This Healthy Vegetable Causes High Blood Pressure

This Healthy Vegetable Causes High Blood Pressure

Most advice about avoiding high blood pressure involves eating more fruits and vegetables, but now there’s some confusion about one vegetable that a lot of people eat. A new study from Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School points the finger at this...
Go Green and Avoid High Blood Pressure

Go Green and Avoid High Blood Pressure

Do you get bored by the usual blood pressure advice? It’s often about doing more exercise and watching what you eat, and after a while it can get pretty monotonous. Thankfully there’s a new Australian study that doesn’t involve either of those things. It just...
The New Easy Stroke Risk Check

The New Easy Stroke Risk Check

It just got easier to identify imminent stroke, according to a recent study from the Singapore Eye Research Institute. So easy in fact, that all you have to do is say “cheese”. The researchers behind the study have discovered an amazing new way to identify whether or...
A Hidden Clue to High Blood Pressure in Men

A Hidden Clue to High Blood Pressure in Men

A new Italian study has shown how focusing on a rather unconventional body measurement may help men to anticipate high blood pressure risks. And it’s probably not the body part you think it is. The researchers looked at data on nearly 3,000 men who had sought...
Cut Your Heart Attack Risk By 50%

Cut Your Heart Attack Risk By 50%

If you want to cut your heart attack risk by doing something that doesn’t involve dieting, exercise, or giving up bad habits, then researchers at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine have got some good news for you. They’ve found a free and easy way to get a...