Are Women Getting Breast Cancer Younger?
If you're a woman and carry a mutation in your BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene, you probably already know that you're more likely to develop breast or ovarian cancer than women who don't carry such a genetic...
Christina Bates
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New Treatment Lowers Tough-to-Treat Cholesterol As Much as 72%
Researchers report that injections of a novel "monoclonal antibody" lowered LDL cholesterol levels in patients with high cholesterol by as...
Why Low Cholesterol May Not Be Good for You
When it comes to cholesterol, the message that most of us have been hearing for years is-"lower your cholesterol, lower...
Midlife Blood Pressure Control Can Lower Lifetime Heart Risk
Blood pressure changes in middle age can affect your lifetime risk for heart disease and stroke, a recent study suggests. “This study...
Better Blood Pressure Readings—Ask Your Doctor About This Device Now
You may have heard of the phenomenon "white-coat hypertension," which describes people who only experience high blood pressure in the...
More Than 80% of Blood Pressure Readings Are Wrong
Here's a disturbing bit of news. A recent study reports that 81% of blood pressure measurements taken by doctors and...
Could Soy Help Lower Your Blood Pressure?
Isoflavones—a compound found in foods such as soy milk, green tea, tofu and peanuts-may help lower blood pressure in young adults,...
Lower Your Blood Pressure While You Sleep
The supplemental form of melatonin (the "sleep" hormone) may alleviate nocturnal hypertension (a form of high blood pressure that occurs...
Why You Must Get a Blood Pressure Reading In Both Arms
People whose systolic blood pressure the upper number in their reading is different in their left and right arms may be suffering...
Salt Shake Up: It May Not Be So Bad
For years, we've been told that people who consume a lot of sodium (primarily in the form of dietary salt)...
Breathe Easier with Rolfing
Rolfing structural integration, a type of hands-on bodywork, is designed to im1 prove posture, alignment, flexibility and movement as well as to...
Occasional Pot Smoking May Not Harm Lungs
Unlike the cigarette habit, occasional pot smoking does not seem to trigger declines in lung function that could lead to breathing problems,...