In a recent study published in the journal Nutrients, researchers conducted a prospective population-based analysis to understand whether vitamin D levels were associated with cardiovascular disease events and mortality, and overall mortality. Study: Vitamin D Levels Are Associated with Cardiovascular Disease Events but Not with Cardiovascular Disease or Overall Mortality: A Prospective Population-Based Study. Image […]
Hundreds of health industry experts will send a second letter to the CDC asking the agency to hold public meetings over proposals to update its Isolation Precautions guidance. Also in the news: the NCQA’s 2023 health plan ratings, Medicare Advantage ads, and more. CIDRAP: Experts Say CDC Not Getting Right Advice On Hospital Infection Prevention […]
Credit: Ben Konkol/Kelso Harper/Scientific American Consumers can now get easy tests for Alzheimer’s. But these tests may not really help patients that much–yet. Full Transcript Tanya Lewis: Hi, this is Your Health, Quickly, a Scientific American podcast series! Josh Fischman: We bring you the latest vital health news: Discoveries that affect your body and your […]
Memorial Blood Centers (MBC) and Surly Brewing Co. are hosting the “Pint for a Pint” blood drive on Tuesday. The blood drive is happening at the Surly Brewing Co. at 520 Malcolm Ave. Southeast in Minneapolis from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. Blood donors will receive a Surly Brewing Co. branded pint glass and a […]
Representational image (IANS) While zoonotic diseases such as COVID-19 have been amassing notoriety for jumping species and infecting humans, the reverse seems to have occurred in Bengaluru Biological Park. Seven leopard cubs have been reported dead after contracting an infection, with zoo officials speculating that humans infected the cats. The Feline Panleukopenia virus (FPV) is […]
It was a sunny day in September 2007 when Garrett Pohlman, then seven years old, came home from school. Crying, he warned his mother that radiation was coming out of the house’s electrical sockets. If they went outside, he said, birds would peck them to death. These pronouncements were accompanied by odd facial movements. The […]
An increasing number of young people are experiencing cardiovascular incidents, causing concern; A recent study identifies the optimal number of steps to reduce the risk, so if you haven’t gotten off your couch yet, now would be a good time Eitan Geffen|
Three people in the UK have been infected with a dog disease which has been spreading between canines. Brucella canis is an incurable condition and can lead to infertility, lameness and pain in dogs. However, the UK Health Security Agency has now confirmed three Brits have caught the bacterial infection from animals for the first […]
OSHA inspections of health-care facilities dropped by about 84% so far this year, returning to pre-pandemic levels as Covid-19 hospitalizations tripled over the summer and infections quadrupled among nursing-home workers. From January through August 2023, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration inspected 159 nursing homes and 99 hospitals, according to agency data analyzed by Bloomberg […]
