#inform-video-player-1 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } #inform-video-player-2 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } Versiti Blood Center of Michigan Charlevoix, 11 a.m. to 3:15 p.m., Oct. 30, Manthei Construction, 5481 U.S. 31 Traverse City, 11:45 a.m. to 4 p.m., Oct. 30, Kirkbride Hall, 700 Cottageview Drive, Suite 200 Grayling, 11:15 a.m. to 3 […]
#inform-video-player-1 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } #inform-video-player-2 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } High blood pressure is a problem for a large percentage of East Texans, but that soon may be changing thanks to a study led by two physicians with the UT Health East Texas Heart and Vascular Institute. Dr. Frank […]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers against purchasing 26 over-the-counter eye drop products. Consumers should avoid using these products due to the “potential risk of eye infections that could result in partial vision loss or blindness,” the FDA stated Friday. Though no “adverse event reports” have been reported to the FDA so […]
• Wear a mask in public places/ crowded gatherings, preferably a surgical mask or at least a cloth mask. • Cover your nose and mouth when coughing/sneezing. Use a tissue or your elbow and not hands. Always wash your hands after coughing, sneezing, or blowing nose. Used tissues to be discarded immediately. • Wash hands […]
(NewsNation) — Soaking in a hot tub after a long day might not be the best thing for people with heart disease. Prolonged exposure to hot water can overheat the body and place stress on the heart, according to medical experts. When in hot water, the body’s natural cooling mechanism through sweating is stopped. To […]
Heart specialists from Naruvi Hospital, Vellore, underlined the need for walking daily for a healthy heart during a webinar on ‘Bypass Surgery, What One Needs to Understand’ on Sunday. According to a study published in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology in August 2023, an increase of 500 to 1,000 steps a day is associated with 15% […]
The American Red Cross has announced a new blood drive amid a national shortage of blood supply, with the organization coming to La Cañada Flintridge on Tuesday, Oct. 31, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Crescenta-Canada Family YMCA.Since announcing a national blood and platelet shortage a month ago, thousands of donors across the […]
Do you feel a sudden lightheadedness after having sex? No, it’s not simply your imagination – sex can cause your blood sugar levels to go down. As much as it might come as a surprise to many, studies have shown that sex can have an impact on your blood sugar levels, and it can have […]
#inform-video-player-1 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } #inform-video-player-2 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } Charlie didn’t need much dead face makeup. There was more color in her piano keys than her skin now. Deep circles rimmed her eyes. She worried people would think she’d been bruised. Still, she sat before the dressing room […]
Roberto Patron, MD, Infectious Disease, is now seeing patients at Ridgeview Clinics in Chaska and Waconia. Patron specializes in diagnosing and treating infectious diseases — bacterial, fungal, viral and parasitic — as well as investigating uncommon conditions that may or may not be infectious in origin. Some of those conditions include joint infections, skin infections, […]