A new research paper by our latest Wylie Scholar, Dr. Kathryn Howe, and her colleagues, suggests that COVID-19 may affect the function of the endothelial cells that line the blood vessels.
Dr. Howe and her research partners at the … Read More
Is COVID-19 a blood vessel disease?
An article recently posted on Medium, “Coronavirus May Be a Blood Vessel Disease, Which Explains Everything”, has experts theorizing on why COVID19 may be a vascular disease.
Dr. Peter Schneider, a vascular surgery professor at UCSF and a member … Read More
COVID-19 and Blood Clots
“Dr. Andrea Obi, the 2019 Wylie Scholar, shares her perspective on the current understanding of COVID-19’s impact on venous thromboembolism (VTE) and how her research may answer ongoing questions and lead to treatments for the disease.”… Read More
The 2020 Spring Newsletter has Arrived!
The 2020 spring newsletter is now available!
“The health ecosystem as we’ve known it has been disrupted. There are many lessons yet to be learned, but one clear lesson is that there is nothing like a health crisis to align … Read More
The benefits of #walking are widespread, but for #PAD patients walking may be a method of pain management:
https://www.pennmedicine.org/updates/blogs/heart-and-vascular-blog/2016/february/the-best-workout-to-manage-symptoms-of-peripheral-artery-disease#:~:text=When%20your%20muscles%20cramp%20in,as%20the%20progression%20of%20PAD.
#HealthForAll
According to a recent study, the @HeartNews finds: "People living in rural areas of the United States are less likely to get the most advanced treatments for stroke and more likely to die in the hospital than their urban counterparts." #HealthForAll
https://www.heart.org/en/news/2020/06/18/stroke-patients-more-likely-to-die-in-rural-hospitals-than-in-urban-ones
The recent story on @padadvocate's work highlights the need for policies to support access to clinically appropriate PAD screening and treatment for America’s most at-risk patient populations.
#TogetherAgainstLimbLoss http://ow.ly/HZLy50zTToz
