New AI tool helps determine the risk of secondary heart attacks in cancer patients
University researchers have pioneered a new tool to determine the risk of secondary heart attacks in cancer patients…
Antiplatelet medications linked to worse outcomes in people hospitalized with a brain bleed
Analysis of hospital registry data found that people who were hospitalized due to bleeding in the brain and…
Scientists invent new method for manufacturing platelet-producing cells from stem cells
Platelets are small, disc-shaped cell fragments in the blood that are essential to stop bleeding and to initiate…
Midlife blood test may reveal Alzheimer’s disease risk in advance
A simple blood test for platelet activity at middle age could one day help identify people at risk…
UIC researchers discover an important cellular mechanism that drives aging
As our hairs go gray and our muscles weaken with age, our immune system also changes. In particular,…