Leading heart health bodies have called for greater attention to be paid to how a patient has their blood pressure taken, over fears that millions of Americans may be misdiagnosed and wrongfully medicated because of inaccurate readings. Researchers at Ohio State University, along with the American Heart Association (AHA) and American College of Cardiology, have […]
SINGAPORE, Nov. 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Guardant Health, Inc. (Nasdaq: GH), a leading precision oncology company, announced that it has launched its blood-based colorectal cancer screening test, ShieldTM, in collaboration with Samsung Medical Center in South Korea. Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the most commonly diagnosed cancers and the third-leading cause of cancer-related deaths […]
Abstract Lymphedema is a disease that refers to tissue swelling caused by an accumulation of protein-rich fluid that is usually drained through the lymphatic system. Detection of lymphedema is often based on expensive diagnoses such as bioimpedance spectroscopy, shear wave elastography, computed tomography, etc. In current machine learning models for lymphedema prediction, reliance on observable […]
Pictured: abstract bokeh optical light/iStock, Oleksandr Bushko The blood-brain barrier: It’s neuroscience’s next frontier, and a presentation on Roche’s trontinemab at the Clinical Trials on Alzheimer’s Disease conference last month sparked new optimism that researchers might be getting close to breaking through it. A diffusion barrier, the blood-brain barrier (BBB) prevents about 98% of small molecule […]
PHILADELPHIA — Postpartum blood pressure was improved following a hypertensive pregnancy with a self-managed, physician-guided telemonitoring program, the randomized POP-HT trial revealed. The intervention lowered mean 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure by 6.5/5.8 mm Hg compared with usual care at 9 months postpartum (both P<0.001), reported Jamie Kitt, DPhil, of the University of Oxford in England, […]
Abstract We evaluated the predictive value of dynamic blood flow scintigraphy with 99mTc-HDP (hydroxymethylene diphosphonate) for therapeutic response in patients with Raynaud’s phenomenon (RP). Eighty patients who underwent dynamic blood flow scintigraphy using the one-hand chilling method were enrolled. We analyzed the quantitative variables as the ratio of chilled fingers to ambient fingers (CAfinger), that […]
OSF Medical Group in Peru will host a community blood drive with ImpactLife from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 21. The ImpactLife Donor Bus will be located in the OSF Medical Group parking lot at 1650 Midtown Road. ImpactLife is the only provider of blood and blood components to OSF St. Elizabeth Medical […]
GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) – The Green Bay Packers Give Back Community Blood Drive will be at Lambeau Field’s Johnsonville Tailgate Village on Monday, Nov. 13. The drive will run from 7 in the morning until 7 at night and donors of all blood types are needed, especially those with Type O blood to help […]
More Videos All donors will get a t-shirt, a $10 e-gift card, a ticket to Fantasy of Trees and coupons to Smoothie King, Dunkin Donuts and Texas Roadhouse. Author: wbir.com Published: 6:15 PM EST November 12, 2023 Updated: 6:15 PM EST November 12, 2023
SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) – Temple Emanu-El hosted a blood drive this morning with two buses from the Suncoast Blood Center parked outside. Over 30 members and other Sarasota residents signed up to give blood that will be sent to Israel. The Suncoast Blood Center has a partnership with the Israeli Red Cross, which made this […]