The American Red Cross will host a blood drive from 11:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 17 at the First United Methodist Church, located at 316 S. Church St. in Princeton. The American Red Cross has seen a deficit of around 25,000 blood donations in the first two months of the summer, which […]
According to a new study by researchers from the University of Catania, Vlad III Dracula, also known as Vlad the Impaler, suffered from hemolacria, a condition that causes a person to produce tears that are partially composed of blood. Vlad III was the Voivode of Wallachia, a title generally used to describe a medieval ruler […]
As rates of sexually transmitted infections continue to skyrocket across the United States, a growing number of physicians are prescribing a commonly used antibiotic as a way to prevent chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis infections in gay and bisexual men and transgender women. Doxycycline is a class of medications traditionally used to treat bacterial STIs after […]
Poor sleep takes a toll, and catching up on the weekends just won’t fix it, researchers report. A small new study showed that heart rate and blood pressure, important measures of cardiovascular health, worsen as the week goes on when someone sleeps only about five hours a night. Advertisement Catching up on sleep over the […]
FRIDAY, Aug. 11, 2023 (HealthDay News) — For patients with suspected myelodysplastic neoplasms (MDS), diagnoses are often discordant for local clinical sites and central, adjudicated review, according to a study published online Aug. 8 in Blood Advances. Edward J. Gorak, D.O., from the Baptist MD Anderson Cancer Center in Jacksonville, Florida, and colleagues compared local […]
Paramore frontwoman Hayley Williams revealed she has a lung infection MailOnline has rounded up the top tell-tale signs, from a cough to body aches By Chloe Louise Published: 11:03 EDT, 11 August 2023 | Updated: 11:10 EDT, 11 August 2023
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) — Houchin Community Blood Bank is encouraging all platelet and plasma donors to give in support of theburn victims in Hawaii. According to Maui officials, the number of burn victims is increasing due to the fires, as well as the number of those in critical condition. With help, HCBB plans to send […]
Lymphopenia and corticosteroid use showed significant links to human metapneumovirus (hMPV) infection and its severity in recipients of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HCT) in a study. The study findings were reported in The Journal of Infectious Diseases. The study investigators also observed that the epidemiology of hMPV infection in these patients appeared to reflect […]
Bangladesh is struggling to deal with higher casualties and infections from dengue this year, with officials warning that the death toll this month could break records. The government’s Directorate General of Health Services reports the 2023 death toll from mosquito-born illness has reached 364 in the South Asian country. More than 78,000 people have been […]
#inform-video-player-1 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } #inform-video-player-2 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } Lives depend on blood donations at all times. Help stabilize the blood supply this summer by giving blood with Our Blood Institute. There a couple of blood drives that will take place in Ada in the coming weeks. On […]