Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: It Takes Your Breath Away
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Flu Vaccine: Who Should and Who Should Not Get the Shot
Getting the influenza vaccine may help to keep you healthy, and thereby able to take care of your family and avoid missed days from work. But there are some pople who should not be vaccinated.
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Lung cancer screening in women
Women are at greater risk of developing lung cancer than men, even if they have never smoked. Screening via a spiral CT scan can detect tumors while they are still treatable.
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Ask the doctor: Do grapes and grape juice protect the heart like wine does?
For the health of my heart and arteries, how does regular consumption of red wine compare with grape juice or the equivalent in grapes?
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Heart Beat: Fatal attraction?
A new, stronger type of magnet used in some jewelry and clothing can interfere with the operation of a pacemaker or other implanted cardiac device if placed too close to it.
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Prehypertension: Does it really matter?
The category of prehypertension was established to serve as a warning. Those whose blood pressure reading falls in it should work to lower their pressure through diet, exercise, and weight control, though in some cases medication may be prescribed.
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In Brief
More Americans have their hypertension under control. Folic acid does not prevent heart attacks. Exercise after heart surgery is safe and beneficial. Program your cell phone with an emergency contact.
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New drug fizzles at raising HDL
With the failure of torcetrapib, a drug that its maker hoped would raise HDL cholesterol, people seeking to lower their heart disease risk should rely on traditional strategies: exercise, diet, weight control.
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By the way, doctor: Does taking Prilosec cause hip fractures?
I heard that taking a proton-pump inhibitor could cause hip fractures. I’ve been taking 20 mg of Prilosec every day for a year. Should I be concerned?
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Some blood pressure drugs act as a skeleton key
In addition to their known benefits as drugs that lower blood pressure, research suggests that thiazide diuretics, beta blockers, and ACE inhibitors may also help protect and strengthen bones.
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