ALBANY — Potential donors are encouraged to give life-saving blood during an Oct. 13 blood drive at Turner Job Corps Center here. The blood drive, which is scheduled for 10 a.m.-2 p.m., will be held at the TJC gymnasium at 2000 Schilling Ave. × This page requires Javascript. Javascript is required for you to be […]
With no consensus among infection preventionists (IPs) about the minimum qualifications required for the IP position, Infection Control Today (ICT) would like to hear from you. Share your opinion with ICT by participating in this poll and emailing Senior Editor Tori Whitacre Martonicz at [email protected] with your thoughts What Should be the Minimum Educational Requirement […]
Dr Barbara Sturm is dressed for summer in a blue Zimmermann co-ord and her trademark healthy glow. We meet at the Connaught hotel, just across the street from her Mount Street medi-spa, over avocado and sourdough toast. Before we begin, she stops a well-heeled Japanese tourist to ask where his shirt is from. Within moments, […]
Barton Community College will host a blood drive from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Oct. 5 in the Kirkman Practice Gym. Donors will receive a $15 Amazon gift card from the American Red Cross. Donors are encouraged to set an appointment using the “RapidPass” system. RapidPass allows donors to complete their pre-reading and donation […]
ByABC7 Chicago Digital Team Monday, September 25, 2023 5:23PM CHICAGO (WLS) — Blood supply levels are reaching dangerously low levels and the American Red Cross is concerned. Blood donations have gradually decreased and now Chicago area hospitals may have to ration supplies, if the numbers don’t pick up. Joy Squier with the Red Cross shares […]
Phil Roeder / Flickr cc Three Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine doses stimulate long-term immune responses against SARS-CoV-2 similar to breakthrough infection plus two doses, while four doses only temporarily increase antibody levels, according to a new study in the International Journal of Infectious Diseases. Every 2 to 4 months, researchers at Ziv Medical Center in Israel […]
For certain patients with advanced breast cancer, a drug called Piqray (alpelisib) may extend survival. But new research confirms the medication often causes seriously high blood sugar levels. “This is a very effective drug that we should be using to treat breast cancer, but the problem is that it causes high blood sugar, which also […]
Share on PinterestMaskot/Getty Images 1188431815 health clinic, high blood pressure Maskot/Getty Images Adolescents and young adults with high blood pressure had a greater chance of having a heart attack, stroke or other cardiovascular event later in life. Even those in the “elevated” blood pressure category — the first above-normal stage before high blood pressure — […]
The Biden administration announced last week that the public would once again be able to request free at-home COVID-19 tests beginning Monday. The return of the program comes as COVID-19 infections have been on the rise since July, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data. While hospitalizations and deaths have risen, totals remain […]
