Monthly Archives: November 2023

Underground blood bank processes unprecedented amounts as troops push into Gaza

AP — Hours after Hamas terrorists attacked southern Israel on October 7, the country’s new fortified, subterranean blood bank kicked into action. Staffers moved equipment into the underground bunker and started saving lives. The Marcus National Blood Services Center in Ramla, near Tel Aviv, had been scheduled to open within days, but with more than […]

Israel’s fortified underground blood bank processes unprecedented amounts as troops move into Gaza

RAMLA, Israel — Hours after Hamas militants attacked southern Israel on Oct. 7, the country’s new fortified, subterranean blood bank kicked into action. Staffers moved equipment into the underground bunker and started saving lives. The Marcus National Blood Services Center in Ramla, near Tel Aviv, had been scheduled to open within days, but with more […]

Cardiovascular Support Supplements

Nutritionally, it’s important to “eat the rainbow” to ensure a diverse intake of essential nutrients and antioxidants, and Laird Superfood is going beyond just greens by providing products that help people incorporate their daily reds as well. Laird Superfood Antioxidant Daily Reds is formulated to provide two servings of the daily recommended fruit and vegetable […]

RFK Jr. comes ‘home’ to his anti-vaccine group, commits to ‘a break’ for U.S. infectious disease research

At an anti-vaccine conference in Georgia on Friday, presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. confirmed his commitment to the cause and spoke to his base about how he, as president, would serve the movement he built.  “I feel like I’ve come home today,” he said to a standing ovation, crediting the assembled audience with his […]

How stem cells from umbilical cord blood donations can save a life: HealthLink

SEATTLE — What would normally would be tossed out as medical waste after childbirth, has the potential to save a life. That was the case for a Seattle woman. “I started having what felt like asthma attacks,” said Alexes Harris. Harris is a professor of sociology at the University of Washington. Asthma was just one of […]

Blood-based next-generation sequencing tool may predict early acute kidney rejection

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Doxycycline lowers C. diff icile risk in patients with pneumonia

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Machine learning models to predict post-dialysis blood pressure in children and young adults on maintenance hemodialysis

Abstract Hypertension is associated with significant cardiovascular morbidity. Blood pressure (BP) control on maintenance hemodialysis (HD) is strongly impacted by volume status. The objective of this study was to assess whether machine learning (ML) is effective in predicting post-HD BP in children and young adults on HD. We collected data on BP, IDWG, pulse, and […]