How Diabetes Makes Heart Attacks 1 ½ Times More Deadly

by Jodi Knapp | Aug 1, 2016

Because of advances in medical care, a heart attack is now more survivable than ever before. But if you experience a heart attack while also fighting type 2 diabetes, your chance of surviving the attack is much smaller, up to years later. So why does this happen and...

High Blood Pressure Cured By This Vampire

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...

Vertigo Sufferers Identify and Warn Against Attack Triggers

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...

Why Exercising May NOT Help for Stroke and What to Do Instead

by Scott Davis | Jul 29, 2016

We’ve been told that one of the most essential things you HAVE to do to prevent high blood pressure, stroke, and heart attack is to exercise regularly. Although this is true in a way, a new study reveals specific types of exercises that millions of people all over the...

The Meat Substitute that Reverses Type 2 Diabetes

by Jodi Knapp | Jul 27, 2016

Heavy meat-eaters and people looking to transition to a vegetarian or vegan diet who want to cut down on their meat consumption have long looked for a healthy meat substitute that is not just soy or vegetable extract. Researchers have now discovered one such soy-free...

Your Blood Pressure is Skyrocketed Several Times a Day By This Device

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...