heart problems

In Britain, people are dying to be thin -- literally -- and one company is pulling in a profit of about $30 million because of it, according to this ... Read More »

Have you had your heart checked recently? While ultrasound is becoming more popular for arterial scans (no radiation), speaking with your doctor about ... Read More »

Urine collection just isn't used for drug presence testing any longer -- and if you have a small amount of a protein called albumin in your sample, ... Read More »

In a recent study, scientists observed the dietary habits of about 1,300 women to see if there was a link between a person's eating habits and the ... Read More »

Another study from Europe concluded that the long-term use of oral birth control pills may contribute to the chances of having heart disease later in ... Read More »

Are most pharmaceutical drugs safe? There is always intense debate when I pose that question, as many drugs do indeed help patients (albeit with nasty ... Read More »

It's amazing to hear that diabetes is the fifth-leading killer of Americans, isn't it? It's just not a condition I hear of that often in relation to ... Read More »

Marriage is full of dedication, compromise, arguments, happiness and other things, but when marital stress becomes commonplace (for any reason), your ... Read More »

We generally think of competitive athletes as super-duper healthy, but doctors at a heart conference pointed out that heart problems like arrhythmia ... Read More »

A recent study shows that age-related illnesses like heart problems, depression and dementia can lead to self-neglect, meaning that seniors afflicted ... Read More »