Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Formal education typically occurs in early life, and yet its ramification for cardiovascular health may last for decades, according to study by University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine researchers and published in JAMA Cardiology. To quantify the extent to which education shapes lifetime risk […]
Link reported between PTSD symptoms and midlife women’s cardiovascular, neurocognitive health | Image Credit: © okrasiuk – © okrasiuk – stock.adobe.com. Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms are associated with adverse cardiovascular and neurocognitive health outcomes among midlife women, according to a recent study published in JAMA Network Open. Takeaways PTSD symptoms are associated with adverse […]
MADISON, WI (Nov. 9, 2023) — For many, watching the classic holiday movie “Elf” has been a heartwarming tradition for 20 years. This November, the American Red Cross is encouraging people to add a new tradition as the holiday season begins: Spread cheer with a blood or platelet donation. Donations are critical to the blood […]
This article originally appeared on our sister website, HCPLive. Patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV) using antiviral therapy have a significantly lower risk of cardiovascular outcomes and mortality, according to a recent systematic review and meta-analysis. Antiviral therapy use was associated with a decreased risk of cardiovascular death, myocardial infarction, all-cause mortality, and peripheral artery […]
Thanks to a Takeda approval Thursday, patients now have a drug to tackle a rare inherited blood clotting disorder. The U.S. FDA has given a green light to Takeda’s Adzynma, the first recombinant protein product as a preventative or on demand enzyme replacement therapy in adults and kids with congenital thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (cTTP). According […]
The findings do not conclusively prove that food antibodies are causing the increased risk, but the work builds on prior studies connecting allergic inflammation and heart disease. Approximately 15% of adults produce IgE antibodies in response to cow’s milk, peanuts and other foods. While these antibodies cause some people to have severe food allergies, many […]
Cardiovascular disease death rates among Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander adults aged ≥35 years relative to adults overall and by race and Hispanic ethnicity group—50 states and the District of Columbia, 2018 to 2022. Credit: https://www.abstractsonline.com/pp8/?_ga=2.252499981.569559676.1693429947-1069604919.1693247687#!/10871/presentation/9309 Separating mortality data for Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander adults from Asian American adults reveals large differences in how […]
CENTRAL ILLINOIS (WCIA) — The beloved Christmas film Elf turns 20 this year. In the spirit of the film’s milestone anniversary, the American Red Cross is giving Elf-themed socks with all blood, platelet or plasma donations while supplies last. (Courtesy: The American Red Cross) Those who give from Nov. 10 to Nov. 30 will be […]
A study from India found that Mebella is well tolerated in healthy people between 9 months to 49 years old, and works as well as MR-VAC.1 While measles and rubella usually resolve on their own for most people, there can be severe complications for these vaccine-preventable diseases. Measles is a leader in child mortality across […]
Companies Takeda Pharmaceutical Co Ltd Follow U.S. Food and Drug Administration Follow Roche Holding AG Follow Nov 9 (Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved Takeda Pharmaceutical’s (4502.T) therapy to treat a rare genetic blood disorder in adult and pediatric patients. Takeda’s Adzynma becomes the first treatment available to patients with […]