It was a touch-and-go experience for the 21-year-old British man, who spent two weeks in a coma after his lungs collapsed and he began vomiting blood after continuously vaping at work. After a harrowing experience with only one functioning lung and doctors warning that continued vaping means he won’t live to be 40, a young […]
A new set of guidelines have been developed to help diagnose and expertly treat serious blood cancers during pregnancy. Blood cancers such as acute leukemia and aggressive lymphomas occur in approximately 12.5 pregnancies per 100,000 and their incidence continues to increase. They increased by 2.7 percent annually between 1994 and 2013 due to factors including […]
A study by Rutgers Health shows that donating more blood to anemic patients after a heart attack could save lives. The study, published in , confirms a 2023 study that suggested mortality or recurrent heart attacks were more common in anemic patients who received less blood. Both studies were led by Jeffrey L. Carson, provost […]