Rates of COVID-19 are ticking upward nationwide but the country is unlikely to see the kind of widespread infections and hospitalizations seen over the last three summers, experts said. Summers 2020, 2021 and 2022 saw increases in cases, hospitalizations and deaths. This summer, the upswing is coming later and is much smaller, hospitalization and wastewater […]
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Study: Weight-loss drug Wegovy cuts risk of heart attack and stroke by 20% – CBS News Watch CBS News A new study from Novo Nordisk found its weight-loss drug Wegovy may have heart benefits in overweight or obese individuals who have cardiovascular disease but no history of diabetes. CBS News medical contributor and editor at […]
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In the microscope image, astrocytes are stained green and immune cells are stained red. The basement membranes of the vessels are seen in white. Credit: University of Münster / University Hospital Bonn (UKB) Researchers have identified novel gelatinase substrates involved in astroglial barrier function. In neuroinflammation, immune cells such as leukocytes cross the blood-brain barrier. […]
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<div data-thumb="https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/tmb/2023/zika-study-reveals-how.jpg" data-src="https://scx2.b-cdn.net/gfx/news/2023/zika-study-reveals-how.jpg" data-sub-html="Credit: iScience (2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2023.106909″> Credit: iScience (2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2023.106909 Prenatal exposure to viruses capable of infecting the fetal brain, particularly in the first trimester, can cause a range of developmental defects in the baby. The Zika epidemic in Brazil during 2015–16 posed an extreme case, causing hundreds of babies to be […]
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Public health and sports medicine specialists have recommended that people walk 10,000 steps a day to promote good health. But that number doesn’t seem to be holy. The number of steps you should walk every day to start seeing benefits to your health is lower than previously thought, according to the largest analysis ever to […]
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Sometimes, the most important plays are the least obtrusive. On the Fringe, amid the carnival of attention-grabbing zaniness, in a shipping container-like venue sitting outside the Assembly Rooms, a world premiere by California-based company B Street Theatre delivers a pithy two-hander that packs the punch of a state-of-the-nation epic. Blood of the Lamb is a […]
MISSISSAUGA, ON, Aug. 9, 2023 /CNW/ – Health Canada has approved a new indication for Alhemo™ (concizumab injection) for the treatment of Canadian adolescent and adult patients with hemophilia A (congenital factor VIII [FVIII] deficiency) who have FVIII inhibitors.1 Alhemo™ was first approved by Health Canada in March 2023 for the treatment of patients who […]
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Staff report American Red Cross Blood Services has announced an urgent need for blood donors to fill the gap in a critical blood shortage in Ellis County. To help meet this need, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is sponsoring a blood drive Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at The Church […]
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#inform-video-player-1 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } #inform-video-player-2 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } North Texas Medical Center’s Therapy Services department treats hundreds of patients a month, but one young patient has made quite an impression on the staff. Echo Pettigrew was born 10 weeks early. His extensive NICU stay caused multiple health […]