Monthly Archives: October 2023

Medical experts provide tips to stay healthy from respiratory infections as primary season begins

Medical experts provide tips to stay healthy from respiratory infections as primary season begins – CBS Philadelphia Watch CBS News Fall and winter are when highly contagious infections start spreading rapidly. A number of upcoming events in Philadelphia could be super spreaders. View CBS News In Be the first to know Get browser notifications for […]

Miami Teacher Showed ‘Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey’ to Fourth Grade Class: A ‘Mental Health Counselor’ Has Met With ‘Students Who Expressed Concern’

Fourth graders at a K-12 charter school in Miami Springs got an upsetting Halloween surprise when their teacher screened the horror movie “Winnie the Pooh: Honey and Blood,” reports CBS News Miami. Despite the title of the film including “Winnie the Pooh,” the movie is not suitable for children as it follows Winnie and Piglet […]

Brain fungal infection produces Alzheimer’s disease-like changes, says new study

<div data-thumb="https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/tmb/2023/brain-fungal-infection-1.jpg" data-src="https://scx2.b-cdn.net/gfx/news/hires/2023/brain-fungal-infection-1.jpg" data-sub-html="Graphical abstract. Credit: Cell Reports (2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2023.113240″> Graphical abstract. Credit: Cell Reports (2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2023.113240 Previous research has implicated fungi in chronic neurodegenerative conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease, but there is limited understanding of how these common microbes could be involved in the development of these conditions. Working with animal models, […]

Hunstad named inaugural Strauss Professor | Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis

Visit the News Hub Pediatric infectious diseases specialist recognized for excellence in mentoring <img width="700" height="467" src="https://medicalguru.us/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/HunstadProf-Credit-Mark-Beaven-700×467-1.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" srcset="https://medicalguru.us/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/HunstadProf-Credit-Mark-Beaven-700×467-1.jpg 700w, https://medicalguru.us/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/HunstadProf-Credit-Mark-Beaven-300×200-1.jpg 300w, https://medicalguru.us/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/HunstadProf-Credit-Mark-Beaven-600×400-1.jpg 600w, https://medicalguru.us/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/HunstadProf-Credit-Mark-Beaven-186×124-1.jpg 186w, https://medicalguru.us/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/HunstadProf-Credit-Mark-Beaven-220×147-1.jpg 220w, https://medicalguru.us/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/HunstadProf-Credit-Mark-Beaven.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px" data-attachment-id="124343" data-permalink="https://medicine.wustl.edu/news/hunstad-named-inaugural-strauss-professor/hunstadprof-credit-mark-beaven/" data-orig-file="https://medicalguru.us/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/HunstadProf-Credit-Mark-Beaven.jpg" data-orig-size="1200,800" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"Mark Beaven Photography Inc.","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="HunstadProf-Credit-Mark-Beaven" data-image-description data-image-caption=" David Hunstad, MD, (center) a […]

The deep slumber of a hospital pathogen: Why infections with Acinetobacter baumannii can flare up again and again

<div data-thumb="https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/tmb/2023/the-deep-slumber-of-a.jpg" data-src="https://scx2.b-cdn.net/gfx/news/hires/2023/the-deep-slumber-of-a.jpg" data-sub-html="Salt-induced unculturability can be reversed by stress removal. A. baumannii ATCC 19606T was grown in minimal medium with 20 mM succinate and 300 mM NaCl to the stationary growth phase (timepoint 0 [T0]) and incubated for further 4 days (A). At timepoints indicated (red squares), the culturable cell count (●) was determined […]

Pregnancy complications increase and unmask cardiovascular risks in obese patients in NIH study

National Institutes of Health (NIH) supported research is providing a broader understanding of how cardiovascular disease risk manifests following pregnancy. Having obesity before and during early pregnancy appears to be a strong indicator of risk for developing future cardiovascular disease. It also was significantly linked with adverse outcomes during pregnancy, such as high blood pressure, […]

McLean Volunteer Fire Department To Host Blood Drive With Inova

MCLEAN, VA — As the region’s blood supplies remain extremely low, the McLean Volunteer Fire Department is teaming up with Inova Blood Donor Services to hold a blood drive on Friday, Oct. 20. The Inova bloodmobile will be located in the fire department’s parking lot. The blood drive will run from 1 p.m. to 5 […]

Eat This First—Here’s Why The Order You Eat Your Food Matters

Does eating one type of food before another make a difference on your health? Also known as food sequencing (or meal sequencing), some wellness influencers and nutrition experts are making a case for eating certain foods before others. TikTok videos circulating the internet claim that this “ordering” of food can help you stop unnecessary snacking, […]

Harpoon Therapeutics to Host Webcast Reviewing HPN328 Interim Data Presented at ESMO Congress …

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Oct. 16, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Harpoon Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: HARP), a clinical-stage immunotherapy company developing novel T cell engagers, today announced that it will host a live webcast at 8:00 a.m. ET / 2:00 p.m. CEST on Monday, October 23, 2023 to review interim monotherapy data from its Phase 1/2 clinical […]