TOMAH, Wis. — Tomah Health and Versiti Blood Center officials are asking area residents to help with a serious need for blood by donating Aug. 9 or 10 in Tomah. “Overall, blood drives during the summer have been very challenging,” said Versiti Blood Center account representative Emalea Cogdill. She said that with people enjoying summer […]
When Shahinur Begum traveled hours north to Dhaka with her son last month, it was supposed to be a chance to visit her husband sick with cancer. But within days of arriving in Bangladesh’s teeming capital, she had a new health emergency on her hands. Her 14-year-old son, Sabbir, was admitted to hospital vomiting blood, […]
#inform-video-player-1 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } #inform-video-player-2 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } The American Red Cross began accepting blood donations Monday from newly eligible individuals, many in the LGBTQ+ community, under the U.S. Food and Drug Administration expanded eligibility recommendations. North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kody H. […]
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Groundbreaking new research has uncovered a potential route to developing the first ever drug treatments for vascular dementia, that directly target a cause of the condition. The research, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, has shed light on how high blood pressure causes changes to arteries in […]
Professor Cyrille Cohen, an expert on the immune system from Bar-Ilan University, told Ynet Live: ‘Speed with which the new strain is spreading in the UK is certainly troubling’; A new booster vaccine from Pfizer will be available in Israel and around the world at the end of August
In a victory for LGBTQ rights, a broad swath of the U.S. population of gay and bisexual men on Monday became newly eligible to donate blood, thanks to the implementation of a landmark recent change in Food and Drug Administration policy. The policy newly permits donations from men in monogamous relationships with other men, as […]
More adolescents and teens are developing health conditions that may increase their risk of premature cardiovascular disease in adulthood, therefore, early screening, diagnosis and multidisciplinary care are vital. A new survey of cardiovascular care centers in the U.S. and Canada found that there are not enough resources to meet the needs for pediatric preventive cardiology […]
While adults might see a clear connection between mood and glucose changes, for kids it can be more convoluted. Here’s why mood changes happen and tips for how to manage them. When Rex Pearl, an 11-year-old boy in Chicago who has diabetes, has a test or performance coming up, his blood sugar sometimes spikes. His […]
