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 ShellyManning | Oct 12, 2019
There is a common habit that doubles your risk of arthritis. Surprisingly, even doing this habit “moderately” creates the same risk. This is according to a new study from Karolinska Institute in Sweden, published in the Arthritis Journal and Therapy. The good news is...
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 Scott Davis | Oct 6, 2019
Okay, we know that having cholesterol plaque causes stroke and heart attack. That, of course, harms us… or worse! And we know that those who love us are going to be devastated if we suffer these serious events. But, according to a new study published in The Condor,...
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...
by ShellyManning | Oct 4, 2019
Gout typically affects more men than women; a lot more. In fact, women make up only 5.1 percent of American gout sufferers, and any time a researcher stumbles across a difference of that magnitude, it makes them wonder what caused it. In this case they wondered if...