Goter said at the time of Marshall's initial interaction with police, "his clothes were covered in blood." A search of Marshall revealed a used syringe in his sock, and additional drug ...

High blood pressure can be hereditary. If your parents have high blood pressure—also called hypertension—you have an increased risk of also developing high blood pressure. Familial hypertension can be ...

It can spread through contaminated food, shared needles or close contact with blood that's been infected. According to the CDC, hepatitis is a leading cause of liver cancer and kills thousands of ...

Some private hospitals in Kathmandu Valley have not even been carrying out autoclaving of used syringe needles and hazardous medical wastes, a random inspection by the environment department of the ...

Sickle Cell Disease is a genetic blood disorder characterised by the presence of sickle-shaped red blood cells, which can block blood flow, cause chronic pain, and lead to a host of physical ...

sharing needles or contact with infected blood. In recent years, hepatitis C outbreaks have been linked to pain clinics, dialysis facilities, outpatient surgery clinics and prisons, according to ...

Blood Bank of Hawaii invites the community to take action and play a vital role as silent heroes in the community’s well-being. The U.S. Department of Labor is actively seeking hundreds of ...

Chesapeake (Va.) Regional Medical Center is notifying more than 300 patients about a potential risk of infection transmission due to a former employee’s improper syringe use.

Patients who take a common drug for high blood pressure are being urged to check the medication after its manufacturer reported that a mistake in the strength of the dose had been printed on some ...

Applied in emergency cases of dangerously low systolic blood pressure caused by hemorrhagic shock or cardiac arrest, this unique exsanguination tourniquet squeezes all the blood from the patient’s ...

syringes, blood pressure cups or drapes for performing surgical procedures. From our perspective, the exemptions for medical devices would be really important for minimizing disruption to the ...