PIX Now Afternoon Edition 9-20-23 PIX Now Afternoon Edition 9-20-23 08:27 SAN JOSE – Health officials in Santa Clara County have cast doubts on reports that a bacterial infection blamed on fish eaten by a San Jose woman caused her to undergo a quadruple amputation. Last week, a GoFundMe campaign was launched to support 40-year-old […]
When the coronavirus first started spreading on US shores, no one knew what to expect. But hidden signals — Google searches, virus levels in waste water, ER visits — foreshadowed the coming onslaught. Now the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is seeking to marshal the researchers who detected these signals and develop a […]
Abstract Despite serious health and longevity problems, small brachycephalic breeds are becoming increasingly popular among pet owners. Motivations for choosing short-nosed breeds have been extensively investigated in recent years; however, this issue has been addressed mainly by relying on owner reports, resulting in explanations of “cute looks”, referring to the baby-schema phenomenon and “behaviour well […]
Peripheral artery disease (PAD) is a serious public health problem associated with high risk of cardiovascular complications and mortality [1]. The overall prevalence of PAD in people aged 25 years and older is 5.56% with the prevalence increasing consistently with age [2]. PAD is the important risk factor for lower-extremity amputation, especially in diabetic patients […]
Virani SS, Alonso A, Benjamin EJ, Bittencourt MS, Callaway CW, Carson AP, Chamberlain AM, Chang AR, Cheng S, Delling FN, et al. Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics-2020 update: a Report from the American Heart Association. Circulation. 2020;141(9):e139–e596. PubMed Google Scholar Sheng-Shou HU. Report on cardiovascular health and diseases in China 2021: an updated summary. Biomed […]
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Biodexa Pharmaceuticals PLC(“Biodexa” or the “Company”) Biodexa to Present Recruitment and Treatment Update in Phase 1 Study of MTX-110 (MAGIC-G1 Study) in Patients with Recurrent Glioblastoma at 2023 Annual European Association of Neuro-Oncology Meeting (EANO) Biodexa Pharmaceuticals PLC (Nasdaq: BDRX), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing a pipeline of products aimed at primary and metastatic […]
United Nations, UN convention on the rights of persons with disabilities 2006 [Available from: https://www.un.org/disabilities/documents/convention/convoptprot-e.pdf. Developmental disabilities among children younger than 5 years in 195 countries and territories, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016. Lancet Glob Health 2018;6(10):e1100-e21. National Research C. Institute of Medicine Committee on Integrating the Science […]
Abstract Head and neck cancer (HNC) was the seventh most common cancer in the world in 2018. Treatment of a patient may include surgery, radiotherapy (RT), chemotherapy, targeted therapy, immunotherapy, or a combination of these methods. Ionizing radiation used during RT covers relatively large volumes of healthy tissue surrounding the tumor. The acute form of […]
Abstract The aim of this study was to validate the performance of the Ovarian-Adnexal Reporting and Data Systems (O-RADS) series models proposed by the American College of Radiology (ACR) in the preoperative diagnosis of adnexal masses (AMs). Two experienced sonologists examined 218 patients with AMs and gave the assessment results after the examination. Pathological findings […]