The Dickerson Park Zoo is celebrating its 100th birthday this year — and Community Blood Center of the Ozarks donors are invited to join the party. CBCO, the sole supplier of blood, platelets, and plasma to patients at 44 area healthcare facilities, is partnering with the Dickerson Park Zoo to help boost the region’s blood […]
An abscess occurs when an infection causes a pocket of pus to develop. Abscesses can develop on the skin, in the mouth, or inside the body. Bacterial infections typically cause abscesses. Pus develops as white blood cells work to fight off the infection and tissue breaks down. Abscesses are fairly common. More than half of […]
Transcript: Sameh R. Gaballa, MD: This is an area where there’s a lot of heterogeneity in terms of practice. What do you do after you’re done with induction? You get an end-of-treatment PET and the patient is in CR [complete response]. How do you monitor these patients? How often do you get imaging? I agree […]
9 minutes ago Share This Story No matter the season, some of us love to head to the salon for pedicures. But certain nail treatments can be hazardous to your health if not handled properly. In today’s Living Well, brought to you by Springhill Pharmacy, News 40’s Morgan Hoover explains how to avoid an infection […]
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s executive branch strongly criticized the bloc’s representative in Austria for accusing the country of paying “blood money” to Russia for gas supplies and said Friday he has been ordered back to Brussels. EU representative Martin Selmayr said during an event on Wednesday that Austria continues to get 55% of […]
A man with cold agglutinin disease (CAD) had significant red blood cell clumping in his coronary arteries during a procedure to correct an abnormal heart rhythm, blocking blood supply to the heart, according to a recent case report. Researchers called this “a novel and unusual manifestation” of CAD that caused the man’s heart and lungs […]
In a recent study published in BMC Public Health, a group of researchers quantified the impact of individual and combined cardiometabolic risk factors on cardiovascular disease (CVD) incidence and overall mortality and assessed the resultant loss of CVD-free years and overall life expectancy. Study: Cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality associated with individual and combined cardiometabolic risk […]
BRUSSELS – The European Union’s executive branch strongly criticized the bloc’s representative in Austria for accusing the country of paying “blood money” to Russia for gas supplies and said Friday he has been ordered back to Brussels. EU representative Martin Selmayr said during an event on Wednesday that Austria continues to get 55% of its […]
While some people claim apple cider vinegar (ACV) can help high blood pressure, little research supports this claim. It may have some benefits, but it is not a replacement for medication. High blood pressure is a common condition that affects approximately 49.6% of adults in the United States. Only 1 in 4 adults with high […]
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The New York Blood Center (NYBC) will be hosting a day of service to encourage New Yorkers to honor those who lost their lives on 9/11 by donating blood, volunteering at a blood drive or signing up to host a future blood drive. Blood donations in the region have still not […]