ALBEMARLE COUNTY, Va. (WVIR) – CATEC Emergency Medical Technician students got some hands-on training Tuesday, October 17. They learned about new bleeding control technology from a Charlottesville-based company. Luna Labs’ TrueClot technology was created in Charlottesville. Students are using it to learn how to pack wounds and use tourniquets on life-like mannequins. “I thought it […]
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands — Millions worldwide turn to traditional Chinese medicine for things like acupuncture, herbal remedies, and therapeutic massages. Now, a recent study reveals that a specific treatment from traditional Chinese medicine can significantly reduce hospitalization rates and cardiovascular death in heart failure patients. Qiliqiangxin is an extract derived from 11 types of herbs. In […]
President Isaac Herzog calls accusations that Israel struck the hospital in Gaza “a blood libel.” “An Islamic Jihad missile has killed many Palestinians at a Gazan hospital — a place where lives should be saved,” Herzog tweets. “Shame on the media who swallow the lies of Hamas and Islamic Jihad — broadcasting a 21st-century blood […]
With infertility increasing equally among men and women in the United States, access and affordability are areas of concern for individuals and couples seeking fertility treatment. According to 2 posters presented at the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) 2023 Scientific Congress & Expo, disparities exist in fertility funding, with some facing insurance coverage denials […]
Do you have cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic (CKM) syndrome? Last week, the American Heart Association (AHA) announced the classification of a group of common chronic health issues. The group defines cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic (CKM) syndrome as the intersection of kidney disease, type 2 diabetes, obesity, and cardiovascular disease. In early stages, the syndrome is characterized as unhealthy weight distribution, while […]
Ben Urick, PharmD, PhD of Prime Therapeutics compared the value of medically integrated dispensing (MID) specialty pharmacies to that of mail-order pharmacies in a video interview on site at AMCP Nexus. Urick discussed the topic at length as he was a speaker during the session, “Medically Integrated Dispensing Services: Creating Value for Payers and Providers” […]
“These findings suggest that combination therapy with nivolumab and ipilimumab may be unnecessary in many patient populations and that nivolumab alone may deliver equivalent clinical outcomes with lower toxicity [clinical and financial] in many advanced cancers other than melanoma,” according to the authors of a study published in JAMA Oncology. There were no clinically meaningful […]
Artificial intelligence (AI) can be used in many ways across the managed care pharmacy space, including managing new initiative implementation, monitoring pharmacy claims, and more. A session at the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP)’s annual Nexus meeting showcased some of the practical uses of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) in the managed […]
UPDATE 8.28pm: Diablo 4’s Season of Blood is now live on all platforms following a last-minute delay which Blizzard blamed on “complications”. Unfortunately, not all technical issues have been resolved as yet, and Blizzard has been forced to temporarily disable cross-play between PC and consoles while it attempts to find a solution. “We are working […]
ByHT Correspondent, Chandigarh Oct 18, 2023 07:16 AM IST Share Via Copy Link CM Mann visited a camp at his native village in Sangrur district, along with his wife, mother, and sister, and said donating blood is the “biggest” service that an individual can render to society as it can help save precious lives. The […]