By Serena McNiffHealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, Dec. 11, 2020 (HealthDay News) — A pair of studies shed new light on why a relatively rare blood cancer — acute myeloid leukemia (AML) — is more deadly among Black patients. The takeaways: Where patients live and their access to quality health care matter. And even when … Read more
More than 165,000 people in England will be offered the tests from next year. Source link
Osborne said this study “is another signal that we really need to incorporate ambulatory blood pressure monitoring into the evaluation of high blood pressure. If we only see blood pressure during the day, it dramatically reduces our ability to assess overall risk.” Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring allows doctors to see blood pressure levels over a … Read more
The NHS wants people who have recovered from coronavirus to donate their blood plasma. It’s part of a trial looking at whether it can be used to fight Covid-19. Fourteen new donation centres are opening in England over the next few months including in places such as Lancaster and Leeds. But what is plasma in … Read more
Even as scientists are working around the clock to identify the Covid-19 risk factors, two new studies, that investigated the “potential role of blood type in predicting” the risk, revealed that people with blood group ‘O’ are less vulnerable to the novel coronavirus infection than any other blood type. Two recent studies published in Blood … Read more
Mosquitoes are troublesome. A mosquito bite is capable of causing pain and irritation and even causes diseases like dengue, malaria and yellow fever. But what attracts mosquitoes to human blood in the first place? A study reveals that they are not attracted to “simple flavours like sweet or salty, but only a complex combination of … Read more
By Alan Mozes HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, Oct. 15, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Offering fresh insight into the deep-seated roots of dementia, new research finds that diminished blood flow to the brain is tied to buildup a protein long associated with Alzheimer’s disease. Called “tau,” high levels of the protein are “one … Read more
By Robert Preidt HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, Oct. 14, 2020 (HealthDay News) — There’s more evidence that blood type may affect a person’s risk for COVID-19 and severe illness from the disease. The findings are reported in a pair of studies published Oct. 14 in the journal Blood Advances. In … Read more
What is a white blood count (WBC)? A white blood count measures the number of white cells in your blood. White blood cells are part of the immune system. They help your body fight off infections and other diseases. When you get sick, your body makes more white blood cells to fight the bacteria, viruses, … Read more
By E.J. Mundell HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, Sept. 23, 2020 (HealthDay News) — If you’re unfortunate enough to be admitted to the hospital with COVID-19, a common blood marker may predict how severe your illness might become, new research shows. The blood marker is called “red cell distribution width” (RDW) — basically, the greater … Read more