by Christian Goodman | Aug 23, 2020
One way is to put people under lots of both mental and physical stress—something that would normally skyrocket their blood pressure. The next step is to give them an herb and see what happens. This is exactly what researchers from the University of Nottingham did, and...
by Julissa Clay | Aug 22, 2020
In recent years, researchers have established that people with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) have intestinal bacteria that are different from those in healthy people. In a new study published in The American Journal of Gastroenterology, a group of...
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 ShellyManning | Aug 20, 2020
For the management of gout, the American College of Rheumatology just released its 2020 guidelines—or guideline; the only recommendation is for people to lower their uric acid levels. And while the American College of Rheumatology wants us to do this by using drugs,...
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 Scott Davis | Aug 18, 2020
Studies researching the connection between meat consumption and cardiovascular health have been quite contradictory, which has baffled researchers. But a new study from the Journal of Hypertension may finally explain this. Yes, meat can cause stroke and heart attack....