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WOBURN, Mass., April 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Sirtex Medical (Sirtex), a leading manufacturer of targeted liver cancer therapies, and BlackSwan Vascular, Inc. (BlackSwan), a Bay Area-based private company developing groundbreaking therapies in endovascular embolization, announced that the first patient has been enrolled in the LAVA Study to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of the BlackSwan Lava™ liquid embolic system (LES) for the embolic treatment of arterial hemorrhage in the peripheral vasculature.
The LAVA Study, which stands for
Liquid Embolization of
Arterial Hemorrhages in Peripheral
Vasculature, is a prospective, multicenter single-arm study of 113 subjects at 20 investigational sites in the U.S. The first subject has been enrolled at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, where a clinical team successfully treated a patient with a bleeding hypervascular tumor in the liver using
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What we know about the super-rare blood clots linked to the J&J vaccine
Experts are figuring out how to rapidly diagnose and treat the unusual clots linked to both the Johnson & Johnson and AstraZeneca shots.
ByLinda Marsa
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Scientists are beginning to unravel what is sparking the rare but severe blood clotting reaction that has now been associated with both the Johnson & Johnson and the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccines.
Called cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST), this condition occurs when clots form in veins that route blood from the brain, causing strokes or other brain damage. Yesterday federal health officials recommended pausing the use of Johnson & Johnson’s single-shot vaccine after reports that six women in the United States suffered from blood clots in the brain within two weeks of vaccination. One of them died; another is hospitalized in critical condition. The pause comes on the heels of similar reports of CVST in patients in Europe who received the AstraZe
What are your chances of catching COVID-19 after getting vaccinated? A new study measures that risk A study published this week by the New England Journal of Medicine showed how rare so-called breakthrough cases â those who test positive for COVID-19 after being fully vaccinated â can be By Joedy McCreary | April 13, 2021 at 5:10 PM EDT - Updated April 13 at 5:10 PM
RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) â As they consider whether to lift more COVID-19 restrictions, state leaders are watching several sets of numbers â among them, the share of the population that is vaccinated.
âI caution everyone to remember, even as good as these vaccines are, no vaccine is perfect,â state Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Dr. Mandy Cohen said.
Apr 11, 2021
A year into working from my bedroom, I thought I had reached an emotional equilibrium where I could tolerate the multiple kid interruptions throughout my day. But last week, my older daughter was assigned a scavenger hunt in remote school. She barged through my door which I am sorry to report has no lock four times in one hour, looking for slippers, something red (twice) and a hairbrush. On the fourth interruption, I snapped. “You’ve got to get out of here,” I said, in a voice much harsher than I like to use with my children.
My daughter was upset, and I felt bad that I yelled. But I was also conflicted. Every time she came in, I had politely asked her to look elsewhere in the apartment because I had a deadline to meet. She’s a third-grader, which is old enough to understand and honor that request, and I want to raise her to be empathetic to other people’s needs.