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Infection

Omicron infection may leave seniors more susceptible to future COVID infections, say McMaster researchers

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21
Aug

August 21, 2023 Health & Medicine Infectious Disease SHARE Researchers at McMaster University have found that rather than conferring immunity against future infections, infection during the first Omicron wave of COVID left the seniors they studied much more vulnerable to reinfection during the second Omicron wave. The surprising finding from a study of 750 vaccinated […]

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Cancer and neoplasms

Radiation Use Correlates With Higher Retention Rates in Clinical Trials

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21
Aug

“Factors associated with withdrawal of consent should be considered when designing trials and should be further studied to learn how they can be favorably modified,” according to the authors of a study published in JAMA Oncology. Consent withdrawal rate across 58 clinical trials was less than 10% overall—an observation that remained consistent over time—and the […]

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Cardiovascular

‘He collapsed and died’: Strokes, a silent killer in SA

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21
Aug

More younger people are suffering strokes. peakSTOCk/Getty Images According to the Heart and Stroke Foundation, 215 people die from heart disease and strokes daily.  The foundation said five people have heart attacks, and 10 have strokes every hour. However, because of the lack of awareness about cardiovascular diseases, many people go undiagnosed and untreated until […]

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Blood

A new DNA drug to fight blood clots: A potentially new and less risky treatment for thrombosis

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21
Aug

Human thrombin. Thrombin is the enzyme responsible for bleeding and for blood clotting, depending on how it’s activated, and has two DNA drug-binding sites. Credit: Yoshimoto et al, CC-BY Various medical circumstances, including heart attacks and extreme cases of COVID-19, necessitate the use of anticoagulants, medicines that prevent blood clots. But the most commonly used, […]

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Blood

YOUR HEALTH: Saving lives with synthetic blood

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21
Aug

PITTSBURGH, Pa. (Ivanhoe Newswire) – Every two seconds, someone needs blood, but blood banks continue to face dire shortages as supplies have failed to reach their pre-pandemic levels. Because the demand is so great, researchers are creating a new type of synthetic blood in the lab. Dr. Susan Shea, a bioengineer at the University of […]

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Blood

Shocking study reveals COVID-19 linked to elevated blood pressure

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21
Aug

Image: © skynesher | iStock A study in Hypertension has revealed a connection between COVID-19 and persistent elevated blood pressure among specific demographics and those with preexisting health conditions A recent analysis of over 45,000 individuals afflicted with SARS-CoV-2 revealed a strong correlation between the virus and the emergence of persistent high blood pressure, even […]

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Infection

4 CT residents have tested positive for Powassan virus infection this year. Here is everything you need to know.

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21
Aug

The Connecticut Department of Public Health (DPH) today announced that four CT 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.  During 2016–2022, 19 cases of POWV associated illness were reported in Connecticut, including six in 2022; two […]

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Infection

4 cases of Powassan virus confirmed in CT

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21
Aug

HARTFORD, CT (WFSB) – Four cases of the Powassan virus have been confirmed in Connecticut, according to state health officials. The Department of Public Health announced on Monday that the four residents tested positive for the tick-borne virus this year. The patients included two men aged 60 years and older who were residents of Middlesex […]

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