Monthly Archives: November 2023

Food allergies may be linked to increased cardiovascular death risk, study finds

Sensitivity to common food allergens such as dairy and peanuts could be an important and previously unappreciated cause of heart disease, new research suggests – and the increased risk for cardiovascular death includes people without obvious food allergies. Dairy and common foods such as peanuts could be an important and previously unappreciated cause of heart […]

Project Volunteer: Western Kentucky Regional Blood Center

This is a paid release. Written by Sarah Malone In 1998, the entire Junior Class eagerly awaited the arrival of the ‘Blood Bus.’ Turning sixteen at Owensboro Catholic High School equated to the highly anticipated day off of Chemistry twice a year. The Western Kentucky Regional Blood Center set up stations in an unused classroom […]

Contribution of medico-administrative databases to health vigilance: example of post-oocyte retrieval infections.

Can we monitor post-oocyte retrieval infections in the French national health data system to complement the French ART vigilance system?Medico-administrative databases provide a more comprehensive view of post-oocyte retrieval infections and can be used to detect abnormal increases in frequency and outlier ART centers as a complementary tool to the ART vigilance system.The various studies […]

Has Elevated Lipoprotein(a), the Elusive Cardiovascular Risk Factor, Met Its Match?

Lepodisiran, an RNA interference drug, joined the growing number of promising drugs in development that target lipoprotein(a) today with results from a small study presented today at the American Heart Association (AHA) Scientific Sessions meeting that show that it has minimal side effects and, in a dose-dependent fashion, reduced lipoprotein(a) levels. A single injection of […]

ImpactLife Blood Drive w/ RAFE @ Ted’s Motorcycle World

The next Rizzuto Show Blood Drive is coming up on Saturday, November 25th with Rafe and Impact Life at Ted’s Motorcycle World in Alton, IL. ImpactLife needs our help to save lives! Preschedule your donation time and when you donate on Saturday between 9a-3p, you’ll score this year’s limited-edition “Eagle Call” Blood Drive shirt hand-drawn […]

Liberal blood transfusion may reduce recurrence risk, improve survival in heart attack patients with anemia

An international clinical trial led by physician Jeffrey L. Carson, distinguished professor of medicine at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, found that a liberal blood transfusion given to patients who have had a heart attack and have anemia may reduce the risk of a reoccurrence and improve survival rates. The results of the trial, […]

UCI researchers discover gene critical for muscle repair

University of California, Irvine researchers have identified a gene expressed during regeneration that is critical for muscle repair. The key human skeletal muscle gene was also found in a subset of muscle fibers that were able to support human muscle stem cells after transplantation. Although skeletal muscle is one of the most regenerative organ systems, […]

Millions of adults could be wrongly diagnosed with high blood pressure

Leading heart health bodies have called for greater attention to be paid to how a patient has their blood pressure taken, over fears that millions of Americans may be misdiagnosed and wrongfully medicated because of inaccurate readings. Researchers at Ohio State University, along with the American Heart Association (AHA) and American College of Cardiology, have […]