Paying for plasma is the new normal: Why policy has changed decades after Canada’s tainted blood scandal
There has been a monumental policy shift in paying plasma donors in Canada. In September, Canadian Blood Services (CBS) made a 15-year deal with Spanish health-care giant Grifols for blood plasma collection and products. The deal upends the 1997 recommendations…
Read MoreDiscovery of changes in breast milk composition in women with COVID-19
A research team from the University of Huelva in collaboration with the MilkCORONA initiative has demonstrated that the SARS-CoV-2 virus alters the composition of breast milk. The study compares the content of compounds of this natural food in mothers affected…
Read MoreOne comprehensive system makes for a more efficient physician practice – and free evenings
When Dr. Thomas Miller, a family care physician and owner of Family Medicine in Arlington, Texas, started using EHRs, many other practices still were using paper records and operating their practices without the benefit of much technology. Miller was an…
Read MorePfizer Applies to Swissmedic for Authorization of Another COVID-19 Vaccine
BERLIN (Reuters) – Pfizer said on Thursday it had submitted an application to Swissmedic for authorisation of a further bivalent COVID-19 vaccine. The ready-to-use dispersion for injection contained both messenger RNA (mRNA) from the original Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine and mRNA…
Read MoreNew study shows better way to easily assess knee muscle function
Muscular strength and its improvement are important to everyone for their regular day-to-day life activities. Conventionally, muscle function can be assessed by means of physical performance tests and/or muscle strength measurements. However, these methods are not applicable to those who…
Read MoreNew EU Guidelines: Individualize Care for Thyroid Cancer in Kids
Comprehensive evaluation, multidisciplinary care, individualized treatment, and ongoing follow-up are all key to the management of pediatric thyroid nodules and differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC), according to the first European guidelines for this rare disease. The guidelines were recently published in…
Read MoreCould there soon be a nasal spray to help prevent COVID-19 infection?
The possibility of a mouth wash or nasal spray to prevent or reduce the spread of COVID-19 infections and its variants is being investigated by scientists at QUT, Griffith University and Xiamen University in China. The concept is based on…
Read MoreNHS nurse diagnosed with cancer after GP dismissed lump in breast
NHS oncology nurse, 26, is diagnosed with cancer after GP wrongly dismissed lump in her breast as ‘probably nothing’ Sophie Jackson discovered the lump on her right breast in September last year She was told the lump was likely caused…
Read MoreWoman, 60, suffers agonizing TONGUE ulcers after Pfizer COVID vaccine
EXCLUSIVE: Jab got your tongue? Pfizer Covid vaccine caused ‘debilitating’ lesions that left 60-year-old woman unable to eat for months Painful sores worsened after each dose she received and left her unable to eat Doctors struggled to find culprit for…
Read MoreThe UK government’s pandemic response was often not ‘guided by the science.’ Yet now scientists are under fire
The UK COVID-19 Inquiry, an independent inquiry set up to examine the country’s response to and the impact of the COVID pandemic, has officially begun. Along with issues including pandemic preparedness and the health care system, one part of the…
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