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OCND is a genetic condition that was recently identified

#inform-video-player-1 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } #inform-video-player-2 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } Hitting milestones in the early years of a child’s life is an important aspect of a child’s development. So when Alyssa Ronco noticed that her daughter, Angeli, wan’t hitting some of those milestones, she knew challenges were likely ahead. […]

‘Weekend warriors’ boost their heart health just as much as people exercising daily

BOSTON — Being a “weekend warrior,” or someone who crams exercise into one or two sessions on the weekends, enhances cardiovascular health just as much as daily workouts, a new study explains. This approach could help lower the risk of developing heart disease, currently the world’s leading cause of death. In fact, those who perform […]

Three More Cheetahs Have Neck Infections; Expert Says Last Cheetah Death ‘Potentially Avoidable’

Kochi: Three more cheetahs – Pavan, and the brothers Gaurav and Shaurya – have similar maggot-infested wounds as did the two cheetahs that died recently in Madhya Pradesh’s Kuno National Park. South African veterinarian Adrian Tordiffe, who is a member of the Cheetah Project Steering Committee, confirmed this and said that efforts are on to […]

Suncoast Blood Centers reopens in Port Charlotte 9 months following Hurricane Ian

<img width="840" height="486" src="https://medicalguru.us/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/vlcsnap-2020-06-19-17h53m16s492.png" class="skip-lazy wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" srcset="https://medicalguru.us/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/vlcsnap-2020-06-19-17h53m16s492.png 840w, https://medicalguru.us/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/vlcsnap-2020-06-19-17h53m16s492.png 72w" sizes="(max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px" data-attachment-id="239555" data-permalink="https://winknews.com/2020/06/19/whats-your-type-when-it-comes-to-covid-19-your-blood-type-might-influence-how-sick-youll-get/vlcsnap-2020-06-19-17h53m16s492/" data-orig-file="https://medicalguru.us/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/vlcsnap-2020-06-19-17h53m16s492.png" data-orig-size="1920,1080" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Blood donation (WINK News)" data-image-description data-image-caption=" Credit: WINK News ” data-medium-file=”https://medicalguru.us/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/vlcsnap-2020-06-19-17h53m16s492.png?w=300″ data-large-file=”https://medicalguru.us/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/vlcsnap-2020-06-19-17h53m16s492.png?w=1024″>Credit: WINK News Due to storm damage caused by Hurricane Ian, Suncoast Blood Centers had to close its operations at its Charlotte […]

Can Smartphones Give You Brain Cancer? A New Study Tries to Answer This Age-old Question

Key Takeaways People have long wondered whether cell phone use might cause brain cancer, but there’s been no evidence to prove this connection. A new 20-year study from Taiwan aimed to answer this question, but it only added to the mountain of inconclusive research after finding a positive but ultimately weak, non-significant association between mobile […]

Dr Sun on the Relationship Between Clonal Hematopoiesis and Cardiovascular Disease in RCC

Maxine Sun, PhD, MPH, research scientist, Lank Center for Genitourinary Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, research consultant, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, discusses the association between clonal hematopoiesis and cardiovascular disease in patients with renal cell carcinoma (RCC). Clonal hematopoiesis occurs when a mutation in the hematopoietic system provides a cell with a survival advantage over normal […]

Hospitals are struggling to supply emergency blood for patients

Wolfe told Action News Now between Memorial Day and Labor Day the demand for blood goes up due to an increase of recreational and motor accidents and donors are taking the time to go on vacation. CHICO, Calif. – Hospitals are still struggling with emergency blood shortages, and during the summer, blood donations become even […]

The threat of West Nile virus is rapidly rising in Larimer County

Fort Collins and areas of Larimer County are seeing the number of mosquitoes infected with West Nile virus exploding in recent weeks, causing concern among health officials of an increase in human cases of the potentially debilitating and deadly disease. This summer, an alarming number of West Nile virus-infected Culex mosquitoes are showing up in […]