Middle-aged adults with three or more unhealthy traits including slightly high waist circumference, blood pressure, cholesterol and glucose have heart
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Arterial stiffness may cause and worsen heart damage among adolescents by increasing blood pressure and insulin resistance
Arterial stiffness is a novel cause of premature heart damage among adolescents, according to a new follow-up study. The study
Spirulina may lower blood pressure
Blue-green algae refers to several species of bacteria that produce blue-green colored pigments such as spirulina. They grow in salt
Drug can make you depressed
Allergies might make you irritable – but you wouldn’t think the treatment for them could make you depressed. Yet a
New spheres trick, trap and terminate water contaminant
Researchers at Rice University have developed something akin to the Venus’ flytrap of particles for water remediation. Micron-sized spheres created
Are you drinking wine?
Alcohol is a psychoactive substance, it is the active ingredient in beer, wine, and distilled spirits. The Washington University School
Links between processed food and hypertension
In a study, led by George Howard, Dr.P.H., a biostatistics professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, researchers studied
Bad habits cause blindness
According to scientists at University College London and Moorfields Eye Hospital, rare eye infection can cause blindness. Acanthamoeba keratitis is a rare
Treating resistant hypertension
Patients whose blood pressure achieves target values on four or more different types of blood pressure lowering medication are considered
Acute critical illness causes kidney complications
Acute critical illness in patients without previous renal disease increases their risk of kidney complications and death. According to Dr.
