Five strategies can pave the way to a smooth recovery after bypass surgery: staying as active as possible before surgery, quitting smoking, eating a healthy diet full of protein, staying positive, and taking your heart medicines as prescribed.
Aspirin, long used to treat pain, and more recently to prevent heart attack, may have a new job: preventing cancer.
Up to 40% of men develop a groin hernia in their lifetimes. The risk of dangerous complications from hernia is low. Unless a hernia is causing you distress or limiting your activities, you can safely delay repair indefinitely.
For individuals with a serious disease like heart failure, making decisions in advance about life-sustaining measures and medical decision-making can help ensure their wishes are followed.
Older people with chronic kidney disease often develop heart disease, since atherosclerosis can affect the arteries of both organs.
Green tea can significantly lower LDL cholesterol and triglycerides, and this may explain why green tea drinkers have a lower risk of coronary artery disease and death from heart disease and stroke.
When blood pressure remains high despite the use of three antihypertensive medications, additional medications need to be added until blood pressure responds. Restricting salt and increasing exercise may help.
Nearly 21 million women have neck pain. The problem is often caused by arthritis and disk disease, and worsened by poor posture, low muscle strength, and stress. The best treatment for neck pain is a combination of exercise and ergonomic improvements.
The keys to longevity after 75 are to maintain a healthy weight, don’t smoke or drink, maintain a web of social connections, and enjoy regular leisure-time physical activities.
If you have a new or worsening headache, see a doctor. Chronic headache can be made worse by overuse of pain medications. The cure is to stop taking the medications entirely, with use of other drugs to help ease you through medication withdrawal.