Interest in CPR resources up in wake of Monday Night Football dramatic save
Witnessing Bills player Damar Hamlin’s cardiac arrest during the Buffalo Bills—Cincinnati Bengals Monday Night Football game on January 2, inspired many around the country and the world to seek out CPR (cardio-pulmonary resuscitation) education and related resources. The American Heart…
Read MoreResearch shows people with latent tuberculosis infection are more prone to inflammation
Newly published research from the University of Cincinnati finds that people with latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) have more inflammation and could be at a higher risk for cardiovascular disease. The research was published in Open Forum Infectious Diseases. Roughly 25%…
Read MoreVitamin D can help the immune system fight tuberculosis, study says
Most people probably associate tuberculosis with a leaky loft in 20th-century Paris. But as a matter of fact, tuberculosis is not ancient history. It is estimated that two billion people globally suffer from the disease today. And each year, more…
Read MoreReport highlights lack of medical worker diversity, proposes remedies
Racial and ethnic diversity among medical workers is critical to Americans’ health, but more needs to be done to recruit, train and support those professionals, a new report says. The report, published Thursday in the American Heart Association journal Circulation:…
Read MoreSueño alterado y nervios de punta: la contaminación acústica afecta la mente y el cuerpo
SACRAMENTO, CA. — Los amigos de Mike Thomson no quieren quedarse en su casa. Thomson vive a media cuadra de una transitada autopista que divide la ciudad capital de California, una vía que se ha utilizado cada vez más como…
Read MoreTen Covid Kraken symptoms to watch out for
This Morning: Dr Zoe talks about new Covid variant XBB1.5 We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on…
Read MoreVaccine and prior SARS-CoV-2 infection confer long-lasting protection against omicron BA.5
A new study led by Luís Graça, group leader at the Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes (iMM, Lisbon) and full professor at the Medical School of the University of Lisbon, and Manuel Carmo Gomes, associate professor with aggregation…
Read MoreNo, you shouldn’t wash raw chicken before cooking it. So why do people still do it?
Food safety authorities and regulators around the world recommend you don’t wash raw poultry before cooking. That’s because washing chicken can splash dangerous bacteria around the kitchen. It’s best just to thoroughly cook the chicken without washing it, so it…
Read MoreChinese boy, 12, gets THERMOMETER stuck in his bladder
Chinese boy, 12, who shoved a THERMOMETER down his penis needs it surgically removed from his bladder after pushing it too far Boy opted to insert the object into his urethra, a risky practise called ‘sounding’ When it got stuck…
Read MoreNeural networks responsible for spatial perception change in a nonlinear manner, study shows
Young children sometimes believe that the moon is following them, or that they can reach out and touch it. It appears to be much closer than is proportional to its true distance. As we move about our daily lives, we…
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