General Hospital star John J. York revealed that he has been undergoing treatment for two blood and bone marrow disorders. On Wednesday, the actor, 64, posted a video on X to update his followers on his condition after he shared on the platform last week that he would “be taking a brief hiatus” from filming […]
image: In addition to extreme weather and air pollution being associated with cardiovascular events, it is increasingly recognized that the comprehensive lifetime exposure of individuals and populations to their surrounding environment (the exposome) is closely interlinked to cardiovascular health and wellbeing. view more Credit: Canadian Journal of Cardiology, created with BioRender.com) Philadelphia, September 13, 2023 – […]
Donors of all blood types are urgently needed, and there is an emergency need for platelet donors and Type O blood donors. INDIANAPOLIS — After a summer of decreased donor turnout, the American Red Cross is experiencing a national blood shortage and making an urgent plea for donors. Red Cross says fewer donors than needed […]
The parents of a 14-year-old boy in Tennessee made the difficult decision to amputate their son’s hands and feet in order to save his life, following a diagnosis of pneumonia and streptococcal toxic shock syndrome that sent him into cardiac arrest. When Mathias Uribe began experiencing “flu-like symptoms” in June, his parents Edgar Uribe and […]
The foods a person eats before attempting to donate blood could affect whether or not he or she is allowed to donate. According to the American Red Cross, its staff members routinely check the level of hemoglobin in donors’ blood and platelets before they accept donations. Hemoglobin is a protein in the body that contains […]
ByPoulomi Ghosh Sep 14, 2023 09:31 AM IST Share Via Copy Link Nipah virus prevention: Containment zones have been declared, the route maps of the two deceased have been published for people to avoid. A 24-year-old health worker who came into close contact with a Nipah patient tested positive on Wednesday taking the total number […]
GALVESTON, Texas (KWTX) – A Texas man has died from Vibrio vulnificus after eating raw oysters in Galveston, according to officials with the Galveston County Health District. Officials say the man was 30 to 40-years-old and had underlying health conditions that led to the vibrio infection. Unusually warm ocean temperatures have led to an increased […]
REYKJAVIK, Iceland, Sept. 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Scientists at deCODE genetics, a subsidiary of Amgen, and their collaborators from the Icelandic healthcare system and The Copenhagen University, publish a study today in the journal Cell titled “Complex effects of sequence variants on lipid levels and coronary artery disease”. The work described in the paper is based […]
Yutaka Niihara and Juanita and Wanda Gougis (Courtesy photo) Over the course of her 34 years, Juanita Gougis has been shadowed by three ever-present companions: her doting mother, her supportive church, and the dreaded blood disorder, sickle cell disease (SCD). The last entity on that list was uninvited and unwelcome. Sickle cell is a hereditary […]
Abstract By altering the abundance, diversity, and distribution of species—and their pathogens—globalization may inadvertently select for more virulent pathogens. In Brazil’s Atlantic Forest, a hotspot of amphibian biodiversity, the global amphibian trade has facilitated the co-occurrence of previously isolated enzootic and panzootic lineages of the pathogenic amphibian-chytrid (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, ‘Bd’) and generated new virulent recombinant genotypes […]