Novo Nordisk, a Danish pharmaceutical company, recently announced results from a trial that showed that a weight loss drug known as Wegovy reduced the risk of heart attack, stroke and cardiovascular disease by 20%. The trial enrolled over 17,000 adults aged 45 years or older who were overweight or obese and had established cardiovascular disease […]
As Kentucky’s fall school year commences it has achieved another first in the nation, first to have two school district closings associated with COVID-19. Politics, inaction and disinformation seem to have paralyzed our COVID response and placed children and teachers in harm’s way. The myth that children do not have to worry about COVID, along […]
Littered with monstrous apparitions and gruesome deaths, this latest horror film from seasoned Malaysian filmmaker Dain Said is also haunted by growing pains. Blessed – and cursed – with the same supernatural abilities possessed by his mother, young Iqbal (Idan Aedan) is torn between his power of exorcism and his desire to lead a normal […]
Bookmark 1. In this cross-sectional study, a higher Mediterranean diet (MedDiet) score was associated with improvements in several cardiovascular outcomes, including cardiovascular risk score, blood pressure, and body mass index (BMI) in adults. 2. However, women demonstrated a significant association between MedDiet scores and multiple cardiovascular outcomes, while men only showed a significant association between […]
Ad for vegan charity featuring woman eating ‘killer yoghurt’ as blood streams from her mouth is banned over ‘graphic and gory imagery’ The video saw a woman eating a yoghurt flavoured with ‘mother’s grief’ By Elizabeth Haigh Updated: 06:26 EDT, 6 September 2023
A microscope’s view of the bacteria ‘Vibrio vulnificus.’CDC/James Gathany The media has already dubbed it the “flesh-eating” bacterium. Vibrio vulnificus lives in coastal waters, including salt water and brackish water, and U.S. health authorities have warned of its presence in the Gulf of Mexico, the Mexican Caribbean and the U.S. East Coast. The Centers for […]
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) – The Blood Connection and its hospital partners are facing an urgent need for blood donations, particularly Type O negative, and Type O positive types. When Idalia came to the Lowcountry, mobile drives were canceled and two blood donation centers were temporarily closed. Now officials with the Blood Connection are asking […]
LANCASTER − A member of the Lancaster community who has been responsible for the donation of thousands of pints of blood over the years is retiring from her position. Deb Julian, Red Cross Blood Program Leader for the Lancaster City Employee blood drives, is retiring after over a decade of service. She has been coordinating […]
A mum has been left petrified and with potentially life-changing injuries after protecting her daughter from an ‘aggressive’ bully XL dog. Katie Deere was walking her dog along with her young child in a pushchair before the bully XL pounced. The 31-year-old was ‘pouring with blood’ as she was rushed to hospital for surgery. Now, […]
Black adults had the highest rates of obesity-related cardiovascular disease deaths 1999 to 2020, with the highest percentage found in Black women, according to a new study in Journal of the American Heart Association Research Highlights: Obesity-related cardiovascular disease deaths tripled between 1999 and 2020 in the U.S. Such deaths were higher among Black individuals […]