ORLANDO, Fla. — Starting this week, OneBlood said all blood donors regardless of gender or sexual orientation will be asked the same screening questions. The policy change went into effect on Monday. ▶ WATCH CHANNEL 9 EYEWITNESS NEWS The FDA’s previous donor eligibility criteria were based on sexual orientation, which OneBlood said made it challenging […]
Getty Images By Brandon Drenon BBC News, Washington Three people have died, and three others are in hospital after drinking milkshakes contaminated with listeria bacteria in the US state of Washington, health officials say. Investigators found the bacteria in the ice cream machines at Frugals, a popular burger and milkshakes restaurant in Tacoma. The restaurant […]
Blood pressure is a measurement of the force of your blood against the walls of your blood vessels. Low blood pressure can make it difficult for all your tissues to get blood. High blood pressure ( hypertension) can move blood with too much force. Your arteries carry oxygen-rich blood to all the tissues and organs […]
Patients with myeloproliferative neoplasm (MPN) may experience several side effects related to treatment or the disease itself, but discussing these with their care team can help manage the symptoms, one expert said. CURE® spoke with Tetyana Furmanets, an oncology nurse practitioner at Penn Medicine Abramson Cancer Center in Philadelphia, to learn more about the symptoms […]
Visit the News Hub Daily aspirin use is inexpensive and could reduce cardiovascular deaths globally <img width="700" height="467" src="https://medicalguru.us/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/AspirinHeart-Illustration-1-sized-700×467-1.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" srcset="https://medicalguru.us/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/AspirinHeart-Illustration-1-sized-700×467-1.jpg 700w, https://medicalguru.us/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/AspirinHeart-Illustration-1-sized-300×200-1.jpg 300w, https://medicalguru.us/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/AspirinHeart-Illustration-1-sized-600×400-1.jpg 600w, https://medicalguru.us/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/AspirinHeart-Illustration-1-sized-186×124-1.jpg 186w, https://medicalguru.us/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/AspirinHeart-Illustration-1-sized-220×147-1.jpg 220w, https://medicalguru.us/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/AspirinHeart-Illustration-1-sized.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px" data-attachment-id="123823" data-permalink="https://medicine.wustl.edu/news/aspirin-can-help-prevent-a-second-heart-attack-but-most-dont-take-it/aspirinheart-illustration-1-sized/" data-orig-file="https://medicalguru.us/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/AspirinHeart-Illustration-1-sized.jpg" data-orig-size="1200,800" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="AspirinHeart-Illustration-1-sized" data-image-description data-image-caption=" Fewer than half of people worldwide […]
Worldwide, only 40% of eligible patients are taking daily aspirin to prevent a second heart attack or stroke, according to a new study led by Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Grouped by per-capita income, the data show that aspirin use is even lower in lower-income countries. The World Health Organization has set […]
Please ensure Javascript is enabled for purposes ofwebsite accessibilityLeukemia patients given the chance at life through the power of blood donation | Seattle Refined Tue, 22 Aug 2023 22:03:56 GMT (1692741836587) 03eacebf9eebf86521cada1cc82482d630bf4046 987079a68c49a092641e253415432e4dfc51b5a6 Fallback Presentation. Using deprecated PresentationRouter. Lynette Manning has worked at Bloodworks Northwest for 14 years, and when her nephew was diagnosed with […]
DUBLIN, Aug. 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — The “Cardiovascular Prosthetic Devices Market by Type, End-user: Global Opportunity Analysis and Industry Forecast, 2021-2031” report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offering. The Cardiovascular Prosthetic Devices market was valued at $26,937.8 million in 2021 and is estimated to reach $61,469.8 million by 2031, exhibiting a CAGR of 8.6% from 2022 to […]
Image: © DisobeyArt | iStock Michael Wong, Founder and Executive Director at Physician-Patient Alliance for Health & Safety and Amy Campbell, Quality Nurse Specialist at ECU Health and Chair at PPAHS Sepsis Advisory Board, discuss how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the fight against sepsis COVID has been the biggest health emergency in recent times, […]
Australia has experienced an intense surge in severe Strep A cases, similar to the northern hemisphere wave, despite differences in seasons and circulating respiratory viruses, according to a new study. The national research project, involving researchers from Murdoch Children’s Research Institute and published in The Lancet Regional Health – Western Pacific, highlighted how the unseasonal […]