important signaling molecule in the blood. That molecule, nitric oxide, regulates blood flow and […]
Sept 14 (Reuters) – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Thursday it expects the total number of hospitalizations from COVID-19, respiratory syncytial virus infections and flu this year to be similar to last year, higher than pre-pandemic levels. The government health agency also said it expects flu and RSV infections […]
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain New research has shown that boosting the “warm glow” feeling that people experience after giving blood significantly increases repeat blood donations, which are essential for the effective running of any health service. The research, led by the University of Nottingham shows that the positive feelings that people experience from helping others, […]
The independent tribunal that banned Simona Halep for four years for doping had “strong grounds for suspicion” that the Romanian was also blood doping at last year’s Wimbledon, its newly published 125-page decision reveals. However, it could not be “comfortably satisfied” that was the case as the 31-year-old did not have any blood tests between […]
