Long-established in the Medical Devices & Instruments industry, Alphatec Holdings Inc ( ATEC, Financial) has enjoyed a stellar reputation. However, it has recently witnessed a decline of 3.8%, juxtaposed with a three-month change of -3.3%. Fresh insights from the GuruFocus Score Rating hint at potential headwinds. Notably, its diminished rankings in financial strength, growth, and […]
“We believe luspatercept provides clinical benefit regardless of subgroup and baseline mutation burden, and, therefore, we believe this now becomes the standard of care for the majority of our patients with lower-risk disease with anemia who are transfusion dependent,” according to Guillermo Garcia-Manero, MD, COMMANDS trial lead investigator and chief of the Section of Myelodysplastic […]
New York City, New York Sep 8, 2023 (Issuewire.com) – Dr. Garland is a hard-working, fellowship trained orthopedic surgeon who has been in practice for over four decades. Since January of 1977, he has been a Clinical Professor of Orthopedics at the University of Southern California. Among his most notable achievements, Dr. Garland is the […]
An autopsy shows a bacterial infection and other factors caused the death of a 3-year-old girl on a bus carrying immigrants from Texas to Chicago last month, an Illinois coroner said Thursday. The bacterial infection and aspiration pneumonia along with diarrhea and vomiting led to electrolyte problems, swelling of the brain and eventually the Aug. […]
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (Ivanhoe Newswire) – There’s a growing concern among pediatricians and pharmacists about the overuse of antibiotics in children. New evidence suggests children are being prescribed antibiotics more often than necessary, potentially creating more dangerous drug-resistant infections. In fact, the World Health Organization estimates at least 2.8 million antibiotic-resistant infections occur each […]
Heart disease is killing fewer Americans overall, however, cardiovascular deaths where obesity was listed as a key contributing factor have tripled between 1999 and 2020, according to a new study published Wednesday in the Journal of the American Heart Association. And, Black women had the highest mortality rate out of all the population groups studied. […]
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (Ivanhoe Newswire) – More than six million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s today. Half a million more people will be diagnosed this year. But thousands of cases of Alzheimer’s disease go undiagnosed each year. That’s because the changes in the brain can begin at least 10 years or more before symptoms start. […]
Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and collaborators say they have identified the structure of a special transporter found in red blood cells and how it interacts with drugs. Details on the findings (“Substrate binding and inhibition of the anion exchanger 1 transporter”), which were reported in Nature Structural & Molecular […]
The Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) Newborn Screening Laboratory tests newborns for more than 50 rare, but serious, genetic disorders or medical conditions. Finding these conditions early and starting treatment can help prevent serious complications, including developmental delays, illness or even death. Texas began screening babies for one disorder, phenylketonuria, or PKU, in […]
The Ben Berning family Courtesy photo RUSSIA — Community Blood Center, the region’s first blood bank, is celebrating a new era in helping save lives under its new name, Solvita Blood Center. Register to donate with Solvita at the St. Remy’s Hall community blood drive in remembrance of Ben Berning Tuesday, Sept. 12, from 12:30 […]