Could colchicine have made a bigger impact on long-term outcomes if patients received more than a single dose? It is possible, researchers noted, but more research would be required to be certain. “Colchicine may need to be continued daily after PCI to show longer-term benefit as observed in previous studies,” wrote first author Binita Shah, […]
TOMAH, Wis. — Tomah Health and Versiti Blood Center officials are asking area residents to help with a serious need for blood by donating Aug. 9 or 10 in Tomah. “Overall, blood drives during the summer have been very challenging,” said Versiti Blood Center account representative Emalea Cogdill. She said that with people enjoying summer […]
When Shahinur Begum traveled hours north to Dhaka with her son last month, it was supposed to be a chance to visit her husband sick with cancer. But within days of arriving in Bangladesh’s teeming capital, she had a new health emergency on her hands. Her 14-year-old son, Sabbir, was admitted to hospital vomiting blood, […]
#inform-video-player-1 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } #inform-video-player-2 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } The American Red Cross began accepting blood donations Monday from newly eligible individuals, many in the LGBTQ+ community, under the U.S. Food and Drug Administration expanded eligibility recommendations. North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kody H. […]
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Groundbreaking new research has uncovered a potential route to developing the first ever drug treatments for vascular dementia, that directly target a cause of the condition. The research, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, has shed light on how high blood pressure causes changes to arteries in […]
Professor Cyrille Cohen, an expert on the immune system from Bar-Ilan University, told Ynet Live: ‘Speed with which the new strain is spreading in the UK is certainly troubling’; A new booster vaccine from Pfizer will be available in Israel and around the world at the end of August
In a victory for LGBTQ rights, a broad swath of the U.S. population of gay and bisexual men on Monday became newly eligible to donate blood, thanks to the implementation of a landmark recent change in Food and Drug Administration policy. The policy newly permits donations from men in monogamous relationships with other men, as […]
More adolescents and teens are developing health conditions that may increase their risk of premature cardiovascular disease in adulthood, therefore, early screening, diagnosis and multidisciplinary care are vital. A new survey of cardiovascular care centers in the U.S. and Canada found that there are not enough resources to meet the needs for pediatric preventive cardiology […]
