Author Archives: yun
Jul
After weeks of hype and excitement, plus the arrival of Kota Ibushi, AEW’s Blood and Guts match came with over an hour of violence and unhinged wrestling. Like, VERY unhinged. Yes, that is a bed of nails, no I don’t know where they got it or how they built it and I don’t want to […]
Jul
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — Big news has come out of the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference this week, and some of it may lead to a change in the way the disease is diagnosed. A study showed that blood tests used by doctors were 80% more accurate at diagnosing than if the doctor didn’t have […]
Jul
CHRISTUS St. Michael Health System is joining with Carter BloodCare to meet the needs of local patients and donors with upcoming blood drives scheduled for Aug. 2. The blood drives will take place from 9 a.m.- 6 p.m. in the north conference room at CHRISTUS St. Michael Hospital in Texarkana and from noon – […]
Jul
HONOLULU (KITV4) — The Hawaii State Department of Health (DOH) reported four new deaths related to COVID-19 and 676 new infections over the last seven days in Hawaii. The total number of deaths stands at 1,955. The statewide test positivity rate is 10.7%. — the positivity rate in Honolulu County is 11.9%; on the Big […]
Infection
Cheetah dies in India due to radio collar infection, raising more criticism against conservation project
Jul
An eighth cheetah death in India’s Kuno National Park last Friday has raised new questions about a project that reintroduced the big cats to the country 10 months ago and has been mired in controversy since its inception. The latest death was caused by an infestation under a cheetah’s radio collar due to humid and […]
Jul
Guideline Highlights: Healthy lifestyle and dietary habits remain the foundation of management for the more than 20 million people in the U.S. diagnosed with heart conditions known collectively as chronic coronary disease (CCD), according to the first comprehensive guideline update on CCD in a decade from the American Heart Association and the American College of […]
Cardiovascular
SCCT shares new recommendations on use of CT imaging to guide congenital heart disease treatment
Jul
Reference: 1. B Kelly Han, MD; Santiago Garcia, MD; Jamil Aboulhosn, MD, et al. Technical Recommendations for Computed Tomography Guidance of Intervention in the Right Ventricular Outflow Tract: Native RVOT, Conduits and Bioprosthetic Valves. JCCT. July 2023.
Congenital disorders
Induction of labour at 39 weeks and adverse outcomes in low-risk pregnancies according to ethnicity, socioeconomic deprivation, and parity: A national cohort study in England
Jul
Abstract Background Ethnic and socioeconomic inequalities in obstetric outcomes are well established. However, the role of induction of labour (IOL) to reduce these inequalities is controversial, in part due to insufficient evidence. This national cohort study aimed to identify adverse perinatal outcomes associated with IOL with birth at 39 weeks of gestation (“IOL group”) compared […]
A new study from researchers at the American Cancer Society (ACS) found that Black cancer survivors in the United States experience a higher risk of dying from cardiovascular disease (CVD) compared with White cancer survivors. The research showed Black cancer survivors carry from 30% up to a three-fold higher mortality risk from CVD, depending on […]