Category Archives: Blood

Hypertension: These common lifestyle mistakes can spike your blood pressure in winters | The Times of India

Winter is synonymous with comfort foods, often high in sugar, salt and calories. Whether it is halwas or hot chocolate, our consumption often increases in winters. Further, your go-to snacks including canned soup, chips, pizza, and frozen meals can lead to increased sodium intake and weight gain. Excessive salt consumption is a known risk factor […]

Numerous blood donation opportunities ahead to close out 2023

The holiday season is officially underway, and one of the gifts you can give this season is the gift of life through a blood donation. And there are a lot of opportunities across the KVOE listening are through New Year’s Eve. American Red Cross Central Plains Division spokesperson Susan Faler says overall donations have been […]

New Blood Marker Can Identify Parkinson’s Disease

Lund University researchers have discovered a biomarker, DOPA decarboxylase (DCC), that may help diagnose Parkinson’s disease and similar disorders by indicating dopamine system damage in the brain. This finding offers hope for simpler and earlier detection and treatment of neurodegenerative diseases. Researchers at Lund University have discovered a blood marker that can identify Parkinsonian diseases. […]

Popular antibiotic lessens organ damage caused by high blood pressure

Gut health can dramatically affect whole-body health. One of the latest findings to support this idea shows that using an antibiotic to alter the bacteria in the guts of rats lessened the damage to the heart and kidneys sometimes seen with hypertension. Hypertension, also known as high blood pressure, affects approximately 1.28 billion adults across […]

Deloris Jordan visits Dayton, advocates for blood donations

DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) — The mother of a legendary basketball player was in the Miami Valley on Thursday. On Tuesday, Nov. 2, Deloris Jordan, the mother of Michael Jordan, visited the Midmark Corporation in Versailles and the Solvita Blood Center in Dayton. Midmark has been a Solvita blood driver sponsor since 2011 and hosts a […]