This week’s breaking health news includes a look at the large share of Americans who know personally someone who struggles with addiction and what they think can be done. And have you ever thought about seeing your dentist through telemedicine? Thousands or more Americans started to do that during the pandemic, when an in-person visit […]
Thursday September 14, 2023 12:29 pm PDT by Juli Clover Apple has done some internal shuffling and appointed Tim Millet, vice president of platform architecture, to lead the team that is working on blood glucose monitoring functionality for the Apple Watch. According to Bloomberg, Millet is now in charge of the Exploratory Design Group or […]
BALTIMORE, Maryland – (Ivanhoe Newswire) – Sickle-cell disease affects one hundred thousand Americans, whose blood cell shape resembles a crescent-moon, instead of being round and healthy. The defective cells don’t carry oxygen, so patients must undergo transfusions. Blood donors exist but they must be a perfect match. They’re called ‘blood twins.’ We meet a young […]
People with hypertension are likely to see an increase in blood pressure during the winter months, according to study results shared at a recent American Heart Association (AHA) hypertension session. Researchers found that on average, systolic blood pressure (the top number of a blood pressure reading) increased by up to 1.7 mm Hg in the […]
While relaxing, a trip to the spa could land you in the hospital or worse, warns a new notice from the municipality of York Region. Spas not following proper precautions could be contributing to the spread of “serious infections” including HIV, hepatitis B and C, skin infections and more, the region’s public health agency said. […]
Claire Harrison, MD, FRCP, FRCPath The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has published its Final Draft Guidance recommending the use of ruxolitinib (Jakafi) as treatment for eligible patients in England and Wales with polycythemia vera (PV) that is resistant or intolerant to hydroxycarbamide/hydroxyurea (HC/HU).1 “There is a significant unmet need for people […]
Blood Cancer © stock.adobe.com The Center for Drug Evaluation of China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) has accepted the new drug application (NDA) seeking the approval of golidocitinib (AZD4205) for the treatment of patients with relapsed/refractory peripheral T-cell lymphoma (PTCL).1 The application was supported by data from part B of the phase 1/2 JACKPOT8 trial […]
When you think of all the things that can impact your blood sugar level, hydration may not be the first thing that comes to mind. But it plays an important role. “People believe that it’s just diet and weight, but there are so many other factors that impact blood sugar,” says Esther Tambe, MS, RD, […]
Johanna Geleijnse, PhD Credit: Wageningen University Patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and a history of myocardial infarction are at increased risk of cardiovascular disease mortality and all-cause mortality compared to patients without NAFLD, according to findings from a recent study. The results, which remained consistent after excluding patients with obesity and diabetes, showed […]
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Although a simple molecule, nitric oxide is an important signal substance that helps to reduce blood pressure by relaxing the blood vessels. But how it goes about doing this has long been unclear. Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden now present an entirely novel principle that challenges the Nobel Prize-winning hypothesis […]