Bacteriophage therapy could be a promising approach for treating antibiotic-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections in people with cystic fibrosis (CF), according to a small review study. Scientists believe the review, involving three CF patients and two animal models, support moving forward with clinical trials for bacteriophage therapy in CF, a number of which […]
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The American Heart Association published data this year showing an alarming trend; the age-adjusted mortality rate jumped by 4.6%. It’s a substantial increase, wrote Dr. Connie W. Tsao, assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and attending staff cardiologist at Beth Isreal Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. “The age-adjusted mortality rate takes into consideration […]
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — Kentucky Blood Center is offering $20 gift cards on Monday. The local nonprofit is encouraging blood donations by giving a $20 Amazon gift card to all donors who give blood Monday. Kentucky Blood Center has led “Save Our Summer” promotion since May. There are eight donor centers open from 9 a.m. […]
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Researchers say they can predict more severe kidney and cardiovascular disease in people with type 2 diabetes when biomarker values are assessed at baseline, after one year, and at three years. The biomarkers were used to measure the effects of the drug canagliflozin on disease severity. The researchers said the study results strengthen previous data […]
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Across the United States, thousands of people with COVID-19 are being hospitalized each week and the number is steadily trending up — a sure sign that overall cases have also been on the rise. Levels of detectable coronavirus in wastewater samples and the proportion of tests that come back positive have certainly been ticking up […]
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The test could help clinicians identify the underlying cause of fever with a single blood sample. Credit: Beenicebeelove / Shutterstock.com. Researchers from Imperial College London have led an international team for the development of a new blood test to easily diagnose childhood fever. The team has developed and validated a diagnostic method that can simultaneously […]
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United Way’s 8th annual Community Care Day is this Friday. More than 300 volunteers have already registered to work on 50 pre-coordinated service projects throughout Logan County. And there’s one more opportunity for you to participate. A blood drive for Community Blood Center is also taking place as a part of Community Care Day. Community […]
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MONDAY, Aug. 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) — People may assume that a COVID-19 infection protects them the next time they encounter the virus, but that’s not necessarily true. A new study of 750 vaccinated seniors living in retirement homes and long-term care facilities found that those infected during the first omicron wave were actually more […]
A 13-year-old Saginaw County boy who died in his sleep three days after getting a second dose of a COVID-19 vaccine had a systemic bacterial infection that caused his death, according to an investigation by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Jacob Clynick’s family discovered the boy on June 16, 2021, in the […]
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Some seniors infected with Omicron variants were more susceptible to reinfection, not less: McMaster study
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In a sign that scientists still don’t fully understand how some COVID-19 variants manage to evade the immune system, a new Ontario study has found that retirement- and long-term-care home residents infected during the first Omicron wave were 20 times more likely to get reinfected by the virus than those who avoided a prior infection. […]