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True Blood hunk Ryan Kwanten looks VERY different these days as he promotes new post-apocalyptic sci-fi film 2067 By Candice Jackson For Daily Mail Australia Published: 00:23 GMT, 16 February 2021 | Updated: 04:50 GMT, 16 February 2021 He gained a legion of fans playing hunky sheriff deputy Jason Stackhouse in True Blood. And on … Read more
Megan Fox’s relationship with Machine Gun Kelly has certainly blossomed over the past year. And the famous lovebirds are spreading the love on social media, as they celebrate the romantic weekend. Kelly revealed Sunday that he wears his girlfriend’s blood on a necklace, as he took to Instagram with some sweet memories and a passionate Valentine’s … Read more
A drug that could improve blood flow in the lungs of Covid patients will be trialled at NHS hospitals in Reading, Oxford and Cardiff to see if it can boost survival odds. Doctors led by Oxford University scientists will test how effective almitrine bismesylate, a lung stimulant, is at treating seriously ill Covid patients. The … Read more
At least 36 people have developed a rare, life-threatening blood disorder, called thrombocytopenia, after receiving either of the two COVID-19 vaccines authorized in the US. One of them, Miami obstetrician Dr Gregory Michael, died after thrombocytopenia caused his platelets to drop to virtually zero. He was just 56 and died of a brain hemorrhage just … Read more
Men who have higher blood pressure at night than during the day are 1.6 times more likely to be diagnosed with dementia, a new study claims. Researchers tracked a sample of Swedish men in their seventies with higher blood pressure at night than during the day – a condition called as ‘reverse dipping’. They were … Read more
A British schoolgirl with a rare blood disease has become one of the youngest people to get a Covid vaccine. Esther Rich, 16, was given the jab at Harrow East Primary Care Network’s vaccination centre this week after shielding throughout all of the three national lockdowns. The teenager from Muswell Hill, London, and her father have … Read more
After a quiet few years, the FTSE is set to welcome a wave of fresh blood. Alongside Dr Martens and Moonpig – both of which joined the FTSE this week – a number of multi-billion pound companies are preparing to ‘go public’. This will be the first time these companies will be open to retail … Read more
Sleeping on your back in pregnancy could increase the risk of stillbirth by cutting blood flow to your baby, experts warn Experts warn sleeping on back during final three months could harm babies Say it may cut blood flow to the unborn child in the womb through umbilical cord Women are advised to sleep on … Read more
A heart defect that kills thousands of young adults without warning every year could be spotted early, thanks to a newly developed blood test. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, which causes the heart muscle to abnormally thicken and beat out of control, is the leading cause of cardiac arrest and sudden death in under-40s. The condition, which causes … Read more
Convalescent plasma has been used to treat infections for at least a century, dating back to the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic. It was also trialed during the 2009-2010 H1N1 influenza virus pandemic, 2003 SARS epidemic, and the 2012 MERS epidemic. Convalescent plasma was used as a last resort to improve the survival rate of patients … Read more