Posted 22 August 2023 at 2:24 pm Photo by Tom Rivers: Betty Sue Miller, the Hoag Library director, gives blood last Dec. 17 during a blood drive at the library. It was her first time giving blood. Her husband Fred Miller has given more than 20 gallons over several decades. Press Release, Hoag Library ALBION […]
Patients were placed into three groups based on their resting aortic mean transvalvular gradient, as determined by transthoracic echocardiography. A high gradient was defined as ≥40 mmHg, a low gradient was defined as 26-39 mmHg and a very low gradient was defined as ≤25 mmHg. Overall, 57% of patients presented with a high gradient, 35% presented with […]
PENNSYLVANIA — There is a confirmed case of the flesh-eating bacteria Vibrio vulnificus in Pennsylvania, as health officials warn of the rare infection’s deadly impacts. Vibrio infections are commonly associated with eating raw or undercooked oysters and other seafood, but also occur when people with open wounds or cuts come in contact with seawater or […]
Tetyana Furmanets, CRNP, MSN Although patients with myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPN) often experience many symptoms either related to the disease or from treatment itself, nurses can help patients navigate symptom management and help seek relief, one expert said. Oncology Nursing News® spoke with Tetyana Furmanets, CRNP, MSN, an oncology nurse practitioner at Penn Medicine Abramson Cancer […]
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain In a large retrospective analysis using measurements of thousands of plasma proteins in primary and secondary event populations, scientists from deCODE genetics and collaborators from U.S., Denmark and Iceland, reported today in JAMA how they employed AI to develop a protein score to predict major atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease events (ASCVD). The […]
<div data-thumb="https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/tmb/2023/research-team-successf.jpg" data-src="https://scx2.b-cdn.net/gfx/news/hires/2023/research-team-successf.jpg" data-sub-html="Graphical Abstract. Credit: Clinical Infectious Diseases (2023). DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciad440″> Graphical Abstract. Credit: Clinical Infectious Diseases (2023). DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciad440 A team of University of Minnesota Medical School researchers successfully tested a new antifungal therapy to treat fungal meningitis. The trial results were published in Clinical Infectious Diseases. The research team tested a new […]
Rite Aid has been ordered by the local government in two states to create a bloodborne pathogen safety program for workers, reports the New Jersey Business Journal. The order affects Rite Aid stores in both New York and New Jersey. Related: Rite Aid’s chief digital and technology officer steps down The resolution stems from an […]
image: Figure 4. Progression to permanent AF in patient with paroxysmal AF at baseline (propensity score matched cohort). view more Credit: 2023 Okawa et al. “To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study to have demonstrated the preventive effect of AF ablation on long-term AF-related cardiovascular events in very old patients with NVAF.” […]
