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Extrapolating from the limited data from the Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 vaccine trials, clinicians say the products benefits likely outweigh the risks for people with pulmonary hypertension and other rare diseases. The reality is folks with rare diseases will never have enough to do the trials out of the gate, said Tom Maddox, MD, MSc, of BJC HealthCare and Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
Without hard data, he said, clinicians and researchers can only postulate why COVID vaccines would work differently in people with pulmonary hypertension. What do we understand about how the disease works? How the infection works? How the vaccine works? Is there anything that can cause the vaccine to worsen the disease? Any side effects?
Mice expressing increased levels of protein develop advanced liver disease
January 20, 2021 SHARE As cases of nonalcoholic fatty liver continue to increase, so does risk for liver cancer. Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found that a protein involved in regulating lipid levels in the liver and blood also promotes development and progression of fatty liver disease and liver cancer in mice. (Image: Getty Images)
The United States is facing an epidemic of liver disease linked to obesity. Cases of nonalcoholic fatty liver have more than doubled in the past two decades, now affecting around one quarter of the country’s population. The condition leads to inflammation and scarring in the liver, similar to that caused by alcohol abuse, and increases the risk of liver cancer.
BJC Outpatient Center planned in Edwardsville
The Telegraph
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EDWARDSVILLE BJC HealthCare is planning to open an outpatient care facility in Edwardsville.
BJC has purchased property at 2122 Troy Road on Illinois 159 in Edwardsville that previously was a Shop ‘n Save grocery store. BJC plans to develop it into a 40,000-square-foot outpatient care facility with additional shell space for future expansion.
The facility is expected to open this summer.
BJC includes Alton Memorial Hospital as well as 14 other hospitals and multiple health service organizations.
Officials said the BJC Outpatient Center in Edwardsville will offer care for patients of all ages in a specially designed facility with services provided by BJC Medical Group and St. Louis Children’s Hospital.
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ImageWare® Appoints Vice President, Go-To-Market and Portfolio Strategy
January 21, 2021 GMT
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SAN DIEGO, Jan. 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/ ImageWare® Systems, Inc. (OTCQB: IWSY), a leader in biometric identification and authentication, is pleased to announce the appointment of AJ Naddell to the newly created position of Vice President, Go-To-Market and Portfolio Strategy effective January 18, 2021.
Naddell collaboratively and strategically develops powerful, revenue-driving go-to-market programs. His specialty sits at the convergence of Product Management, Marketing, Product Design, Sales and Customer Success. He will work closely with the marketplace to help ensure ImageWare’s delivery of existing mission critical offerings, as well as driving future customer needs.
January 15, 2021 SHARE Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine have received a $791,317 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study factors that keep pregnant women from getting tested for COVID-19, to evaluate whether it is important to test women regularly during their pregnancies, and to determine whether pregnant women with COVID-19 need more specialized prenatal care. (Photo: Getty Images)
Pregnant women with COVID-19 face an increased risk of complications from the illness, including preterm birth, delivery by cesarean section, and, compared with other women of the same age, higher likelihood of death or admission to an intensive care unit.