Photos show the process of collecting snake venom to produce life-saving anti-venom
None As many as 137,000 people die from snakebites every year. • None Venom from snakes can cause internal bleeding, attack the nervous system, and even stop the heart. • None Making anti-venom is an expensive multi-step process yielding life-saving but inaccessible cures. The World Health…#nonevenom #africa #billycollett #coastaltaipan #taipan #kingbrown #venom #albertcalmette #saigon #plasma (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 3, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Horror as years of heavy bleeding led to hysterectomy - now mum is fighting to change law
Jade Jordan, 39, believes she suffered due to a faulty medical device but a 10-year limit on legal claims meant she could not seek justice. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - December 2, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
NIH puts hold on $30 million trial of potential stroke drug
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Misconduct concerns, possible drug risks should stop major stroke trial, whistleblowers say
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Charles Piller
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has paused the start of a major human trial of an experimental drug aimed at protecting the brain after stroke. At the same time, the agency launched an investigation into recently aired concerns about the drug’s safety and whether lab studies supporting its promise contain manipulated images and data.
The agency’s 16 November m...
Source: ScienceNOW - December 1, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news
Hemorrhage-Control Device Holds Up in Real-World Review Hemorrhage-Control Device Holds Up in Real-World Review
An intrauterine vacuum-induced hemorrhage-control device provided prompt and effective management of bleeding in cases of obstetric hemorrhage.MDedge News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - November 30, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Ob/Gyn & Women ' s Health News Source Type: news
Management of Factor Xa Inhibitor-Related Major Bleeding Management of Factor Xa Inhibitor-Related Major Bleeding
Join Drs Cash and Singer as they discuss recent evidence regarding treatment of factor Xa inhibitor-related major bleedingMedscape Medical Affairs (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - November 30, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: None Virtual Symposium Source Type: news
Rakuten's mobile misadventure: from ambitious plan to millstone
When Japan's Rakuten (4755.T) launched a mobile service network in 2020, the e-commerce and fintech giant promised to disrupt the world's third-largest telecoms market. It's done that in part, but the greater shake-up has been to its finances. By any measure, cash-bleeding Rakuten Mobile is deeply…#rakutenmobile #hiroshi #rakuten #arpu #mitsunobutsuruo #amazon #rakutensecurities #rakutenbank #sbisecurities #rakutencard (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - November 29, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Sources: Paramount and WBD stopped posting under certain corporate handles on X due to brand safety concerns; Disney-affiliated X accounts have also gone dark
Editor’s Note: A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. Sign up for the daily digest chronicling the evolving media landscape here. The exodus from X is bleeding beyond just major advertisers. In recent days, a number of prominent media brands have not only…#reliablesources #elonmuskowned #disney #paramount #lionsgate #sonypictures #universal #warnerbrosdiscovery #wbd #pixar (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - November 28, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Major brands are not only pausing ads on Elon Musk ’s X. They’re stepping away from the platform altogether
Editor’s Note: A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. Sign up for the daily digest chronicling the evolving media landscape here. The exodus from X is bleeding beyond just major advertisers. In recent days, a number of prominent media brands have not only…#reliablesources #elonmuskowned #disney #paramount #lionsgate #sonypictures #universal #warnerbrosdiscovery #wbd #pixar (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - November 28, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Racial disparities found in outpatient imaging for cognitive impairment
CHICAGO – Black patients receive fewer MRI scans for Alzheimer’s disease diagnosis and undergo imaging at an older age than other racial groups, according to research presented November 27 at RSNA 2023. Out of 1,699 people who underwent outpatient imaging to assess cognitive impairment at Boston Medical Center, Black patients were less likely to undergo MRI than CT and were significantly older than white and Hispanic patients at the time of imaging, according to presenter Joshua Wibecan, MD.“If disparity in obtaining access to neuroimaging is one possible barrier that delays diagnosis, it is important to identify thi...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - November 27, 2023 Category: Radiology Authors: Will Morton Tags: Subspecialties MRI Neuroradiology 2023 Source Type: news
Doctors issue warning to aspirin users about serious side effects
Bleeding more than usual, including if you spot blood in your poo, could be a side effect of taking the tablet. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - November 25, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Skunk Works Teases Tailless NGAD Fighter Design In New Ad
Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works is celebrating its 80th anniversary. A marketing push around this milestone has been underway and today we got a new ad for it that includes a look at an intriguing tailless manned tactical jet concept. It's in line with what we have seen from the bleeding edge design…#lockheedmartin #skunkworks #f22 #ngad #lockheed #airforce #cca #ucav #sr72 #darkstar (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - November 21, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Alteplase Not Harmful in NOAC Users, Even in a More Bleeding-Prone Cohort
(MedPage Today) -- Stroke patients treated with intravenous alteplase (Activase) did not have more intracranial hemorrhages if they had recently taken non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants (NOACs), according to an Asian cohort study that... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - November 20, 2023 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
How Late Can You Give Routine Newborn Care?
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Routine newborn screening and treatment is focused on assisting the infant’s transition to extrauterine life, screening for health problems that may or may not be easily identifiable, and preventing acute or chronic health problems. Healthy infants begin with healthy pregnancies including risk factor assessment and screening of mothers. Such routine maternal screening and treatment does or may include glucose tolerance tests, ultrasound examinations, screenings for maternal blood type (with appropriate administration of Rho(D) immunoglobulin if appropriate), Hepatitis B, Neisseria gonorrhea, Chlamydia, Cyt...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - November 20, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Pediatric Education Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
How Late Can You Give Routine Newborn Care?
Discussion
Routine newborn screening and treatment is focused on assisting the infant’s transition to extrauterine life, screening for health problems that may or may not be easily identifiable, and preventing acute or chronic health problems. Healthy infants begin with healthy pregnancies including risk factor assessment and screening of mothers. Such routine maternal screening and treatment does or may include glucose tolerance tests, ultrasound examinations, screenings for maternal blood type (with appropriate administration of Rho(D) immunoglobulin if appropriate), Hepatitis B, Neisseria gonorrhea, Chlamydia, Cyt...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - November 20, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Pediatric Education Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
Bleeding Higher With Standard-Dose DOACs in Nonvalvular A-Fib
THURSDAY, Nov. 16, 2023 -- For nursing home residents with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation, the rate of bleeding is higher with standard- versus reduced-dose direct acting oral anticoagulants (DOACs), according to a study published online Nov. 6 in... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - November 16, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
