The last set of bleachers were still standing last summer when Buddy Osborn walked into The Cambria, a warehouse-like building tucked off Kensington Avenue that 50 years ago was the hub of the city’s boxing scene. The wooden seats saw their final fight in 1963 and spent the last few years watching over stacks of […]
A week after one of Pittsburgh’s most polluting steel plants closed in 2016, cardiovascular ER visits in the nearby communities dropped by 42 percent and continued to shrink every week for years, according to a recent study published in the journal Environmental Research Health. Cardiovascular and cerebrovascular hospitalizations also decreased. While most research on air […]
A man has been found dead following a stabbing at a spa in Point Cook, Australia. Police and paramedics raced to the Seasons 5 resort in Melbourne where they found a man- thought to be in his 30s – covered in blood with a number of stab wounds. Despite the best efforts of the emergency […]
The upsurge of HIV cases in Georgia Tengiz Tsertsvadze, the director of Tbilisi Infectious Diseases Hospital, has called upon the population, particularly the youth, to diligently adhere to safety guidelines and recommendations to safeguard themselves from HIV infection. As per Tsertsvadze, during the initial six months of 2023, in comparison to the same timeframe last […]
NHS patients will receive a five-minute nasal treatment before surgery instead of antibiotics as part of a pilot in the battle against superbugs. Pontefract Hospital in Yorkshire is trialling a virus-fighting nasal therapy that could prevent patients undergoing surgery from catching an infection while in hospital. The trial will use an antimicrobial treatment that could […]
By Dr Tanmay Pandya Organ transplantation has revolutionised modern medicine, giving countless individuals a second chance at life. The transplantation of organs such as the heart, liver, kidney, and lungs has become commonplace, saving thousands of lives each year. However, beneath the well-known and celebrated transplants lie a realm of lesser-known organ transplants that are […]
An outbreak of a rare type of Campylobacter in France was caused by unpasteurized, raw milk cheese, according to a study. In June 2021, seven Campylobacter fetus infections occurred in a rehabilitation center in southwest France. All patients were female, and the median age was 79 with a range of 70 to 90 years old. […]
Mothers In North Identify Challenges At Workplaces The United Nations Children (UNICEF) has said that exclusive breastfeeding reduces risk of cardiovascular disease in children through life, lowers risk of childhood cancer (including leukemia lower and reduces risk of childhood obesity. The global children body advised mothers against giving water to their breastfeeding babies in the […]
In order to get a perfect BP reading, one needs to do the following: Measure the BP thrice with less than 1-minute gap between consecutive measurements. Calculate the average of the 3 readings. Do not wear tight clothes and do not put the cuff above the clothing Empty your bladder before measuring the BP Take […]
