Monthly Archives: October 2023

How Cutting Corners on Dental Hygiene Can Mess With Your Heart

Another problem with dirty teeth, according to Dr. Jeong? Inflammation. It can be triggered throughout your body—not just in your mouth—by oral conditions like gum disease or cavities. For example, when you have gum disease, your body produces inflammatory chemicals, which, like the bacteria, can circulate throughout your system, Dr. Rosen says. Why does this […]

A Link Between Genetic Damage and Cardiovascular Disease

To do this, we need your support. Your charitable contribution tranforms into rejuvenation research, news, shows, and more. Will you help? .rb-124013-4e8f79653240e1 a{background-color:#bf5615}.rb-124013-4e8f79653240e1 a:hover{background-color:#1f7d22} In a paper published in Aging, researchers have explored the relationship between DNA damage and aging of the blood vessels. How arteries age This paper begins with some well-known facts about […]

With COVID windfall in rearview mirror, Roche starts to flesh out blood cancer ambitions

After a boom during the pandemic, sales from COVID-19 drugs are now nonexistent at Roche. But the Swiss pharma’s blood cancer portfolio is enjoying a rejuvenation. Roche now expects its antibody-drug conjugate Polivy to take over roughly 65% of the market in front-line diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL), Roche Pharmaceuticals CEO Teresa Graham said during the […]

Dr. Crawford on cardiovascular risk with ADT in prostate cancer

In this video, E. David Crawford, MD, highlights the background and findings from the study, “Cardiovascular risk in prostate cancer patients using luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone agonists or a gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist,” for which he served as the lead author. Crawford is a professor of urology at the University of California, San Diego. Video Transcript: For […]

$6 million grant from the Department of Defense awarded to UAB to study the use of whole blood resuscitation in trauma patien

Grant will further investigate the recent evidence from military and civilian medicine that suggests outcomes may be better when trauma patients receive whole blood, instead of previously separated blood products. Written by: Allie HulcherMedia contact: Anna Jones Jillian Richter, Ph.D., and John Holcomb, M.D., from UAB’s Center for Injury Science will use this grant to […]

Breakthrough scientists discover ‘off switch’ for bacterial infections

Interfering with certain gene expression in the bacteria blocks it from infecting Researchers hope discovery will pave way for treating similar bacterial illnesses READ MORE: Man, 26, felt so sick he ‘wanted to die’ after drinking shigella  By Cassidy Morrison Senior Health Reporter For Dailymail.Com Published: 11:04 EDT, 19 October 2023 | Updated: 11:18 EDT, 19 […]

Netflix’s Captain Laserhawk is a postmodern acid trip through Ubisoft history

TV Show Reviews Captain Laserhawk: A Blood Dragon Remix plays like a joyride through Ubisoft’s vast library of classic video game IP. By Charles Pulliam-Moore, a reporter focusing on film, TV, and pop culture. Before The Verge, he wrote about comic books, labor, race, and more at io9 and Gizmodo for almost five years. a:hover]:text-gray-63 […]

Hypertension: These 2 Probiotics May Help Lower Blood Pressure

Share on PinterestA promising new study suggests that two strains of probiotics found in foods like yogurt and cheese may help reduce high blood pressure. Grace Cary/Getty Images Nearly half of U.S. adults have hypertension, which carries health risks, including an increased likelihood of other cardiac issues. A new study suggests two strains of probiotics […]