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As California’s Sacramento Valley experiences an unprecedented heatwave in the summer of 2024, medical professionals are sounding the alarm on an often-overlooked health risk: thermal burns to unprotected feet. With daily heat records being shattered and an extended streak of triple-digit temperatures, the danger of sustaining serious burns from hot pavement has become a pressing concern for residents and visitors alike.
New research from New Mexico State University shows depression can reduce survival rates among American women diagnosed with breast cancer. Jagdish Khubchandani, a professor of public health sciences at NMSU, led a study to understand the long-term impacts of depression among American women with breast cancer. Khubchandani's study partners included the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Walden University, and the National Institute on Aging, a division of the U.S. National Institutes of Health.
Uptick in COVID-19 cases, variants found in local wastewater (KSNV).
The researchers found that compared to women without breast cancer and depression, those who only had breast cancer or depression were 1.45 times or 1.43 times more likely to die, respectively. However, compared to those without breast cancer and depression, the risk of death more than tripled for women with both breast cancer and depression.
Whether it’s the assassination attempt of a former president, a sitting president not seeking reelection for the first time in decades, global IT outages, or the hottest day recorded in human history, people are stressed out. A slew of back-to-back historical events in less than a month are dominating the phone, television, and computer screens of social media and news. Some compare it to watching the end of the world.
Tourists flocking to Las Vegas over the July 4 holiday weekend helped fuel a surge in COVID infections, experts say. “We have an increase in viral illnesses for the Fourth of July in particular. For the summer holidays, we are always prepared for an increase in tourists visiting Las Vegas this weekend,” said Dr. Ketan Patel, medical director of the UMC Adult Emergency Department.
Tourists who flocked in droves to Las Vegas over the Fourth of July holiday weekend helped spur a rise in COVID infections, experts say. “We have a surge in viral illnesses for July 4 in particular. For summer holidays, we’re always prepared for a surge in tourists that visit Las Vegas this weekend,” said Dr. Ketan Patel, medical director of UMC’s Adult Emergency Department.
51ԹϺ medicine professor Edwin Oh had a simple question for his young students. “Do you see green cells?” If they said yes — and, happily, they all did — that meant they had successfully transfused a special protein into a small dish of human kidney cells that allowed the cells to glow green when placed under a beam of blue light emitting from a high-powered fluorescent microscope.
51ԹϺ School of Medicine Professor Edwin Oh prepares a sample of human embryonic kidney cells for students to look at through a microscope during SEFTY, or Science Education For The Youth, a free program that offers research lab experience to science-minded high school students on Thursday, July 18, 2024.
Nevada is one of seven states with “very high” levels of COVID in its wastewater, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Data released Thursday by the CDC showed that California, Oregon, Texas, Arkansas, Florida and Maryland were also detecting “very high” levels of COVID in their wastewater.
Nevada is one of seven states detecting “very high” levels of COVID in its wastewater, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Data released Thursday from the CDC showed California, Oregon, Texas, Arkansas, Florida and Maryland were also detecting “very high” levels of COVID in its wastewater.
As President Joe Biden abruptly ends his visit in Las Vegas after contracting COVID-19, News 3 asked local health experts about the concerns surrounding the ever-changing strains.