Artibeus jamaicensis, the Jamaican fruit bat. Credit: Brock and Sherri Fenton/Genome Biology and Evolution Recent research reveals bats’ rapid evolution could be the reason for their unique resistance to infections and cancer. By sequencing bat genomes and comparing them with other mammals, significant genetic adaptations linked to disease resistance were discovered. Rapid Evolution in Bats: […]
FALLON / AFP) (Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images) Every two seconds, someone in the U.S. needs blood. That need was recently amplified when the American Red Cross declared a national blood shortage in September and called on Americans of all blood types to donate blood to help improve the country’s critically low […]
Monday was the annual “Battle of the Badges” Blood Drive. Traditionally, the Bend Police and Fire departments compete to see who can donate the most blood – but, in this battle, there are two new contenders. Now the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office and Sheriff’s Search and Rescue are giving their blood. In a very close […]
Astronaut photo of Laguna Colorada, or Red Lagoon, in the high desert plateau of the Bolivian Andes taken from the International Space Station on September 7, 2023. Despite their rusty color, these arteries of water in Bolivia and Madagascar are important for biodiversity. Some of Earth’s water bodies can assume a blood-like appearance due to […]
A mechanism that led some patients to experience cases of deadly clotting following some types of Covid-19 vaccination has been identified in new research. In a paper published in Blood, scientists from the University of Birmingham funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research and the British Heart Foundation have been able to […]
Climate change could dramatically increase cardiovascular deaths tied to extreme heat in the coming years, according to new research conducted by the University of Pennsylvania. The study used recent data to predict the number of cardiovascular deaths associated with extreme heat in the U.S. from 2036 to 2065. Its researchers concluded that those deaths could climb […]
The Research team of the Cardiovascular Center, Korea University’s Guro Hospital, Identified “the Gender Characteristics of Patients with Resistant Hypertension” for the First Time Analysis of OMOP-CDM of 3 Korea University Hospitals -Male has 8.2 years earlier onset and higher risk of cardiovascular diseases than female -Male mortality rate is 2.5 times higher and myocardial […]
In April 1997, a one-year-old child was admitted to Sibu Hospital in Sarawak, Malaysia with fever and mouth ulcers, symptoms suggestive of an illness known as hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD). HFMD is typically a mild disease, but the infant developed cardiovascular complications and died a day later. Soon, similar unusual pediatric deaths due […]
WELL, HAPPENING TODAY, DOWLING CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL IS KEEPING THE MEMORY OF AN ALUM ALIVE THROUGH A BLOOD DRIVE. AVA VASKE GRADUATED IN 2021. NOW, LAST YEAR, SHE LOST HER BATTLE TO CANCER. NOW THE DOWLING COMMUNITY IS HOSTING A BLOOD DRIVE IN HER HONOR. THAT’S A GOAL THAT AVA HAD TO PAY IT FORWARD […]
The national Board of Directors of the American Heart Association last week voted to provide full support to the House of Cardiology’s consortium proposal to create a new American Board of Cardiovascular Medicine (ABCVM) specifically to certify cardiovascular physicians. The proposal for the new ABCVM was announced on September 21, 2023 by the consortium of […]