Monthly Archives: September 2023

Cardiovascular

Daxor Corporation to Exhibit at the Medaxiom Cardiovascular Transforum Conference Fall’23 to Advance Awareness and Further Adoption of Daxor’s Blood Volume Diagnostic (BVA-100®)

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26
Sep

The Premier Event for The Cardiovascular Industry’s Leading Network of Executives and Clinicians – Transforming Cardiovascular Care Through Sharing Best Practices and Organizational Performance Solutions Oak Ridge, TN, Sept. 26, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Daxor Corporation (NASDAQ: DXR), the global leader in blood volume measurement technology, announces today it will be exhibiting at the MedAxiom […]

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Congenital disorders

2023 Rare Disease Day Recap

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26
Sep

This year, Yale School of Medicine and Yale Medicine honored Rare Disease Day by hosting a free webinar highlighting the experiences of patients with rare disease, specifically the challenges they face in access to diagnosis, treatment, and healthcare. The event was directed by the Department of Genetics and primarily organized by Dr. Michele Spencer-Manzon and […]

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Infection

How to Spot and Treat an Upper Respiratory Infection: Symptoms and Advice

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26
Sep

Especially when allergy season hits, it can be difficult to know the difference between the signs of an upper respiratory infection and those of allergies.  “There is a lot of overlap between allergy symptoms and viral infections,” says Keith Brenner, M.D., chief of Pulmonology at Hackensack University Medical Center.  Dr. Brenner offers guidance around how […]

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Infection

Flesh-Eating Bacteria Infections Are on the Rise in the U.S. Here’s How to Stay Safe

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26
Sep

Vibrio vulnificus infections are spreading across the U.S. because of climate change. Credit: BSIP SA/Alamy Stock Photo Advertisement <div class="article-block article-text" data-behavior="newsletter_promo dfp_article_rendering" data-dfp-adword="Advertisement" data-newsletterpromo_article-text=" Sign up for Scientific American’s free newsletters. ” data-newsletterpromo_article-image=”https://static.scientificamerican.com/sciam/cache/file/4641809D-B8F1-41A3-9E5A87C21ADB2FD8_source.png” data-newsletterpromo_article-button-text=”Sign Up” data-newsletterpromo_article-button-link=”https://www.scientificamerican.com/page/newsletter-sign-up/?origincode=2018_sciam_ArticlePromo_NewsletterSignUp” name=”articleBody” itemprop=”articleBody”> Flesh-eating bacteria sounds like the premise of a bad horror movie, but it’s a growing – and […]

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Infection

Be Fundamentally Sound to Prevent Infections

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One need look no further than the emerging threat from Candida auris (C. auris), a fungus that is highly resistant to drugs designed to kill it, to realize the importance of the back-to-basics theme of this year’s International Infection Prevention Week (IIPW). Titled “Celebrating the Fundamentals of Infection Prevention,” the 2023 concept from the Association […]

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Cardiovascular

Theory Slammed as Pseudoscience; TBI and Cardiovascular Risk; AAN Shares Its Vision

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26
Sep

The integrated information theory — a way of looking at how the brain achieves consciousness — was publicly slammed as “pseudoscience” by 124 scholars and researchers. (Nature) Risk of cognitive decline progression was tied to increased blood-brain barrier permeability, a longitudinal study showed. (Alzheimer’s & Dementia) Researchers identified the dominant assemblies and states of type […]

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Cardiovascular

New Cardiology Board to Come; 2nd Pig-Heart Xenotransplant; Uric Acid as Stroke Tx?

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26
Sep

The American College of Cardiology said it is working to create an independent cardiology board with the Heart Failure Society of America, Heart Rhythm Society, and Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions. The University of Maryland team that performed the first cardiac xenotransplant last year announced that a second xeno pig-heart transplant has been performed […]

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Cardiovascular

The menopausal transition period and cardiovascular risk

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26
Sep

Abstract The menopausal transition period spans, on average, 2–8 years before the final menstrual period and is associated with an increase in clinical and subclinical cardiovascular risk. In this Review, we discuss the metabolic and cardiovascular changes that occur during the menopausal transition period and the role of ovarian ageing, chronological ageing and other ageing-related […]

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Infection

Safer Practices Part 4: Managing contagious diseases and childhood infections

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26
Sep

Which diseases require official notification and when should children not attend? By Nicole Weinstein Underlying presentations of serious infectious diseases can mimic common childhood infections in the early stages, so it is vital that providers have policies in place and follow Government guidelines as their first line of defence in infection control. Measles, which hit […]

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Cancer and neoplasms

Clinical Care for People Who Survive Childhood Cancer: A Review

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26
Sep

Importance  An estimated 15 000 children and adolescents aged 0 to 19 years are diagnosed with cancer each year in the US, and more than 85% survive for at least 5 years. By 45 years of age, approximately 95% of people who survive childhood cancer will develop a significant health problem related to the childhood cancer […]

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