Fibrillation and exercise
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Atrial fibrilliation or AFib for short, is a common cause of an irregular, often rapid heart rate causing poor blood flow.
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FUTURE OF HEALTHCARE
Nutrient-drug interactions concerns
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Drugs can interact with foods, nutrients, and herbs in a number of ways. Each may affect the absorption, actions, metabolism, or excretion of the others.
Read MoreStem Cells For Painful Knee Arthritis
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Debilitating knee pain from arthritis is one of the most painful and crippling joint problems a person can experience.
Read MoreBrain-Eating Amoebas
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Almost always, the creature gets into human bodies through our noses, often through the water we snort in when diving, water skiing, or doing other water sports.
Read MoreWant a Meeting? Take a Walk!
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Changing just one seated meeting per week at work into a walking meeting increased the work-related physical activity levels of white-collar workers by 10 minutes.
Read MoreCan A Crazy Relationship Make You Sick?
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As it turns out, there is a direct correlation between bad relationships and depressive symptoms, alcohol problems, and lower scores of self-reported health.
Read MoreMedication management missing amongst elderly
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Older adults use more medications from prescriptions, over-the-counter (OTC) and supplements than any other age group in the United States.
Read MoreHypertension: High in the general public
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High blood pressure or hypertension is a “silent killer” with few warning signs continuing to elude and remain at high levels in the American public. About 70 million people - 1 out of 3 adults – have it but only 52% have it under control.
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Treat hypertension classical music
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Next time you feel like your blood pressure is rising, put on some classical music.
Read MoreThe Best Drinks for Hydration
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We Americans, never without our water bottles, are probably the most hydrated population on earth. But how much of what we drink is retained?
Read MoreMusic to Lower Blood Pressure
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A Mozart symphony can lower your blood pressure as much as exercising or even cutting salt from your diet.
Read MoreMany patients share prescribed painkillers
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The opioid epidemic has a problem with patients who have been prescribed opioid painkillers receiving not only more than they needed but often sharing the medications with others.
Read MoreTherapeutic antibody improves outlook for stomach cancer
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A promising new study finds that an experimental therapy based on immune-system antibodies is helping extend the life of people with advanced stomach cancer.
Read MoreSoaking It In: The Chemo Sponge
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The nausea, vomiting, and other side effects of the drugs designed to either cure or reduce cancer can sometimes seem worse than the cancer itself.
Read MoreRisk of staph infections raised by steroid use
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The risk of life-threatening staph blood infections is shown to be increased in people using glucocorticoids in findings from a new study out of Denmark.
Read MoreAnaphylaxis: When Every Second Counts
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This describes an extreme, often rapid, and potentially life-threatening reaction. The allergen may be as innocuous as a peanut, latex, aspirin or an insect bite.
Read MoreWhen Night Stops Falling
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So, what happens when it never gets dark? Researchers believe that we are already feeling that impact.
Read MoreLate Sleepers Need to Eat Better
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Late sleep timing is associated with lower body mass index and is not associated with total caloric intake; however, it remains associated with poorer diet quality.
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New Exoskeleton Designed for Disabled Children
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The Spanish National Research Council(CSIC) has unveiled the first exoskeleton aimed at children with spinal muscular atrophy.
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