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Jumbo-Visma and UAE Team Emirates undergo extra blood tests on team bus before Tour de France queen stage

Ahead of today’s queen stage of the Tour de France, Jumbo-Visma and UAE Team Emirates received an extra visit from doping inspectors who blood tested riders in their respective team buses. The news, broken by Dutch cycling website Wielerflits, comes the day after Jonas Vingegaard’s stage 16 time trial-winning performance stunned the cycling world, both the […]

Diabetes: Dahlia flower extract may help with blood sugar control

Share on PinterestDahlias may be able to improve blood sugar regulation, new research finds. Sepia Times/Getty Images The petals of colorful dahlias contain three molecules that together may help people with prediabetes or diabetes control their blood sugar levels, according to new research. These molecules reduce brain inflammation, which in turn improves insulin function. The […]

There’s a New Preventative Treatment for RSV, What Parents Should Know

Share on PinterestOscar Wong/Getty Images A new drug to help prevent RSV in newborns and infants has been approved by the FDA. Experts agree Beyfortus can be helpful in preventing serious RSV infections and hospitalizations. Beyfortus has demonstrated safety and efficacy with minimal risks and side effects. The FDA recently announced the approval of a […]

Hypertension and Blood Pressure Not Impacted by Dolutegravir in HIV

Switching from protease inhibitors to dolutegravir in virologically suppressed patients with HIV did not have an impact on blood pressure changes or incidence of hypertension, according to post-hoc analysis published in Clinical Infectious Diseases. Investigators aimed to assess incident hypertension at 48 weeks in virologically suppressed patients with HIV. Secondary outcomes were factors associated with […]

Trastuzumab Deruxtecan Elicits Durable Response in HER2+ Gastric/GEJ Cancer

Fam-trastuzumab deruxtecan-nxki (Enhertu) elicited clinically meaningful response in patients with HER2-positive gastric or gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) cancer, according to findings from the phase 2 DESTINY-Gastric02 trial (NCT04014075).1 Results from the primary and updated analysis of the study published concurrently in Lancet Oncology. Among patients who had disaese progression after treatment with trastuzumab (Herceptin), patients treated […]

Always a demand for life-saving 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; } Yet, as health care professionals know too well, all blood types are needed. We were heartened to learn that Fairbanks residents donated enough blood last Wednesday at the Blood Bank of Alaska’s LIFEmobile at Fairbanks Memorial Hospital (FMH) to […]

Red Cross hosting blood drive at Rogers Convention Center

Today at the Rogers Convention Center, the Red Cross is teaming up with 40/29 News and the Arkansas CW to host a blood drive. Donors can come give blood anytime today between 9am-2pm. Anyone who is able-bodied and healthy can participate.Red Cross leadership said during the summer months, they need donations more than ever. “It’s […]

Birmingham Fire & Rescue to host blood drive in honor of two firefighters shot on duty

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — A blood drive is happening Wednesday in honor of the two firefighters shot at Fire Station 9 one week ago today. One of those firefighters, Jordan Melton, died Monday evening. Timeline of Carlee Russell’s disappearance, return and the ongoing investigation into what happened to her This has been a heartbreaking time […]