CENTRAL ILLINOIS (WCIA) — The American Red Cross is facing another blood shortage after a summer of both natural disasters and donation shortfalls. The organization said in a press release there was a critical, 30,000-donation shortfall in the month of August after back-to-school activities and one of the busiest summer travel seasons on record. That […]
(Image Credit: ©Anusorn – Adobe.Stock.com) Stuart Therapeutics Inc. has announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued a U.S. patent with granted claims for compositions of matter and methods of use in a variety of anterior segment indications in ophthalmology. According to a news release, Stuart now controls a total of […]
Share on PinterestA new study shows that dementia risk increased among older adults who spent more time exhibiting sedentary behaviors. Jo Bradford/Green Island Art Studios/Getty Images A new study shows the more time older adults spend exhibiting sedentary behaviors, the greater their chance of developing all-cause dementia. Inactivity is associated with poor cardiovascular health and […]
AMARILLO, Texas (KFDA) – Coffee Memorial Blood Center is using a Halloween theme for its upcoming blood drives in September. Throughout the month, Coffee Memorial Blood Center will have Halloween-themed gifts for each of their donors. All eligible donors will receive a limited-edition, glow-in-the-dark T-shirt, one free entry to the Oklahoma City Zoo, one free […]
SAN DIEGO — A man who allegedly drove the wrong way down Interstate 15 in Serra Mesa while drunk and crashed head-on into another car, killing a woman and injuring the victim’s teenage daughter, pleaded not guilty on Monday to charges that include gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated. Andres James Cox, 25, is accused in […]
A major study by the Karolinska Institute in Sweden found that patients who received blood from donors who later suffered brain haemorrhages, were more than twice as likely to suffer a brain haemorrhage themselves. Experts believe the blood of some people may contain a sticky protein called amyloid beta, which could accumulate along the tiny […]
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — There is a nationwide shortage of blood. It’s down 25% from the beginning of August. Giving blood is an easy way to give back to your community. “I love helping people, so I guess this is a way I could help people in another way too,” Wendy Orr said. That […]
The rate of infants dying before their first birthday rose slightly in the second year of the COVID pandemic after having fallen every year since 2015, according to new federal data. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Tuesday that the U.S. infant mortality rate inched from 5.42 deaths per 1,000 live births in […]
Obtaining Blood Flow Estimate Less Invasively Of the 900 participants, 523 had normal CT-FFR results (mean age 64, 318 males) and 377 had abnormal CT-FFR results (mean age 65, 264 males). In the normal results group, the rate of three-year adverse outcomes (defined as all-cause deaths and non-fatal myocardial infarction) was 2.1% (11/523). In the […]
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