Many people with diabetes suffer from one of the numerous potential complications of the disease, but following a proper diet, getting exercise, and paying attention to risk factors can help prevent further problems.
If a person who is having a heart attack is not breathing but occasionally gasps for air, CPR should still be administered. In the first few minutes after an attack, it is more important to focus on chest compressions.
A study of overweight women who committed to a six-month program of diet and exercise found that, in addition to weight loss, nearly half of them experienced a decrease in episodes of urinary incontinence.
Every time I pick up my newspaper, I seem to read about a “superbug” called MRSA. I don’t want to be an alarmist, but I want to know how to protect my family.
Increased levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere are changing the earth’s climate, which affects everyone’s health in the form of more instances of extreme weather, poorer air quality, an increase in insect-borne illnesses, and more.
Support for taking a daily multivitamin has declined somewhat as studies have shown that too much of certain vitamins can cause health problems.
Several diets with roots in medical studies have the potential to provide some protection from heart disease and to lower cholesterol and blood pressure.
Keeping blood pressure low is important to overall health, but for people with coronary artery disease, lowering diastolic blood pressure too much could increase the risk of a heart attack.
A study found that women who had off-pump bypass surgery had much lower rates of heart attack, stroke, or death during the operation or shortly after, more so than for men.
My ophthalmologist says I have drusen scattered over the macula in both eyes and wants to check them every nine months. Could you say something about what drusen are and what they mean?