A simple blood test may predict the risk of progressive heart and kidney disease in people with Type 2 diabetes and kidney disease, according to new research published today in the American Heart Association’s flagship journal Circulation. “High levels of certain biomarkers are indicators of heart and kidney complications and may help predict future risk […]
SALT LAKE CITY — If you’re afraid of needles, you might want to “Shake It Off,” if you’re a Taylor Swift fan. ARUP Blood Services is hoping to encourage young adults to donate blood for a chance to win a pair of tickets for her show in New Orleans during the second leg of her […]
Aug 21, 2023, 10:19pmUpdated 18h ago By: News 12 Staff A Middletown man is facing DWI charges after police say he had a blood alcohol level that was three times the legal limit. State police say Jorge Tapia-Ramirez, 46, was pulled over Sunday on I-84 in Wallkill after officers got multiple calls about someone driving […]
COLORADO (KRDO) — Beginning Monday, nonprofit blood services provider Vitalant is welcoming more blood donors under the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) updated eligibility guidelines. RELATED: Gay, bisexual men now able to donate blood following Red Cross, FDA’s new guidelines For the first time in decades, blood donor eligibility is evaluated independent of sexual orientation. […]
For Monday, Aug. 21, WGN’s Dina Bair has new medical information, including: More Coverage: WGN’s Medical Watch Biomarkers for heart and kidney disease in diabetes patients An analysis of more than 2,500 people with Type 2 diabetes found that high levels of four biomarkers strongly predict the development of heart and kidney issues. The journal, […]
Dr. Michael Blaha: If you stop taking these medications, patients do regain weight. At least most of them are regaining weight, maybe not all the weight, but much of the weight. So it’s really shifting the thinking about obesity towards that of a chronic disease. We take blood pressure medications for hypertension, and we expect […]
NAGPUR:A 62-year-old passenger onboard an IndiGo flight from Mumbai to Ranchi died after vomiting blood mid-flight. The flight made an emergency landing at Nagpur airport due to the passenger’s health condition. The medical team of KIMS-Kingsway hospital, stationed at the Nagpur airport for emergencies, attended to him. A press release issued by the hospital said […]
Three people died from infections caused by bacteria that health officials tied to ice cream machines at a Frugals restaurant that they said had not been properly cleaned. A listeria outbreak that led to the deaths of three people has been linked to milkshakes sold by the burger chain Frugals at its restaurant in Tacoma, […]
Enlarge / This 1475 letter written by Vlad the Impaler contains proteins suggesting he suffered from respiratory problems, bloodied tears. Adapted from M.G.G. Pittala et al., 2023/CC BY The eponymous villain of Bram Stoker’s classic 1897 novel Dracula was partly inspired by a real historical person: Vlad III, a 15th century prince of Wallachia (now […]
NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Connecticut Department of Public Health (DPH) today announced that four Connecticut residents have tested positive for Powassan virus (POWV) infection. These four cases of POWV associated illness are the first to be identified in Connecticut in 2023. With its abdomen engorged with a host blood meal, this image depicts a lateral, or side […]