MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) — Even though someone needs blood every two seconds, for decades, gay men were not allowed to donate. “The screening process was stigmatizing,” Justin Roby said. Roby is the director of finance and human resources at Diverse & Resilient, a health organization that works to help LGBTQ+ people in Wisconsin thrive, living […]
University of Melbourne researchers have developed a fast, inexpensive and scalable method for engineering blood vessels from natural tissue. Co-led by ARC Future Fellow Associate Professor Daniel Heath and Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor and Shanahan Chair in Frontier Medical Solutions Andrea O’Connor, both from the Department of Biomedical Engineering, the researchers employed a novel approach […]
A new international study conducted by the Israeli Phage Therapy Center (IPTC) led by Prof. Ran Nir-Paz at Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center and Prof. Ronen Hazan of the Faculty of Dental Medicine at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, using phage PASA16 on compassionate basis to treat tough Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections, has shown promising results […]
Events By The Woodlands Township | August 7, 2023 THE WOODLANDS, TX – The Woodlands Township will host a Salute to First Responders Blood Drive in August. Residents are invited to donate blood to those in need. According to the Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center, about one in seven people entering a hospital needs blood, and every two […]
Men who have sex with men can now donate blood without being discriminated by their sexual orientation under the American Red Cross’ updated screening process. The implementation of the federal rule change made earlier this year will allow gay and bisexual men to donate blood for the first time since the HIV/AIDS epidemic began. The […]
Red Cross officially adopts updated rules from FDA on blood donations – CBS Philadelphia Watch CBS News The new rule will allow more gay men to donate blood. View CBS News In Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On
A U.K. Biobank analysis linked all-cause dementia with hospital-treated infection; cardiovascular health modified the relationship. (Alzheimer’s & Dementia) A reduction in plasma amyloid-beta 42/amyloid-beta 40 raised the risk of subsequent epilepsy. (Neurology) Researchers used a deep learning model to stratify the risk of progression from mild cognitive impairment to Alzheimer’s disease. (iScience) Age-adjusted serum neurofilament […]
For people with overweight or obesity, the weight loss drug Wegovy (semaglutide) can reduce the risk of developing or dying from events like heart attacks and strokes, according to preliminary results from a new study that offers the first major evidence that the medicine has cardiovascular benefits. For the study, researchers randomly assigned 17,604 adults […]
August 08, 2023 2 min read Source/Disclosures Published by: Disclosures: Aguilar and Swetschinski report no relevant financial disclosures. Please see the study for all other authors’ relevant financial disclosures. ADD TOPIC TO EMAIL ALERTS Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles […]
The director of the only pediatric heart transplant program in Louisiana, a married gay man, says he is relocating to New York for a better LGBTQ+ environment. (Advocate) Once-weekly semaglutide 2.4 mg (Wegovy) reduced major adverse cardiovascular events by 20% in the SELECT trial of patients with a body mass index (BMI) ≥27 and established […]