Marijuana is the third most often used narcotic on a global scale. A recent study revealed that marijuana users have much higher levels of heavy metals in their blood and urine than non-users. Researchers discovered greater amounts of lead and Cadmium related to long-term health problems. The cannabis plant is considered a metal hyperaccumulator, which […]
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NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — Over the Labor Day Weekend, blood donors spent their day off saving lives. For four days, the American Red Cross set up a blood donation space inside the Patrick Henry Mall on the Peninsula. The Red Cross says these donations are life saving, and are used to help cancer patients and […]
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Breathing mold into the lungs, especially for a long period of time, may trigger allergic reactions and worsen symptoms of asthma and other respiratory conditions. Some types of mold may cause aspergillosis, which is a group of lung infections that occur when a person inhales fungi from the Aspergillus genus. People who live in damp […]
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Licardo’s Life-Saving Mission: Former Navy SEAL leads sixth annual blood drive – Cross Timbers Gazette | Southern Denton County | Flower Mound
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The biggest regret Dan Licardo has about last year’s Dan Licardo Honoring Our Heroes Blood Drive in Flower Mound is that he couldn’t be there due to reconstructive surgery on his legs. That’s not to suggest he’s looking for personal publicity — Licardo shies away from attention these days. But if an event bears your […]
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The Heart and Vascular Institute of Eastern Kentucky at Pikeville Medical Center has received certification of its cardiovascular rehabilitation program by the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation (AACVPR). This certification, according to a statement from PMC, is a recognition of PMC’s commitment to improving patients through quality care. The statement said cardiovascular and […]
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Healthy blood donors are needed to keep a strong supply and this month’s Town of Queen Creek Community Blood Drive in partnership with Vitalant will be on Tuesday, Sept. 5. Donation appointments are available from 1:30 to 6:30 p.m. that day in the Zane Grey Community Room at the Queen Creek Library, located at 21802 S. Ellsworth Road. These […]
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Blood clots feature near the top of most doctors’ “I hope I never miss that” list. One in 12 people in the UK will develop at least one deep vein thrombosis (DVT), typically in their leg, or pulmonary embolism (PE) in their lungs during their lifetime and they are often missed. The consequences can be […]
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Pablo Larraín is fast becoming cinema’s foremost purveyor of cockeyed biopics. Joining Neruda, Jackie and Spencer there now comes The Count, a pitch-black (and white) portrait of Augusto Pinochet that imagines the Chilean dictator as a 250-year-old bloodsucker longing to die. We begin in a shabby room lined with fascist tchotchkes, the Radetzky March playing […]
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Vibrio vulnificus is a rod-shaped bacterium that can cause life-threatening infection (Image credit: BSIP/Contributor via Getty Images) The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a health alert warning people about the risks of flesh-eating bacteria across the U.S. East Coast after five people died following infection. One person in Connecticut, another in […]
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By Amanda Parr and Rachel Candlin BBC News People are being encouraged to take home blood pressure monitors with their books from their local library. The NHS is loaning out the monitors to try and help prevent heart attacks and strokes, as it warns one in three adults in the UK have high blood pressure […]