As part of the national Blood Emergency Readiness Corps (BERC), Blood Assurance is on alert to potentially ship blood to the hospitals in and around Lewiston, Maine, the scene of a horrific mass shooting that claimed at least 18 lives and left at least 13 more injured. “Our local blood supply has been feeling the […]
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It hits you out of nowhere. You wake up with the symptoms of what seems like a cold: runny nose, cough, scratchy throat. Soon, you’re all stuffed up and headachey. But is it truly a cold — or could it be a sinus infection? “Symptoms from the common cold and a sinus infection, or sinusitis, […]
This was a G2P2 (mother: gravida 2, para 2) baby boy with 8 days of age who was born by caesarean section at full term with birth weight 3660 g. His perinatal history was un-eventful. His mother had herpes zoster at 4–5 gestational weeks and common cold at 32 gestational weeks. No family history of genetic […]
MARQUETTE — As October comes to a close, the American Red Cross urges blood and platelet donors to make and keep donation appointments now to help hospitals restock blood products for patients ahead of the holiday season. Donors of all blood types are needed, especially type O blood donors and those giving platelets to help […]
Study objectives The Sleep Justice study is designed to understand how sleep health is associated with CVD risk factor control among individuals released from carceral facilities and the role of PTSD as a potential mediating factor. To achieve this, we built upon the infrastructure of an ongoing R01, JUSTice Involved Individuals Study of Cardiovascular Disease […]
IRVINE — A UC Irvine study published Thursday in a science journal showed that last year 38 business in North America marketed unproven stem cell therapies and exosome products to treat or prevent COVID-19. The businesses operated or had ties to 60 clinics — 24 in the United States and 22 in Mexico, with the […]
An unidentified person in Arizona came down with an unknown illness that initially caused officials to suspect a diagnosis of Naegleria fowleri — commonly referred to as “brain-eating” amoeba — Phoenix’s Fox 10 reported. However, state health officials have officially ruled out “brain-eating” amoeba after an unknown illness prompted health warnings of the deadly disease. […]
