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09/23/2009 - Articles

High Blood Pressure in Europe Compared to the USA and Canada

High blood pressure leads to stroke, and both conditions are considerably more common in European countries than in the USA and Canada. Read more

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09/23/2009 - Articles

Meatless Meals are Linked to Lower Blood Pressure

A British study shows that vegetarians have lower blood pressure than meat-eaters. Read more

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09/23/2009 - Articles

High Blood Pressure: New Guidelines Are Out!

New blood pressure guidelines - the first since 1997 - have been issued by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. Read more

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09/23/2009 - Articles

Smart Diet Advice Includes More Than Just "Hold the Salt"

A recent study adds weight to the argument that dietary control of high blood pressure involves more than just cutting back on salty foods. Read more

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09/23/2009 - Articles
Borborygmi and Apple Juice

Borborygmi and Apple Juice: What is Borborygmi and how to treat it.

Borborygmus (plural borborygmi) is the rumbling sound made by gas and fluids moving through the intestines. Read more

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09/23/2009 - Articles

Breast cancer drugs benefits, risks, examined

Breast cancer is the second most commonly diagnosed cancer in women (after skin cancer) and leads to more than 40,000 deaths a year, with 190,000 new cases diagnosed.  Read more

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09/22/2009 - Articles

Lung cancer in never-smokers

Lung cancer is so strongly associated with smoking that we may forget that never- smokers (those who smoked fewer than 100 cigarettes in their life) get the disease too. Read more

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09/21/2009 - Articles

Walk away from depression?

If you read these pages often, you might come to think that exercise is a cure for everything. Read more

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09/21/2009 - Articles

Treating Depression at Home

Depression in the elderly is quite common. Many of the victims live alone, and cannot easily attend suitable treatment centers. PEARLS (Program to Encourage Active, Rewarding Lives for Seniors) is a home-based treatment plan that has produced very encouraging results. Read more

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09/21/2009 - Articles

Depression and Atherosclerosis

A new study has tried to clarify our understanding of the relationship between depression and heart attack, by looking at the amount of calcification in coronary arteries and the aorta. Read more

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