Cardiovascular

Countering sex and gender bias in cardiovascular research requires more than equal recruitment and sex disaggregated analyses

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30
Aug

Carolina Rau Steuernagel, researcher1, Carolyn S P Lam, professor2, Trisha Greenhalgh, professor3 1University of Oslo, Centre for Sustainable Healthcare Education, Oslo, Norway 2National Heart Centre Singapore and Duke-National University of Singapore, Singapore 3University of Oxford, Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, Oxford, UK Correspondence to: C B Rau Steuernagel c.b.r.steuernagel{at}medisin.uio.no Carolina Rau Steuernagel, Carolyn […]

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Infection

Genpax Estimates Significant Cost Savings, Health Benefits From WGS Infection Surveillance

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NEW YORK – Bioinformatics company Genpax estimates that healthcare systems can save considerable money while preventing infection outbreaks through microbial whole-genome sequencing. In a study published earlier this month in Microbial Genetics, the London-based company calculated that implementing a WGS surveillance strategy could prevent some 74,000 infections annually in England, saving the National Health Service approximately […]

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Blood

Browns wide receiver Marquise Goodwin ‘grateful’ after returning from blood clot scare during camp

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29
Aug

BEREA, Ohio —  Marquise Goodwin never allowed himself to consider the alternative, that his football career might be over. Not for a single second. Diagnosed with blood clots in his legs and lungs at the start of his first training camp with Cleveland, the speedy wide receiver had faith he would play again. “No doubt in […]

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Blood

ARUP to accept blood donations from gay and bisexual men

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29
Aug

It’s where compassion meets progress. ARUP Blood Services has been at the forefront of blood donations for decades. Now, it’s making history. ARUP is the first blood donation service not only in Utah, but nationwide to adapt to the new U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)​ guidelines that allow gay and bisexual men to donate blood. “This is […]

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Infection

Canada detects first case of highly mutated coronavirus variant BA.2.86

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29
Aug

OTTAWA, Aug 29 (Reuters) – Canada has detected its first case of coronavirus infection from the highly mutated BA.2.86 variant of Omicron in a person in British Columbia who had not traveled outside the Pacific province, health officials said on Tuesday. The individual is not hospitalized, and the detection of BA.2.86 virus has not changed […]

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Congenital disorders

A state panel wants to eliminate 100-plus Iowa boards and commissions. Which could go?

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29
Aug

A state panel is recommending eliminating or consolidating more than 100 Iowa boards and commissions, the latest step in Gov. Kim Reynolds’ push to shrink state government. The preliminary recommendations come from a Tuesday meeting of the state’s Boards and Commissions Review Committee, created as part of a sweeping government reorganization law Reynolds signed in […]

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Blood

Stains, DNA evidence under scrutiny in Foley trial as defense questions testing reliability

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29
Aug

When Worcester Police searched the Northborough home where Steven Foley lived, chemical tests revealed the presumptive presence of blood on the floorboards, according to testimony in Foley’s murder trial in Worcester County Superior Court Tuesday. Worcester Police Sgt. Eric Boss testified he executed multiple search warrants in the wake of Cynthia Webb’s death in 2017. […]

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Blood

Tuesday PM headlines: Utah State blood drive competition, fundraiser for Hawaii relief efforts

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29
Aug

Blood drive events on USU For the past 19 years, Utah State University has beat Weber State University in “blood drive battles” and the Aggies say they don’t plan on losing this year. The blood drive will take place September 5-8 from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Students who participate may receive prizes. Kirsten Stuart, […]

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