From an observational study focusing on the risks associated with skipping meals, to a recent study on the association between weight changes and longevity in women, Yangbo Sun, PhD, conducts research in the areas of cardiovascular diseases and modifiable lifestyle risk factors. Yangbo Sun, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Preventive Medicine in the […]
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said she had been advised by doctors not to go outdoors due to an infection in her leg. She said she could do so once her leg recovers. Banerjee made the comments while virtually inaugurating six Durga Puja pandals in Kolkata from her residence. She had suffered a leg […]
The Lancet and the Coalition for Preventing Pandemics at the Source yesterday announced that they have convened the new Commission on Prevention of Viral Spillover. This commission strives to mobilize decision makers to act to limit viral spillovers through research, policy, law, and practice, reducing the risk of future pandemics. The commission said viral spillovers between […]
One of the biggest needs in times of war is a healthy supply of blood. But up until last year, Israel’s national blood bank was in an area that made it vulnerable to terrorist attacks. Miami philanthropists, Ann and Ari Deshe, traveled there and saw it first-hand. “My wife and I looked at each other […]
Image of A. baumannii cells in the presence of Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus CRL 2244. Credit: Courtesy of María Soledad Ramírez Researchers at Cal State Fullerton have found a lactic <span class="glossaryLink" aria-describedby="tt" data-cmtooltip=" acid Any substance that when dissolved in water, gives a pH less than 7.0, or donates a hydrogen ion. ” data-gt-translate-attributes=”[{“attribute”:”data-cmtooltip”, “format”:”html”}]”>acid bacteria […]
BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) – An associate professor at UVM’s Larner College of Medicine is using a grant to study anesthesia-induced hypotension. Dr. Emmett Whitaker received a nearly $2-million grant to look into hypotension, or low blood pressure. He says young children and older adults tend to have a higher risk of anesthesia-induced hypotension. His hope […]
CDI Building Exterior Healthcare On Oct 12, 2023 The Hackensack Meridian Center for Discovery and Innovation (CDI) has formed a new institute aiming to fight infections, cancer, and inflammatory diseases by finding a better way to restore and bolster the human immune system in its responses to disease. The Institute for Immunologic Intervention (or “3i”) […]
Viral infections continue to keep a number of government and private hospitals busy in the city. While a number of hospitals are seeing several cases of respiratory illnesses, some centres are seeing an increase in dengue among children and steady numbers of chikungunya. “We continue to see cases of dengue. However, in the last 15 […]
Logan Paul should have never given this clown Dillon Danis a platform again. He is the biggest joke in boxing and the stuff he has doing to Logan’s fiance makes him the biggest loser alive. That being said, Danis has promoted the fight so well to the point I can’t wait to watch it. This […]
Patients with myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs) — a group of blood cancers that causes the bone marrow to overproducer red or white blood cells or platelets (including polycythemia vera, essential thrombocythemia and myelofibrosis) — are at a particular risk for thrombotic and cardiovascular events. Kim Noonan, DNP, ANP-BC, AOCN, FAAN, Nursing and Patient Care Services Chief Nurse Practitioner […]