Health and fitness apps for smartphones help users lose weight, track their exercise goals, find information about personal health concerns, and receive updates about public health issues.
Research supports the theory that a combination of two drugs for hypertension, given at lower doses, is more effective than giving just one drug at double the dose.
The Pritikin and Ornish diets are now included in Medicare coverage for intensive cardiac rehabilitation, though only in certain locations.
A number of risk factors for heart disease cannot be changed or controlled. Awareness of these factors can act as encouragement to pay attention to what can be controlled, such as diet and exercise.
If you are having a heart attack, angioplasty will open a blocked artery and hopefully limit muscle damage, but the procedure does nothing to stop the spread of atherosclerosis or reduce the risk of a future heart attack.
The FDA has approved the first oral medication for treating relapses of multiple sclerosis.
There is growing evidence that long-term use of bisphosphonate drugs, commonly prescribed for osteoporosis, can increase the risk of fractures of the thighbone.
The H1Ni flu pandemic was not as serious as had been expected, but children and pregnant women were disproportionately affected, and those groups are still at higher risk of getting the H1N1 flu this winter.
The life expectancy for men over 65 who have been diagnosed with early-stage prostate cancer is not significantly different from men in the same age group without prostate cancer.
I’ve been diagnosed as having chilblains in the fingers on both hands. What causes chilblains? Is there a cure?