by Christian Goodman | Aug 21, 2020
The most commonly prescribed treatment for sleep apnea is continuous positive airway pressure devices that involve sleeping with a mask over the face and beside a noisy machine. If this sounds like a terrible solution, the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine has now...
by Christian Goodman | Aug 19, 2020
For decades, it has baffled researchers why African Americans overall have a higher tendency of developing high blood pressure. Even after taking into account factors such as diet, lifestyle, and genetics, African Americans still surpass other racial and ethnic groups...
by Christian Goodman | Aug 15, 2020
Doctors and nutritionists have been telling us for decades to drink less of this beverage because it allegedly contains saturated fat that clogs our arteries and raises our blood pressure. These claims were, however, completely debunked in a new study published in the...
by Christian Goodman | Aug 7, 2020
Today, we understand that a person’s genetics and conditions like cardiovascular disease and diabetes are associated with the risk of developing dementia. But an interesting study in a recent edition of the journal JAMA Network Open reveals a cause that nobody had...
by Christian Goodman | Aug 6, 2020
It’s old news that smoking causes erectile dysfunction (ED). So the advice doctors give to men suffering ED is to stop smoking. Simple, right? Well not quite, because a new study published in Translational Andrology and Urology reveals just how long men have to stop...