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By John Ely Senior Health Reporter For Mailonline Published: 11:00 EST, 29 November 2023 | Updated: 11:05 EST, 29 November 2023
Monthly Archives: November 2023
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Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Newborn babies could be at a higher risk of a deadly bacterial infection carried by their mothers than previously thought. Group B Strep or GBS is a common bacteria found in the […]
Patients having surgery at Valley Regional Hospital (VRH) will get a sense of warmth and comfort through specialized warming systems being used to enhance patient safety and care. The initiative stemmed from Nova Scotia Health’s participation in the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP), which collects information on patients 30 days after their surgeries and […]
Scarlet fever and streptococcal infections – What are they? What is a Streptococcal infection? These infections are caused by several strains of bacteria – the most common are streptococcus A and streptococcus B. These infections are extremely common and frequently responsible for sore throats experienced by millions of us every year. Most group A streptococcal […]
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#inform-video-player-1 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } #inform-video-player-2 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } Holiday fun can push blood donation to the bottom of the to-do list. Winter weather and seasonal illness has already negatively impacted the blood supply. That’s why the American Red Cross is making an appeal to those healthy individuals […]
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Blood circulation is vital to our health. Our arteries deliver oxygen, energy-rich nutrients, hormones, immune cells, and other essentials throughout the body. When deliveries are cut off, organs and tissue can be irreversibly damaged within minutes. But a second part of blood circulation is also vitally important: the return trip. After our arteries deliver the […]
11/29/2023 Scientists Believe They Can Use One Vaccine to Study Others Each year, tuberculosis (TB) kills more people than any other infectious disease, falling out of the top spot only temporarily during the COVID-19 pandemic. Director of the Saint Louis University Center for Vaccine Development Daniel Hoft, M.D., Ph.D., works with colleagues in the lab. […]
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The American Red Cross is hosting multiple blood drives across the Southern Tier during the month of December. “One donation can save up to three lives,” said Michael Tedesco, regional director of communications for the Red Cross of Western New York. “So, you might be helping a cancer patient replace platelets that have been destroyed […]
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Introduction Fibromyalgia (FM) and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) are characterized by chronic pain, fatigue, and weakness. Patients with these symptoms also suffer from sleep abnormalities and report affected cognitive processes such as memory. The diagnosis of these two syndromes is challenging and is based on questionnaires that make the diagnosis rather difficult and prone to […]
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Results of a surveillance study published in the Journal of Hospital Infection showed that the overall rate of methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) colonization and subsequent infection is high among infants in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), with extremely low gestational age, extremely low birth weight, and vaginal delivery identified as risk factors for colonization. […]