The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a national health alert Friday to warn clinicians to be on the lookout for infections with the flesh-eating bacteria Vibrio vulnificus. During July and August, as the US saw widespread heatwaves and above-average coastal sea surface temperatures, Connecticut, New York and North Carolina reported more severe […]
Recent clinical trials found an extract from dahlia flower petals can stabilize blood sugar levels in patients with prediabetes or type 2 diabetes. The extract works by inhibiting brain inflammation, thereby improving the body’s ability to process blood sugar. Dahlia extract was discovered to stabilize blood sugar levels. Clinical trials led by the University of […]
Just over five years since the horrific Capital Gazette shooting, the Annapolis community is invited to donate blood on September 9, 2023 in memory of American Red Cross blood drive volunteer and journalist Wendi Winters. Wendi tragically lost her life, alongside four others, in the workplace shooting on June 28, 2018; and this blood drive […]
#inform-video-player-1 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } #inform-video-player-2 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } Versiti Blood Center of Michigan Cadillac, 7:45 a.m. to 1:45 p.m., Sept. 4, LifeHouse Assembly of God Fellowship Hall, 1120 W. Division St. Lake Ann, 3:30-6:15 p.m., Sept. 5, United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall, 6583 First St. McBain, 9:30 […]
A deer farm in Wisconsin is under quarantine after testing positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD), a highly contagious and fatal brain disease. Scientists with the National Veterinary Services Laboratories in Ames, Iowa, confirmed that samples from a three-year-old doe tested positive for the neurological disease, the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture announced Thursday. The 150-acre […]
Vibrio vulnificus infections have killed at least 13 people on the Eastern Seaboard this year and cause an estimated 80,000 illnesses annually in the United States. Most people get infected with Vibrio by eating raw or undercooked shellfish, particularly oysters, the CDC said in the advisory which was issued on Friday, Sept. 1. Vibrio naturally live […]
Blood really is thicker than water – yet makers of menstrual products have traditionally used saline to estimate how much liquid they can hold. The capacity to absorb of traditional menstrual products is a common way to measure the amount of blood lost. Clinicians use it to diagnose heavy menstrual bleeding, which affects roughly a […]
Washington DC (Precision Vaccinations News) During the recent pandemic, a seldom discussed mosquito-borne virus was confirmed in 89 countries globally. Although incidence levels of the Zika virus remained low, significant increases have been observed in some countries. Outbreaks of Zika in the region of the Americas have highlighted the significant public impact of this severe virus. Zika infections can […]
Vibrio vulnificus infections have killed at least 13 people on the Eastern Seaboard this year and cause an estimated 80,000 illnesses annually in the United States. Most people get infected with Vibrio by eating raw or undercooked shellfish, particularly oysters, the CDC said in the advisory which was issued on Friday, Sept. 1. Vibrio naturally live […]
JACKSONVILLE, Fla – September is blood cancer awareness month, and it is the third leading cause of cancer deaths in the U.S. That includes leukemia, lymphoma, myeloma, and Hodgkin’s disease. But a new treatment is helping them live longer. While more than a third of blood cancer patients still do not survive five years after diagnosis, […]