by Christian Goodman | Oct 17, 2019
One of the most prescribed high blood pressure medications has been proven to more than double your risk of a specific type of cancer. This is according to a new study from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, recently published in JAMA Internal Medicine....
by Christian Goodman | Oct 16, 2019
Snoring (and, even more seriously, sleep apnea) is not just an innocent annoyance. When you snore, you don’t breathe properly, and your blood oxygen level goes down. And according to a new study, published in the European Respiratory Journal, this can cause the one...
by Christian Goodman | Oct 13, 2019
High blood pressure is usually blamed on unhealthy lifestyle choices, such as bad diet and lack of exercise. But a new study, from Dr. Nobuo Sasaki and colleagues at Hiroshima University, reveals a healthy habit that people with high blood pressure tend to have. The...
by Christian Goodman | Oct 11, 2019
Vertigo is an extremely common disorder and is actually surprisingly easy to treat. But if you have visited numerous doctors throughout years of misery and your vertigo remains untreated, a new study by researchers from Technical University Munich, published in the...
by Christian Goodman | Oct 5, 2019
The reason blood pressure medications are so popular is that they force blood pressure close to or down to a healthy level. The bad news: they come with a litany of side effects, most often so serious that they outweigh the benefit of the drugs. The good news: new...