Share on PinterestNew research suggests people with cannabis use disorder may have a significantly higher risk of cardiovascular disease. Geoffroy Van Der Hasselt/AFP/Getty Images A new study has linked cannabis use disorder with a 60% greater risk for cardiovascular events. Experts say cannabis might increase your risk due to its effects on factors like blood […]
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The woman was believed to have been infected while she was gardening with bare hands that had been scratched by a pet cat. (Image credit: Alex Ratson via Getty Images) A woman in Australia has become the third known person to be infected with a species of bacteria that normally causes deadly “blackleg” disease in […]
What You Need to Know The Biden Administration’s Department of Health and Human Services is taking proactive steps to address the growing threat of antibiotic-resistant bacteria by allocating $100 million to the Defeating Antibiotic Resistance through Transformative Solutions (DARTS) project. The voluntary recall of Scynexis’ antifungal medication, Ibrexafungerp, due to potential cross-contamination with a non-antibacterial […]
LANCASTER, Pa. (WHTM) — The Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health Blood Donor Center will be holding community blood drives throughout October in Lancaster County. The drives will be held every week at various locations throughout the county including Blood Donor Center at the Suburban Pavilion. Blood donated at the community drives will remain in Lancaster […]
The following is a summary of “Effect of gender on the association between cumulative cardiovascular risk factors and depression: results from the US National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey,” published in the August 2023 issue of Psychiatry by Li et al. Depression and cardiovascular disease(CVD) are often found together, but the link between cumulative CVD […]
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Patients with multiple myeloma (a blood cancer of plasma cells in the bone marrow) who also have diabetes have a reduced overall survival when compared to those without diabetes. But in a subgroup analysis, this difference in survival due to diabetes was seen in white patients but not in Black patients, […]
Forget walking 10,000 steps a day. Taking at least 50 steps climbing stairs each day could significantly slash your risk of heart disease, according to a new study from Tulane University. The study, published in Atherosclerosis, found that climbing more than five flights of stairs daily could reduce risk of cardiovascular disease by 20%. Atherosclerotic […]
