By Alexander Tin Edited By Paula Cohen June 25, 2024 / 5:10 PM EDT / CBS News There are no signs so far that the new LB.1 variant is causing more severe disease in COVID-19 patients, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says, as infections have begun to accelerate in this summer’s wave around...
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Platelet Cells That Appear With Aging Lead to Blood Clotting and Disease
A secondary population of platelets appears with aging that increases the risk of blood clotting diseases.News Published: May 15, 2024 | Original story from the University of California, Santa Cruz Read time: 3 minutesAs people age, they become more prone to blood clotting diseases, when blood cells called platelets clump together when they don’t need...
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The nose knows: 8 diseases that dogs are good at sniffing out
By Paul McClure August 15, 2023 Dogs are particularly good at detecting disease with their keen sense of smell Depositphotos It’s been estimated that dogs smell up to 10,000 times better than us. That’s in part because they have about 220 million scent receptors, whereas humans have a mere 5 million. But dogs also inhale...