Roundup: New EKG Guidelines, Common Meds’ Depression...
Electrocardiograms Not Recommended for Low-Risk Patients, New Guidelines Say An electrocardiogram — commonly known as an EKG or ECG —...
June 15, 2018
Too Many Adults are Not Taking Their...
As many as half of adults in the U.S. are not taking their prescribed medications for serious chronic conditions, such...
June 5, 2018
Roundup: Insect-Borne Disease, Living Longer and Depression
Diseases From Mosquito, Flea and Tick Bites Have Tripled in U.S., CDC Says Cases of diseases in the U.S. contracted...
May 4, 2018
‘White Coat Hypertension’ Should Be Taken More...
Do you get nervous when your blood pressure is taken at the doctor’s office? If you do and your blood...
April 23, 2018
Roundup: Diabetes Screening, Caffeine and Statin Use
Screening Guidelines May Miss Half of Diabetic, Prediabetic Patients, Study Says A national government panel of healthcare experts recommends that...
April 20, 2018
Roundup: Heart & Exercise, Dementia Risk, and...
Being Fit, Active Benefits Even Those With Family History of Heart Disease Exercise is good for your heart and preventing...
April 13, 2018
How Depression Impacts People With Heart Disease
About one out of every five people with heart disease suffers from depression. And those with both conditions are more...
April 12, 2018
Heart Attack Symptoms: ‘I had the Wrong...
One day five years ago, Beatriz Martinez remembers that she felt symptoms she had never experienced before, including shortness of...
April 9, 2018
Schwarzenegger’s Heart Valve Replacement Surgery: What We...
Actor, former body-building champion and ex-governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger, 70, is recovering from heart surgery after complications during a...
April 4, 2018
Coconut Oil and Saturated Fat: Clearing Up...
Coconut oil has emerged as a major source for debate about diet, saturated fat and how much of this potentially...
April 3, 2018
