Monthly Archives: September 2023

Women’s cardiovascular health symposium coming up in October

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Campus, community turn out for fall blood drive

#inform-video-player-1 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } #inform-video-player-2 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } The need for blood donations never ends, and to answer that demand, Meridian Community College students, faculty, staff and community residents stepped up to give during the College’s two-day blood drive. “It’s important that we give back,” said Kelli […]

High blood pressure a concern worldwide, leading to death, stroke, heart attack: How to stop a ‘silent killer’

The World Health Organization (WHO) has just published its first report on the global impact of hypertension and how people can win the race against this “silent killer” that often presents without symptoms.  “This important report from WHO shows how high blood pressure is common and growing in prevalence, but is under-detected and under-treated globally,” […]

Low-income Country Cardiac Imaging Procedures Remain Down Post-COVID

Prepandemic Volumes Between U.S. and Non-U.S. Facilities Analyzed   Dr. Einstein and a team of researchers evaluated data collected by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) through the Non-invasive Cardiology Protocols Study of COVID-19 (INCAPS COVID and INCAPS COVID 2). The worldwide studies collected data from 669 facilities in 107 countries to determine the impact […]

Blood Pressure Monitoring and Substance Use Considerations With Esketamine

Transcript Geoffrey Grammer, MD: I found this first statistic to be intriguing. 8 to 19% of nasal esketamine treated patients experienced a greater than 40mmHg increase in systolic blood pressure and a greater than 25mm in mercury in diastolic blood pressure in the first one and a half hours after administration. So, if you think […]

Cardiovascular Disease Risk May Be Increased by Traumatic Brain Injury

Credit: peterschreiber.media/Getty Images A new review published in The Lancet Neurology by researchers at Mass General Brigham presents findings indicating that cardiovascular disease risk may be increased by traumatic brain injury (TBI). The review presented evidence of the long-term associations between TBI and cardiovascular disease noting that post-injury comorbidities, as well as neuroinflammation, and changes […]

Higher Rate of Infections After AHCT for Multiple Myeloma Seen in India

In a population of patients in India with multiple myeloma (MM) treated using autologous hematopoietic cell transplantation (AHCT), infections and transplant-related mortality (TRM) appeared to show higher incidence than in countries with established transplant programs. This is according to the results of a new study published in the journal Transplant Infectious Disease. This was a […]

Millions of non-smokers show nicotine in their blood and don’t know…

Secondhand smoke poses a significant health risk, and millions of Americans are unknowingly exposed to toxic smoke on a regular basis, a new study suggests. The study, published in the journal Nicotine & Tobacco Research, found 56 million American adults were frequently exposed to toxic secondhand smoke, and that a third of them may be […]