A babysitting sister-in-law has sparked fury online after it was revealed that she had used her own “bodily fluids” to treat her niece’s ear infection. In a furious post shared to Reddit under the handle u/SILbabysit, the seven-year-old’s unhappy mom said that her husband’s sister would “no longer be able to babysit” their daughter Rose […]
Announcing a new article publication for Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications journal. Consistent evidence gathered over many years supports the benefits of cardiac rehabilitation, including decreases in mortality and hospitalizations, and increase in quality of life. In one study of 601,099 Medicare patients older than 65 years with coronary disease, 5-year mortality was lower in patients […]
There’s a time and a place for exercise machines in your training, but there are other more affordable ways to get your cardio fix at home. Running is the most obvious affordable alternative to the best treadmills, exercise bikes and the like, but I want to highlight another often-overlooked item which is an ever-present in […]
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The COVID pandemic led to many calls for improved indoor air quality with claims that doing so would reduce the risk of the virus spreading. However, the real-world evidence to support these claims has been lacking, and studies undertaken during the pandemic have not yet been reported. So, my colleagues and […]
This study analyzed and proposed the potential association of specific HLA alleles with SARS-CoV-2 infection. Several studies have investigated the association of different HLA alleles with COVID-19. However, most of these studies have shown significant differences or conflicting results regarding the clinical relevance between HLA alleles and SARS-CoV-2 infection. The study analyzed the correlations between […]
INFECTIOUS DISEASE: A strain of common bacteria creating a respiratory illness surge in China is already stronger than a common medication, health experts said By Jake Chung / Staff writer, with CNA Infectious disease experts yesterday raised caution about antibiotic resistance, saying that a bacteria partially responsible for a surge in respiratory illness in China […]
By James Matthews, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Contrary to the much higher than usual number of hospital visits last fall, this respiratory illness season has been more typical thus far. Dr. Natalie Bocking, Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit’s medical officer of health, said COVID-19 infection remains in the mix of influenza and other […]
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Nov 20, 2023– Foundation Medicine Inc. today announced that it has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for FoundationOne ® CDx to be used as a companion diagnostic for AstraZeneca’s Truqap ™ (capivasertib) in combination with Faslodex ® (fulvestrant) which has been contemporaneously approved for the treatment of adult […]
Children being treated at a hospital in Beijing, China, on 23 November JADE GAO/AFP via Getty Images A rise in cases of an unknown illness in China is being investigated by health officials, with children being hospitalised with pneumonia. While the situation remains unclear, it appears most likely that these outbreaks are due to a […]
The World Health Organization says it has asked the Chinese authorities to share more information regarding a spike in respiratory illnesses and clusters of pneumonia reported among children in the country. According to a statement shared late Wednesday, the WHO said it made an official request to China for epidemiologic and clinical information, as well […]