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Taiwan on Tuesday reported its first confirmed case of the new SARS-like coronavirus as the government warned the public against travelling to Chinese city where it emerged. The patient is a Taiwanese woman in her fifties, living in Wuhan, who returned to the island on Monday with symptoms including fever, coughing and a sore throat. Asian countries have ramped up […]
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A specialist technique used to study drugs has been completed for the first time during an outbreak of Ebola virus disease. The study published today in eBiomedicine was a collaboration of researchers from Sierra Leone and the University’s of Glasgow, Oxford, Cambridge and the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine. It used pharmacokinetics—the measurement of the change in drug concentration in […]
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A team of doctors at Duke University has carried out the first donation after circulatory (or cardiac) death (DCD) heart transplant in the U.S. Members of the surgical team have spoken with the press giving some details of the procedure. Over the past several decades, heart transplants have become routine—saving the lives of thousands of people. But in recent years, […]
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Researchers have revealed the initial results from the world’s largest comprehensive study of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, an abnormal thickening of the heart that often goes undiagnosed and can prove deadly. The condition can present at any age, and it is the most common cause of sudden cardiac death in young athletes. The early findings from the $14.4 million study suggest that […]
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Researchers from the Mind, Brain and Behaviour Research Centre (CIMCYC) of the University of Granada (UGR) have designed a test to detect dysphagia, a disorder that prevents people from swallowing when eating. It affects 8 percent of the world’s population. Dysphagia is prevalent among older people in particular (30 percent to 40 percent of the elderly people admitted to hospitals […]
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Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner have different ideas about how to raise kids. But the former couple prioritize coparenting for the sake of their children Violet, Seraphina and Samuel. “You have to be on the same page. You have to cooperate,” the Batman actor explained to Today.com in November 2017. “If you recognize that you both have the best interest […]
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Brotherly bonding! Kim Kardashian posted a pic of her sons, Psalm and Saint, on Monday, June 17. “My boys,” the Keeping Up With the Kardashians star, 38, captioned the black-and-white Instagram upload of her 3-year-old cradling his 1-month-old brother’s face in his hands. The reality star looked down at both of her sons with a smile. She and her husband, Kanye […]
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That face! Kim Kardashian and Kanye West gave a close-up look at their newborn son, Psalm, on Monday, June 10. “Psalm Ye,” the Keeping Up With the Kardashians star, 38, captioned the Instagram upload. She and the rapper, 41, welcomed their baby boy on May 9 via surrogate. “He’s here and he’s perfect!” the KKW Beauty creator announced on Twitter […]
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Gushing about his girl! Jamie Bell spoke about his newborn daughter with Kate Mara for the first time. “It’s kind of jumping back into the trenches a little bit,” the actor, 33, who has a 6-year-old son from a previous relationship, told Extra on Wednesday, May 29. “We’re very happy everyone is doing well. It’s great.” He added: “So much stuff […]
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(HealthDay)—Fragmin (dalteparin sodium) injection has been granted the first approval for subcutaneous use in preventing recurrence of symptomatic venous thromboembolism (VTE) in children aged 1 month or older, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced. Fragmin has been approved for use in adults since 1994. Approval in children was based on a trial of 38 pediatric patients with symptomatic deep […]
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