Marisol Miranda-Galvis, DDS, MS, PhD A systematic review of several observational studies showed that there are 5 social determinants of health that are primarily driving survival disparities in patients with hematologic malignancies. These factors include lack of access to health insurance, treatment at a non-academic facility, low income or education level, and unmarried status. Key […]
A family has been left devastated after their 5-year-old daughter died from what was initially believed to have been a common cold. However, they later discovered that young Cathy Kassis had actually been struck down with Strep A, a bacteria that can cause respiratory and skin infections and can range from mild to severe. But by […]
Scientists have identified platelet factor 4 (PF4), produced by platelets, as the shared mechanism enhancing cognitive function in young blood transfusion, the longevity hormone klotho, and exercise. PF4 has been found to rejuvenate the aging brain, making old mice cognitively sharper and young mice even smarter. New research attributes the cognitive benefits of young blood, […]
One Blood Denene MillnerBorough Press, £16.99, pp432 Millner’s multigenerational saga tells the lives of three Black American women and their struggles with the social, political and emotional forces that limit their opportunities and freedoms. In the 1960s, Grace is separated from her beloved grandmother and falls pregnant. Lolo, a victim of sexual violence, is determined […]
Amid a rise in COVID-19 infections — as seen by first lady Jill Biden’s recent bout with the virus — public health experts are tracking the numbers but aren’t “predicting that this is going to be a tsunami of hospitalizations and deaths the way we saw a year or more ago,” Dr. Anthony Fauci said […]
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. An infection expert has called for lateral flow tests to become free again as a new Covid variant spreads. Unofficially called “Pirola”, the new BA.2.86 variant is a mutated version of Omicron, which triggered a surge in […]
Anthony Fauci, then-director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, testifies in Washington, on Sept. 14, 2022. | Cliff Owen/AP Photo Dr. Anthony Fauci, the former top infectious disease expert in the U.S., isn’t sounding alarm bells on the rising number of coronavirus cases in the U.S. yet, but he did caution that […]
© 久保帯人/集英社・テレビ東京・dentsu・ぴえ Okay, yeah, the fatigue for this season has officially set in. Last episode, even with its faults, was a pivotal turn in this story arc. With Ywach and his retainers taking the express elevator up to the Soul King’s house, we should be hurtling forward into a new stage of this war, where […]