by Christian Goodman | Jul 31, 2016
In a never-ending quest by scientists to find a magic bullet to cure high blood pressure and other heart disease, researchers often will look at the most unlikely places. We most often connect vampires such as Dracula and other tales to death and destruction. But...
by Christian Goodman | Jul 30, 2016
University of Southampton researchers recently decided to do what so many scientists often overlook; namely, obtain an understanding of the disease from the patient’s perspective. In this case, they were interested in Meniere’s disease, the most common cause of...
by Christian Goodman | Jul 26, 2016
Italian researchers at Guglielmo da Saliceto hospital in Piacenza made an alarming discovery recently. It seems that a device almost everyone uses spikes your blood pressure to a dangerous level several times per day. In this unusual study conducted on 49 women with...
by Christian Goodman | Jul 25, 2016
In 2015, a University of Wisconsin researcher published a fascinating study in the journal Sleep and Breathing on the relationship between snoring and asleep apnea and the year’s seasons. They discovered that for a specific time of the year, both snoring and sleep...
by Christian Goodman | Jul 23, 2016
Insomnia is no fun. So if you can do a fun exercise and it helps you fall asleep, then wouldn’t that be fun? And we have the solution for you. In March 2016, the journal Sleep Medicine printed an interesting study that shows a specific form of exercise helps...