The Kolkata Municipal Corporation in an order on Sunday directed that all urban primary health centers and borough health centers will remain open on all days from September 25 to October 15. Only a day ago, the Corporation had decided vector control activities will be conducted across all 144 wards in the city every Sunday […]
A recent Nature Communications study evaluates the effect of social disadvantages and psychological stressors on the gut microbiome (GM) and circulating proinflammatory cytokines of mothers and their infants. Study: Social and psychological adversity are associated with distinct mother and infant gut microbiome variations. Image Credit: Kseniya Maruk / Shutterstock.com Background Socially disadvantaged (SD) populations experience significant health inequities. This […]
Researchers from Edith Cowan University developed software that rapidly analyzes bone density scans to detect abdominal aortic calcification (AAC), a predictor of cardiovascular events and other health risks. The software processed images with 80% agreement with experts and could revolutionize early disease detection during routine clinical practice. Bone density scans can now quickly identify an […]
Introduction Bloodstream infections (BSIs) are associated with high morbidity and mortality in children, especially in neonates. A recent review on pediatric sepsis demonstrated that bloodstream infections accounted for 26.5% of the global disease burdens and resulted in 25% of deaths in children all over the world.1 A systemic study on global burdens of bacterial infections […]
A doctor failed to diagnose a woman with blood clots in her lungs. The woman later died. Photo / 123rf A woman died after a doctor failed to diagnose and treat her for blood clots in her lungs despite her displaying symptoms of a pulmonary embolism for 22 months. The woman, in her 60s, was […]
Pat Ward Today at 03:30 A quiet Saturday morning in early February 2019 would change the lives of many people in the close-knit community of McCrea Park, Clogher. What unfolded that day would become one of Northern Ireland’s most harrowing and brutal murders, when the lifeless body of Sligo man Pat Ward was discovered half […]
No single test can confirm that a person has lupus, but a doctor may use several types of blood tests to reach a lupus diagnosis. These include tests to look for antinuclear antibodies (ANA) in the blood. Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), or lupus, is a chronic autoimmune disease resulting from the immune system attacking the […]
#inform-video-player-1 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } #inform-video-player-2 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } The American Red Cross has seen a decline in blood and platelet donations all summer and has declared a national blood shortage. There was a 30,000 blood and platelet donation shortfall in August, and stormy weather, including hurricanes, has […]
The Wisconsin-based company American Foods Group, doing business as Green Bay Dressed Beef, has recalled more than 58,000 pounds of raw ground beef due to concerns of possible contamination with the bacteria Escherichia coli, better known as E. coli, according to a Friday alert posted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.The recall follows recent warnings […]
