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CNY Red Cross asking residents to donate blood during critical blood shortage

The national blood shortage is ever so present here in Central New York where the Red Cross provides blood to the healthcare system. There are numerous opportunities for residents to roll up their sleeves this month at community blood drives all across Onondaga County and surrounding areas. Lisa Smith, Red Cross Executive Director of Central […]

Cardiovascular Medical Devices Market (New Report) Size, Trends Across Globally

“Cardiovascular Medical Devices Market” Size, Share, Growth Report 2023-2030 | | No. of pages: 110 Report which offers an in-depth analysis Grounded on Applications (Hospitals, Clinics, Other), and Types (Diagnostic and Monitoring, Surgical Devices, Others) and expected to grow annually by magnificent (CAGR 2023 – 2030). Cardiovascular Medical Devices market report focuses on Supply-Demand Scenario, […]

Infections, Rather Than Inflammation or Autoimmune Disease, Associated With Dementia Development

Infection exposure—rather than systemic inflammation or autoimmune disease—was statistically significantly associated with development of dementia in a dose-dependent manner in a recent study published in JAMA Network Open. Previous studies have suggested that certain types of infections are linked to later onset of dementia, in part due to systemic inflammation. In the same breath, the […]

Transplanted lungs likely spread dangerous Legionella infection to two recipients, study says

CNN  —  For the first time, an organ transplant is believed to have spread dangerous Legionella bacteria, according to a report published Thursday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The two people who developed Legionnaires’ disease received donated lungs from a man who died last year after falling into a river in […]

Mississippi’s infant mortality rate reaches five-year high

Mississippi’s infant mortality rate reached a five-year high in 2021, according to the latest numbers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The death rate of babies under one year of age rose from 8.3 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2020 to 9.39 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2021, the most recent […]

Researchers say impact of preventable parasites, infectious diseases on Indigenous communities is a national shame

The Ophidascaris robertsi larvae specimen was extracted from the woman’s brain by surgeons. Credit: Canberra Health Many Australians likely read the coverage of the live roundworm found in the brain of a New South Wales woman with morbid curiosity. If you missed it, a wriggling, eight-centimeter-long parasitic roundworm was removed from the head of a […]

Freeman to host blood drive

#inform-video-player-1 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } #inform-video-player-2 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } Freeman Hospital West will host a blood drive for the Community Blood Center of the Ozarks from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday in its conference rooms at 1102 W. 32nd St. The Springfield-based blood center provides blood and […]

Study sheds light on one of the still poorly understood aspects of cancer

Innovative optical technologies for non-invasive microscopy allowed the research team to reveal the overproduction of lipid droplets, the mitochondrial network rearrangement and the morphological reshaping as first early indicators of therapy-induced senescence in human tumoral cells that underwent anticancer treatments. Credit: Politecnico di Milano A new study published in Science Advances has investigated one of […]

(Islatravir + ulonivirine) by Merck for Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infections (AIDS): Likelihood of Approval

GlobalData tracks drug-specific phase transition and likelihood of approval scores, in addition to indication benchmarks based off 18 years of historical drug development data. Attributes of the drug, company and its clinical trials play a fundamental role in drug-specific PTSR and likelihood of approval. (Islatravir + ulonivirine) overview Fixed-dose combination of islatravir and ulonivirine (MK-8507) […]

New hope for treating cardiovascular diseases

In a significant step toward developing new treatments to mend blood vessels damaged by heart attacks and strokes, and even from chronic diseases like diabetes and obesity, scientists at Wake Forest University have discovered how to amplify the effects of an important signaling molecule in the blood. That molecule, nitric oxide, regulates blood flow and […]