Date: Wednesday, September 13, 2023 Time: 7:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time 1 hour SUMMARY Surgical site infections (SSIs) play a significant role in patient morbidity and mortality. Additionally, SSIs add a fiscal burden to the healthcare system and to the patient. In this webinar, our presenters will discuss recent studies that have provided insights from a […]
Freshly shucked oysters. Taken on March 14, 2022. Galveston county health officials are warning residents of a rare infection linked to consuming undercooked shellfish after a man died from eating raw oysters, officials said in an announcement Sept. 8. Health official Philip Keiser said that the man was taking drugs that made him immunosuppressed and […]
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — The national blood supply has reached critically low levels, the American Red Cross announced Monday. The organization is in urgent need of blood donations “in (the) wake of back-to-back climate disasters,” the Red Cross wrote in a news release. According to the Red Cross, its national blood supply levels have dropped […]
Baylor Genetics Announces Neurodevelopmental Disorders Test Panel to Help Healthcare Providers Diagnose Patients with Intellectual Disabilities or Developmental Delays
Point-of-care tests can be used to accurately diagnose sickle cell disease (SCD) in resource-limited settings such as sub-Saharan Africa, according to a recent study. “Based on our experience and this study, we support the use of these [point-of-care] tests as standalone diagnostic tests for the early diagnosis of SCD in limited resource settings,” researchers wrote. […]
Goldman Sachs thinks late-stage biotech company Geron was due for a correction and now has the potential to surge higher. Analyst Corinne Jenkins upgraded Geron to buy from neutral. She maintained her price target of $4, which suggests 70.1% upside for the stock from Monday’s closing price. The analyst highlighted U.S. Food and Drug Administration […]
CAHtalyst™ Met Primary Endpoint Demonstrating a Statistically Significant Decrease from Baseline Daily Glucocorticoid Dose with Androgen Control Key Secondary Endpoint Achieved Statistically Significant Decrease in Androstenedione at Week 4 versus Placebo Key Secondary Endpoint Demonstrated a Statistically Significant Number of Patients on Crinecerfont Achieved a Reduction to a Physiologic Glucocorticoid Dose versus Placebo Crinecerfont Was […]
ANI | | Posted by Parmita Uniyal, Lausanne [switzerland] Sep 12, 2023 04:57 PM IST Share Via Copy Link Young children who grow up in towns and cities experience higher respiratory illnesses than those who grow up in the country, as per study. Young children who grow up in towns and cities experience higher respiratory […]
Otopalatodigital spectrum disorders (OPDSD) constitute a group of rare, congenital, X-linked conditions caused by mutations in the filamin A (FLNA) gene. It includes four syndromes: OPSD type 1 and type 2 (OPD1 and OPD2), frontometaphyseal dysplasia (FMD), and Melnick–Needles syndrome (MNS). Otopalatodigital spectrum disorders. Image Credit: adike/Shutterstock.com These disorders are distinguished by skeletal dysplasia of […]
The following is a summary of “Long-Term Outcomes of Patients With Carotid and Aortic Body Tumors,” published in the July 2023 issue of the Cardiovascular Disease by Verghis et al. Chemodectomas are neoplasms originating from parasympathetic nonchromaffin cells and are frequently detected in the aortic and carotid bodies. They are typically non-malignant but can induce […]