Static isometric exercises—the sort that involve engaging muscles without movement, such as wall sits and planks—are best for lowering blood pressure, finds a pooled data analysis of the available evidence from clinical trials, published online in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. But ‘cardio’ (aerobic exercise); dynamic resistance training, such as squats, press-ups, and weights; […]

A Vitalant blood services technician prepares Churchill County Undersheriff Lee Orozco for donating blood during last week’s Battle of the Badges.Photo by Steve Ranson. Last week’s fifth annual Battle of the Badges became a duel in the desert of donors giving their blood to either the Fallon Police Department or the Churchill County Sheriff’s Office. […]

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Due to the nation’s blood supply decline, worsened by a summer donation slump, the American Red Cross of Southern Nevada urges donors to help avoid a shortage. The Red Cross provides around 40% of the blood collected across the country. The most needed blood-types are O negative, O positive, and B […]

Victims and family members have expressed frustration and dismay with Rishi Sunak for not committing to a compensation framework for those affected by the contaminated blood scandal. Before the prime minister’s appearance on Wednesday at the public inquiry into the unparalleled treatment disaster, there were protests by campaigners carrying photos of bereaved loved ones and […]

In an large-scale review recently published in Cephalalgia, researchers found that a broader range of blood pressure (BP) medications could be leveraged more efficiently than currently practiced to prevent migraines. The study underlines the untapped potential of these common and cost-effective drugs in migraine prevention, a condition affecting up to 1 billion people worldwide. Migraine […]

For someone who’s supposed to be a details man, Rishi Sunak clearly doesn’t like being subjected to forensic interrogation. At a painful appearance before the Infected Blood Inquiry on Wednesday, it didn’t help the prime minister’s mood when he was loudly heckled early on by members of the public listening to his evidence. But it […]

Rishi Sunak was heckled at the infected blood inquiry as he defended the lack of a compensation scheme for victims and family members affected by the scandal. The prime minister faced questions on Wednesday about why a scheme has not been set up despite recommendations from the paymaster general in 2020, a government-commissioned report last […]