Tiny insects called dust mites feed on skin flakes and pet dander. Dust mites thrive in warm, humid environments, making them a major cause of indoor allergies. Proteins in their feces and corpses trigger allergic reactions in many people. Dust mites have been linked to asthma and eczema attacks.1 Dust mites and spiders share a […]
A 66-year-old man from Boca Raton on Monday night met his blood stem cell donor, a 22-year-old man from Los Angeles. Mitchell Stern, who survived myelodysplastic disorder, a type of blood cancer, met his donor, Raphael Eidelman at a Gift of Life Marrow Registry event at the Boca Raton Marriott at Boca Center Raphael, joined […]
It’s an idea that has finally gained scientific consensus: Dogs can be a faster, more precise, less expensive — not to mention friendlier — method of detecting COVID-19 than even our best current technology. A growing number of studies over the last two or so years has highlighted the power of dogs in detecting the […]
The World Health Organization’s (WHO) weekly update on the global COVID-19 pandemic found that in the last four weeks, there was an 80 percent rise in infections with 1.5 million new COVID-19 cases reported. Most of these cases come from South Korea, which is an outlier, not so much in the intensity of the pandemic, as […]
Average temperatures are rising around the world. That could mean an increased risk of heart problems for people with certain medical conditions, according to Malini Nadadur, MD, a Kaiser Permanente cardiologist in Northern California. “High temperatures can really increase the effects of cardiovascular risk on our patients,” she said. Dr. Nadadur shared tips on how […]
Hospital officials are urging discretion after a renewed surge of Covid-19 infections on the Island. The Martha’s Vineyard Hospital held a press conference Tuesday about the rising case numbers, which officials say mirror the wave seen statewide. The hospital has seen 43 patients with Covid in the past month, chief nursing operations officer Claire Seguin […]
New York, Aug. 15, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Reportlinker.com announces the release of the report “Endoscopic Ultrasound Needles Market Size & Share Analysis – Growth Trends & Forecasts (2023 – 2028)” – https://www.reportlinker.com/p06484067/?utm_source=GNW The COVID-19 pandemic impacted the market significantly, and the market faced considerable losses during the early pandemic. Long lockdown restrictions and restrictions […]
Selbyville, Delaware, Aug. 15, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Cardiovascular Ultrasound Systems Market size is expected to be worth USD 3.1 billion by the end of 2032, The rising advantages of echocardiography compared to invasive cardiac diagnostic procedures will positively anchor the market expansion. The demand for echocardiography has significantly grown as it enables healthcare professionals to […]
Newswise — Irvine, CA – August 14, 2023 — Researchers from the University of California, Irvine have just published a study that projects 93 million U.S. adults that are overweight and obese may be suitable for the 2.4 mg dosage of semaglutide, a weight loss medication known under the brand name Wegovy. They projected based […]
Abstract Base editing technology is an ideal solution for treating pathogenic single-nucleotide variations (SNVs). No gene editing therapy has yet been approved for eye diseases, such as retinitis pigmentosa (RP). Here, we show, in the rd10 mouse model, which carries an SNV identified as an RP-causing mutation in human patients, that subretinal delivery of an […]