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Leto plays Michael Morbius, a scientist who attempts to cure his rare blood disease by using bat DNA, but instead turns into a vampire. From …
Published on January 4, 2022
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'New Amsterdam' may be a drama, but it's looking at this real-life heart issue
The New Amsterdam Medical Center is an active place. At any second, the ER might have to revive a man whose heart stopped after a basketball game with the friendly but convention-defying hospital director, while at the same time its staff is sleuthing out the cause of a child's illness, grappling with the ethics of treating a terminally ill patient and sneaking away for the occasional tryst.
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Woman to donate kidney to colleague
Bryan Lee knew one day he would need a new kidney, but he didn't know that day would come so soon.
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The Mandalay Bay hotel has broken windows the day after a mass shooting from the 32nd floor of the hotel. Crime scene tape and dried …
Published on October 10, 2017
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A blood sample is prepared for analysis by a laboratory technician at Accel Research Sites on August 4, 2020 in DeLand, Florida. Credit: Paul Hennessy/NurPhoto/Getty …
Published on November 16, 2020
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A sign at Axum University Teaching and Referral Hospital reads: "Blood Campaign, for mothers, for children, for all those that need it." Mandatory Credit: Alex …
Published on May 18, 2021
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Without treatment, high blood pressure will eventually damage the arteries, raising the person's risk of a heart attack or stroke. Mandatory Credit: bnenin/Adobe Stock
Published on November 3, 2022
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Everyone who is pregnant should be screened for high blood pressure, according to new draft recommendations from the US Preventive Services Task Force. Mandatory Credit: …
Published on February 8, 2023
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Clogged arteries are not the only sign of cardiovascular disease
Doctors rely on a variety of risk assessments to evaluate how likely a person is to develop heart disease. While the scores provide an invaluable tool for health care professionals and the general public alike, they are not infallible.
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Two girls at a middle school in central Florida were waiting in a bathroom, planning to overpower 15 smaller students, kill them with knives and …
Published on October 25, 2018
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Gary H. Gibbons, M.D., Director National Heart, Lung, Blood Institute and Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable, M.D., Director National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities
Published on November 25, 2020
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Why Cold Air Makes Your Nose Run
About 50-90% of people get a runny nose when it's cold. We call this "cold-induced rhinitis", or "skier nose". People with asthma, eczema and hay fever seem to experience it more.
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Move More for a Healthy Heart
While heart health and how to prevent heart disease are important topics, many people in the United States – African Americans, in particular – remain at risk.
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Can the Foods You Eat Enhance Your Sex Life?
A new Valentine's Day may bring a new relationship, a new box of chocolates or even fresh new roses. But there's one thing that will probably not be so novel when Cupid makes his latest entry: the notion that certain foods that can actually increase our longing for lovemaking and enhance our sex life.
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The family of late "True Blood" actor Nelsan Ellis says the actor was attempting to withdrawal from alcohol leading up to his death on Saturday, …
Published on July 11, 2017
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The US Preventive Services Task Force recommends that all pregnant people have their blood pressure monitored for hypertensive disorders of pregnancy. Mandatory Credit: Adene Sanchez/E+/Getty …
Published on September 19, 2023
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CNN's Samira Jafari saved the life of her colleague, Richard Roth, who needed a kidney transplant, and found that her blood and tissue was a …
Published on April 18, 2022
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced gay and bisexual men can donate blood anytime, however, there are still restrictions on some groups of people, …
Published on January 31, 2023
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Shanduke McPhatter grew up in the Brooklyn projects. He was raised by his mother and never knew his father. McPhatter was first arrested at 16. …
Published on November 6, 2017
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Houston Research Team On Verge of Painless Lupus Testing
An estimated 1.5 million people in the U.S. have lupus. Determining if someone has the autoimmune disorder can be done with a blood test, and often a biopsy of the patient’s kidney is necessary, which is invasive and painful.
