Nearly 450 patients treated at Salem Hospital in Massachusetts could have been exposed to hepatitis and HIV due to improperly administered IV drugs. “Earlier this year, Salem Hospital was made aware of an isolated practice involving a small portion of endoscopy patients who were potentially exposed to infection due to the administration of their intravenous […]
UFC’s return to the APEX has taken some late hits, canning one newcomer’s UFC debut and opening the door for another to make a sub-month turnaround. On this edition of “New Blood,” the series where I am more victimized by the injury bug than that stricken fighters themselves, we check out three Contender Series graduates […]
IN WATER AND SEWER INFRASTRUCTURE. A CANTALOUPE RECALL SICKENS DOZENS OF PEOPLE ACROSS 15 STATES, INCLUDING HERE IN NEBRASKA, FOR PRODUCTS THAT MAY BE TAINTED WITH SALMONELLA WERE SOLD BETWEEN ON OCTOBER 16TH AND NOVEMBER 10TH. IT INCLUDES WHOLE CANTALOUPE AND PRECUT CHUNKS, CUBES, MELON MEDLEYS AND FRUIT MEDLEYS. SO FAR, AT LEAST 43 ILLNESSES […]
LUBBOCK, Texas — As the holiday season approaches, South Texas Blood & Tissue is urging the community to donate blood to help build the supply. With many donors on vacation and schools on break during the holidays, South Texas Blood & Tissue said the blood supply tends to drop during this time of year. Book […]
There is a well-known relationship between good physical fitness at a young age and a lower risk of cardiovascular disease later in life. However, when researchers adjusted for familial factors by means of sibling analysis, they found a weaker association, although the link between high body mass index (BMI) and cardiovascular disease remained strong. The […]
Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center and the American Red Cross are hosting a blood drive the day after Thanksgiving, Friday, Nov. 24, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. The blood drive will take place at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center, 501 S. Buena Vista Street, Burbank, in the Hope Conference Center. Parking is available at […]
The Electronic Frontier Foundation, a nonprofit organization that defends civil liberties in the digital world, is calling on the Federal Trade Commission to halt sales by Amazon and other resellers of Android TV boxes and mobile devices that the organization says are malware-infected. The organization calls out two China-based manufacturers, AllWinner and RockChip, which provides […]
By Tiffany Marascio | November 17, 2023 [December 2, 2023] Margaritaville Lake Resort Lake Conroe | Houston, along with the 5 o’Clock Phlock Parrot Head Club of Montgomery County and the Rotary Club of Lake Conroe will host a “Pints for A Purpose” blood drive benefiting the Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center. Donors will receive a specially designed […]
LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) – The Nebraska Community Blood Bank will be giving out free long sleeve t-shirts to blood donors this Thanksgiving week as a way to say thank you. From Nov. 19-26, every presenting donor at all NCBB donor centers will receive a free t-shirt. NCBB said the holiday season is always a difficult […]
The study included data from nearly 2,500 TAVR patients who were treated with either balloon-expandable or self-expanding devices from August 2007 to June 2022. The mean age of the group was 82 years old. Any patients with incomplete information were excluded from the analysis. Researchers evaluated measured PPM, predicted PPMTHV and predicted PPMCT for all […]