A baby girl in Rajasthan’s Bharatpur was born with 14 fingers and 12 toes. She has seven fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot. While the family believes the girl to be an incarnation of a Goddess, she has a rare condition known as Polydactyly, a genetic, congenital abnormal disorder. What is […]
In a recent study published in JAMA Network Open, researchers assessed whether a high-dose influenza vaccine is associated with a benefit in reducing cardiopulmonary (CP) events during periods of influenza activity. Study: Temporal Association Among Influenza-Like Illness, Cardiovascular Events, and Vaccine Dose in Patients With High-Risk Cardiovascular Disease. Image Credit: BaLL LunLa/Shutterstock.com Background Influenza is associated with […]
The American Red Cross is facing a nationwide blood shortage. The organization was short more than 30,000 units of blood for the month of August. To combat the national blood shortage, the Red Cross is teaming up with the University of Arkansas for a fall blood drive. The organizations are urging anyone who can, to […]
On Sept. 19, the Catholic Church celebrates the feast of St. Januarius, bishop, martyr, and patron saint of Naples, Italy. Traditionally, on this day and on two other occasions a year, his blood, which is kept in a glass ampoule in the shape of a rounded cruet, liquifies. It is believed the miracle has taken […]
The following is a summary of “Surgical site infections during the COVID-19 era: A retrospective, multicenter analysis,” published in the June 2023 issue of Infection Control by Smith et al. Infections at the surgical site (SSIs) are undesirable perioperative complications. Recent studies have demonstrated an increase in hospital-acquired infections during the pandemic of coronavirus disease […]
The American Red Cross has seen a decrease of 30,000 donations Local members are asking high schools and colleges to hold drives Already-scheduled company drives are being asked to open appointments to the public ALLENTOWN, Pa. — A shortfall of 30,000 donations in August is making the need for blood across the country even more […]
BRUSSELS, Sept 19 (Reuters) – EU antitrust regulators on Tuesday raided a cardiovascular medical device company in an EU country on concerns that the company may have abused its market power in breach of the bloc’s antitrust rules. “The European Commission is carrying out unannounced inspections at the premises of a company active in medical […]
Research Highlights: Men exposed to stressful working conditions who also felt that they put forth high effort but received low reward had twice the risk of heart disease compared to men who were free of those psychosocial stressors. The impact of job strain and effort-reward imbalance combined was similar to the magnitude of the impact […]
A pediatrician, author and co-inventor of a low-cost COVID-19 vaccine warns that the anti-vaccine movement has morphed into a political force that threatens the world’s gains against deadly childhood infections like measles. Dr. Peter Hotez, author of the new book The Deadly Rise of Anti-Science: A Scientist’s Warning, says the movement is well organized, well financed […]
