Enlarge this image The FDA warned consumers to stop using eyedrop products from six different brands on Wednesday after agency investigators found bacteria contamination at a manufacturing site. Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP U.S. health officials are warning consumers to stop using more than two dozen over-the-counter eye drop products due to the potential […]
Pune: The widening gap between the day and night temperatures in the city could lead to an increase in viral or upper respiratory tract infections, along with body ache and sinus issues, city-based doctors told TOI on Saturday.Pune is currently witnessing warm sunny days with maximum temperature staying above 32ºC. In contrast, the nights are […]
Bengaluru’s weather is quite unpredictable these days. The daytime temperature on Friday touched 30.8 degrees Celsius, which was three degrees Celsius above normal, while the nighttime temperature was 20.7 degrees Celsius, which was a few degrees Celsius below normal. City doctors say that the fluctuation in the temperature is resulting in allergic pharyngitis or some […]
Abstract In patients with left ventricular assist device (LVAD), infections and thrombotic events represent severe complications. We investigated device-specific local and systemic inflammation and its impact on cerebrovascular events (CVE) and mortality. In 118 LVAD patients referred for 18F-FDG-PET/CT, metabolic activity of LVAD components, thoracic aortic wall, lymphoid and hematopoietic organs, was quantified and correlated […]
The patient was referred to Maharaja Yeshwantrao Hospital from Ujjain Indore: A junior doctor of the state-run Maharaja Yeshwantrao Hospital (MYH) in Indore was suspended after a purported video showing him slapping an HIV-infected man surfaced on Saturday, an official said. The 45-year-old HIV-infected man was sent to MYH from a hospital in Ujjain to […]
FILE – This electron microscope image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health shows a human T cell, in blue, under attack by HIV, in yellow, the virus that causes AIDS. In a remarkable experiment, the San Francisco biotech company Excision BioTherapeutics is using the gene editing tool CRISPR to cut the virus […]
October 28, 2023 News Article In this week’s news, CDC sent out a health advisory to change the prescribing recommendations for the newer preventative respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) monoclonal antibody; a clinician discusses the ongoing challenges presented with critically ill patients and the timing and scope of antibiotic prescribing practices; and antidepressants were associated with […]
This story is part of CBC Health’s Second Opinion, a weekly analysis of health and medical science news emailed to subscribers on Saturday mornings. If you haven’t subscribed yet, you can do that by clicking here. When two dogs imported to Canada from Iran on separate occasions in 2021 developed deadly canine rabies, alarm bells rang loudly […]
Lupus disrupts the immune system. Living with lupus is a challenging journey that often involves managing a heightened risk of infections. Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, commonly known as lupus, is a complex autoimmune disease that affects multiple systems in the body. Although the immune system attacking healthy tissues and producing inflammation is the main characteristic of […]
A man has been left with a frisbee-sized hole from the side of his bum after contracting a flesh eating bacterial infection. Carson Seitter, a police officer in North Carolina for over a decade, injured himself when a fall on September 5 left him unconscious. What was initially believed to be a minor injury then […]