Credit: Unsplash Reducing sodium in diet to 4,000 mg/day significantly lowers blood pressure after 1 week, a new study found. This was the case for 70% of adults, aged 50 – 75 years old. The findings were presented at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions 2023 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on November 11, 2023. “High blood […]
2023 marks the Kentucky Blood Center’s 36th annual Big Blue Crush. The week-long, collaborative event will run from November 13 to 17. Officials said the goal is to receive around 400 donations each day during the event to aid the center in keeping a healthy supply. Eric Lindsey, Director of Media and Branding for the […]
Red paint has been thrown across the entrance to Auckland’s United States Consulate and New Zealand’s foreign affairs building by a group of pro-Palestine protesters. One person was arrested in relation to the incident, a police spokesperson confirmed. Overnight, the group Tāmaki for Palestine splashed red paint across the two buildings, stating in a press […]
RUSTON, La. (KTVE/KARD) — LifeShare Blood Center and Louisiana Tech University will host a blood drive to help the victims involved in the La Tech stabbing incident on Monday. On Thursday, Nov. 16, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m, the LifeShare Blood Center will be working with La Tech and hosting a replenishment blood drive […]
An intensive three-year intervention to lower the top blood pressure number to less than 120 mm Hg was more effective at preventing death, heart attack, stroke and other cardiovascular events in adults at high risk for cardiovascular disease, compared to the standard treatment target of under 140 mm Hg, according to late-breaking science presented today […]
RUSTON, La. (KNOE) – LifeShare Blood Center and Louisiana Tech University are working together to host a replenishment blood drive for the victims of the Nov. 13 stabbings on campus. RELATED: Louisiana Tech student arrested following stabbing incident on campus The drive will be on Thursday, Nov. 16, from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. at the Ropp […]
Veterans’ advocates are pushing to have several blood cancers added to the list of conditions considered to be service-connected under the PACT Act, a move that would make some Gulf War and post-9/11 veterans eligible for expedited health care and benefits. The Department of Veterans Affairs is conducting a scientific review to decide whether acute […]
In an interview with Pharmacy Times, former American Heart Association president Robert Harrington, MD, professor of medicine at Stanford University, phase 3 program chair, cardiologist, dean of Weill Cornell Medicine, and provost for medical affairs at Cornell University, discussed the Librexia program and how it aims to enhance the benefit-risk profile in patients with cardiovascular […]
Children who undergo CT imaging are at increased risk of blood cancer, according to a team of investigators from the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal). The study results “highlight the importance of continuing to apply strict radiological protection measures, particularly in pediatric populations,” the institute said in a statement released on November 9, the […]
On Monday, Nov. 13, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) issued a public health alert following five stillbirths or neonatal deaths in babies with congenital syphilis born between January 1 and September 1, 2023. This new alert comes on the heels of a memo that NCDHHS sent out to providers last […]