by Christian Goodman | Jul 2, 2019
Your home blood pressure monitor could be even more useful than you thought. You already know that keeping track of your blood pressure is important, but this recent discovery takes it one step further. It can predict with startling accuracy your chances of suffering...
by Scott Davis | Jul 1, 2019
Want to live forever? Scientists have taken one step closer to achieving this dream after finding a secret protein that keeps cardiac muscle youthful. And it may be the key to keeping heart attacks and stroke at bay for good. Cell magazine published a Harvard study...
by Christian Goodman | Jun 26, 2019
Pain is a known cause of high blood pressure. The body responds to long-term pain the same way that it responds to sudden injury: it raises your blood pressure. So, it doesn’t help when the meds you’re taking for the pain cause your blood pressure to spike as well....
by Scott Davis | Jun 25, 2019
Antibiotics have saved countless lives since Alexander Fleming first discovered penicillin in 1928. But overuse has led to worries about bacteria becoming resistant to these commonly prescribed drugs. That’s common knowledge of course, but what isn’t is the other...
by Christian Goodman | Jun 23, 2019
High blood pressure needn’t be hard work. You may think you need to follow a restrictive diet that leaves you miserable and hungry, or work yourself on a treadmill until you collapse in a pool of sweat. But a new study shows that you can leave all of that stuff to the...
by Christian Goodman | Jun 21, 2019
They can’t compete. Modern meds can often achieve good results in some areas, but when it comes to blood pressure reduction, there’s an ancient practice that’s fun, safe, and it leaves you feeling great, so without tablets, and without side effects, unless you count...