Weekly Rounds with Infection Control Today Here are 5 highlights from Infection Control Today®‘s (ICT®’s) wide-ranging coverage of the infection prevention and control world. Everything from interviews with known opinion leaders to the news that infection preventionists and other health care professionals can use on their jobs. Investigation of Air Dispersal During a Rhinovirus Outbreak in […]
Commercial alterations OFFICE: 856 Kaliste Saloom Road, description, replace existing MRI equipment and other modifications at Envision Imaging of Acadiana; applicant, RTA Architects; contractor, Coastline Construction and Renovation; $450,000. OFFICE: 1101 Eraste Landry Road, description, replace interior walls at PERC Development; applicant, Davis Design & Consulting; contractor, PERC Development; $450,000. OFFICE: 303 Rue Louis XIV, […]
Lifestream will be holding a blood drive tomorrow (November 18) from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Vons in Yucca Valley, located at 57590 Twentynine Palms Highway. Healthy individuals at least 15 years of age may donate blood. Everyone under 17 years of age must provide LifeStream with written parental consent. Donors receive a free […]
By Kelsey Waddill November 17, 2023 – Adults with cardiovascular disease are more likely to utilize outpatient cardiovascular services in Medicaid expansion states than in nonexpansion states, a study published in Health Affairs revealed. The researchers used Medicaid Analytic eXtract data to assess utilization trends among nonelderly adult beneficiaries. The study timeframe started in 2012, before […]
Take a look around your average retirement home or advanced-age friend group and you’ll see a significant sex imbalance. Men are rare among the 85-and-overs. Common wisdom is that they die earlier than women, and the numbers support it. In Germany in 2022, for example, men had an average life expectancy of just over 78 […]
CANTON, NY – With the COVID pandemic out of the limelight, many people are not giving a second thought as to how an Infectious Diseases (ID) specialist may be able to assist them with their healthcare. The ID team with St. Lawrence Health (SLH) has office hours at its Medical Campus at 6119 US Route […]
On paper, Laika: Aged Through Blood is the kind of game I would normally avoid at all costs. It’s a bloody and violent Metroidvania starring an anthropomorphic coyote on a motorcycle – or, as the developers like to call it, ‘motorvania’. It makes no compromises about the need to ride and shoot and spin and […]
Frost Bank one of the Starlight Gala’s Shining Star Event Sponsors. From left to right: Carl Walden, Kristy Rogers, Michelle Washington, Terry Buckhalton, Cory Cuevas, Leslie Cuevas, Jennifer Martin, Steve Martin Courtesy of Texas Health Resources On Nov. 11, community members from across the county gathered at Teas Health Resources Foundation’s second annual Starlight Gala at the […]
This article was originally published by Pharmacy Times®. This version has been lightly edited. Multiple myeloma blood testing | Image credit: luchschenF – stock.adobe.com A recent study published in Nature Cancer showed that distinct genomic drivers in multiple myeloma may affect clinical outcomes. Researchers also identified factors associated with sustained minimal residual disease negativity.1 Investigators […]
San Angelo, TX-The holidays are a special time of year, filled with family, friends and festivities. But patients needing lifesaving transfusions may not be able to celebrate in the same way. This November, in their honor and to support their needs, put blood donation at the top of your holiday “to do” list. You’ll be […]