Sep
Pat Ward Today at 03:30 A quiet Saturday morning in early February 2019 would change the lives of many people in the close-knit community of McCrea Park, Clogher. What unfolded that day would become one of Northern Ireland’s most harrowing and brutal murders, when the lifeless body of Sligo man Pat Ward was discovered half […]
Sep
No single test can confirm that a person has lupus, but a doctor may use several types of blood tests to reach a lupus diagnosis. These include tests to look for antinuclear antibodies (ANA) in the blood. Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), or lupus, is a chronic autoimmune disease resulting from the immune system attacking the […]
Sep
#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 has seen a decline in blood and platelet donations all summer and has declared a national blood shortage. There was a 30,000 blood and platelet donation shortfall in August, and stormy weather, including hurricanes, has […]
The Wisconsin-based company American Foods Group, doing business as Green Bay Dressed Beef, has recalled more than 58,000 pounds of raw ground beef due to concerns of possible contamination with the bacteria Escherichia coli, better known as E. coli, according to a Friday alert posted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.The recall follows recent warnings […]
LOUISVILLE, Ky.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Onco360®, the nation’s leading independent Specialty Pharmacy, has been selected as a pharmacy partner by GlaxoSmithKline for OJJAARA™ (momelotinib). OJJAARA is a kinase inhibitor indicated for the treatment of intermediate or high-risk myelofibrosis (MF), including primary MF or secondary MF [post-polycythemia vera (PV) and post-essential thrombocythemia (ET)], in adults with anemia. “Onco360 […]
Sep
Newswise — Antibiotic resistant bacteria are a threat to human lives, and yet the development of new drugs to treat bacterial infections is slow. A group of proven drugs used in cancer treatment for decades could possibly be the solution. A new class of antibiotics is now being developed by researchers at Linköping University, Sweden. […]
The use of molnupiravir to treat at-risk COVID patients coincides with mutations of the virus, scientists say. An antiviral drug used to treat COVID-19 infections has been linked to coronavirus mutations that are suspected of then being passed on to other people, researchers say. ADVERTISEMENT Scientists mapped COVID-19 mutations over time to see how and […]
Cardiovascular
Effects of iron-based phosphate binders on mortality and cardiovascular events in patients receiving maintenance dialysis
Sep
Abstract Phosphate binders are the main treatment for hyperphosphatemia in patients with chronic kidney disease, and iron-based phosphate binders have been used with increasing frequency in recent years. This study examined the association of the use of iron-based, rather than non-iron-based, phosphate binders with the incidence of cardiovascular events, in a real-world setting. We used […]
Sep
Haug CJ, Drazen JM. Artificial intelligence and machine learning in clinical medicine, 2023. N Engl J Med. 2023;388(13):1201–8. Article CAS PubMed Google Scholar Topol EJ. High-performance medicine: the convergence of human and artificial intelligence. Nat Med. 2019;25(1):44–56. Article CAS PubMed Google Scholar Joseph JJ, Deedwania P, Acharya T, Aguilar D, Bhatt DL, Chyun DA, et […]