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Half of US adults have high blood pressure in new guidelines FILE - In this June 6, 2013, file photo, a patient has her blood pressure checked by a registered nurse in Plainfield, Vt. New medical guidelines announced Monday, Nov. 13, 2017, lower the threshold for high blood pressure, adding 30 million Americans ...
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Blood pressure of 130 is the new 'high,' according to first update of guidelines in 14 years Leading heart health experts tightened the guidelines for high blood pressure Monday, a change that will sharply increase the number of U.S.
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First Digital Pill Approved to Worries About Biomedical 'Big Brother' A wearable sensor patch made by Proteus Digital Health is part of the Abilify digital pill study. Credit Proteus Digital Health. For the first time, the Food and Drug Administration has approved a digital pill - a medication embedded with a sensor ...
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FDA Approves First Digital Pill That You (And Others) Can Track Abilify MyCite is a new version of the mood stabilizing drug Abilify (pictured here) with something extra. Photographer: JB Reed/Bloomberg News.
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Under New Guidelines, Millions More Americans Will Need to Lower Blood Pressure Thyleb Ramadhan got his blood pressure checked at a mobile medical clinic in Olean, N.Y., in June. Credit Spencer Platt/Getty Images.
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FDA approves first drug in US with digital ingestion tracking (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Monday that it had approved Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co Ltd's Abilify MyCite, the first drug with a digital ingestion tracking system to be approved in the United States.
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Georgian Jars Hold 8000-Year-Old Winemaking Clues A neolithic jar from Khramis Didi-Gora, Georgia. The country has long prided itself on its winemaking tradition. A new analysis of ancient Georgian jars confirms that tradition goes back 8,000 years.
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'World's oldest wine' found in 8000-year-old jars in Georgia Scientists say 8,000-year-old pottery fragments have revealed the earliest evidence of grape wine-making. The earthenware jars containing residual wine compounds were found in two sites south of the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, researchers said.
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These scientists say you'll probably never have heart-stopping sex Heart patients have worried that they may die suddenly from having sex, but a new study suggests they probably won't. Researchers found that less than 1 percent of people who experienced sudden cardiac arrest were having, or just had, sex.
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Earliest Evidence Of Winemaking Found In Ancient Relics From Georgia Grapes collected during a harvest near the village of Vazisubani, Georgia. New research indicates that wine has been made in the country for at least 8,000 years.
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Bill Gates joins the fight against Alzheimer's — and it's personal Billionaire Bill Gates is personally investing $50 million to help fund research to find a treatment for Alzheimer's disease, a type of dementia Gates says has struck members of his own family.
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Scientists may have discovered way to reverse type 2 diabetes Can type 2 diabetes be cured? A very low-calorie diet may be able to reverse the disease, according to a new report. >> Read more trending news.
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Mum of 'world's fattest baby' claims she thought it was "because I had good breast milk" The mum of a boy who could be 'the world's fattest baby' has revealed how she feared his extraordinary weight gain was simply "because I had good breast milk.
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A Low-Calorie Diet May Help Reverse Diabetes, Scientists Discover A team of researchers, from the Yale University in the United States, have found that following a low-calorie diet may help reverse diabetes.
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Can you reverse diabetes by changing your lifestyle? For World Diabetes Day later this week, we wanted to find out if it was possible to reverse the condition completely. Can We Reverse the Effects of Diabetes?
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World Diabetes Day: 5 Top Food Myths Around Diabetes Revealed While it is a good idea to maintain caution with your diet and lifestyle to manage diabetes better, it is also important to be able to tell myths from facts.
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Medical marijuana approved for PTSD treatment in New York State Veterans diagnosed with PTSD now have a new treatment option in New York State, medical marijuana. Members of the US military suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder will now be able to acquire medical marijuana to treat their condition as part ...
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World Diabetes Day 2017: 8 crucial ways to control your blood sugar levels Diabetes is the general term used for conditions which lead to an increase in glucose levels in the blood. Though a dangerous disease with a proper diet and lifestyle change, you can control your blood sugar levels.
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Study suggests women less likely to get CPR from bystanders ANAHEIM, Calif. - Women are less likely than men to get CPR from a bystander and more likely to die, a new study suggests, and researchers think reluctance to touch a woman's chest might be one reason.
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What Is Legionnaires' Disease? The Deadly Pathogen That Hit Disneyland Also Lurks in Office Buildings In the past two weeks, Disneyland has twice shut down two cooling towers that had high levels of the Legionnaire's bacteria in them.
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About 1 in 5 US adults consume tobacco products, federal agencies say Twenty percent of adult Americans, or nearly 49 million, used some form of tobacco product in 2015, federal health care officials said last week.
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Vegetarian Diets Can Reduce Heart Disease Risk by Almost 50 Percent Compared to Eating Meat Here's some news that will bring a sigh of relief to farm animals: Research from the American Heart Association indicates that plant-based diets might be the best choice to reduce heart failure, even for people that haven't previously had cardiac ...
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An Astonishing Video Shows CRISPR Editing DNA in Real Time Like The Atlantic? Subscribe to The Atlantic Daily, our free weekday email newsletter. In June, several dozen scientists flew to Big Sky, Montana, to discuss the latest in CRISPR research.
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Don't need a flu shot? Think again, doctors warn Kenneth Castro, 18, of Bristol, Penn., receives a flu shot recently from nurse Nicole Connors at the Bucks County Health Department in Bristol Township, Penn.
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Nanotech, gene editing used to edit cholesterol gene: US study CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. researchers have used nanotechnology plus the powerful CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing tool to turn off a key cholesterol-related gene in mouse liver cells, an advance that could lead to new ways to correct genes that cause high ...
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DNR Working to Stop the Spread of CWD LANSING, MI. (WILX) - Deer hunting season begins on Wednesday, but the Michigan Department of Natural Resources is prepping for another deer killer.
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Here's Another Reason to Feel Good About Drinking Coffee The news about coffee just keeps getting better. In a new analysis of one of the country's largest and longest-running studies, drinking coffee was linked to a lower risk of heart failure, stroke and coronary heart disease.
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Parents of 10-month-old boy who weighs as much as a 9-year-old seek help Luis Gonzales weighs as much as a 9-year-old child at just 10 months old. His parents fear they will not be able to afford proper treatment to help him.
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Nanotech, gene editing used to edit cholesterol gene-US study CHICAGO, Nov 13 (Reuters) - U.S. researchers have used nanotechnology plus the powerful CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing tool to turn off a key cholesterol-related gene in mouse liver cells, an advance that could lead to new ways to correct genes that cause ...
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Screen time might boost depression, suicide behaviors in teens Increased time spent in front of a screen—in the form of computers, cell phones and tablets—might have contributed to an uptick in symptoms of depression and suicide-related behaviors and thoughts in American young people, especially girls, according ...
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New York Adds PTSD as Qualifying Condition for Medical Cannabis New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo marked Veterans Day by signing a package of bills into law on Saturday, including a measure to add post-traumatic stress disorder to the state's list of qualifying conditions for medical marijuana.
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Bishkek to mark World Diabetes Day AKIPRESS.COM - The World Diabetes Day is observed every year on November 14 and this year theme for the day is Women and Diabetes, the Kyrgyz Ministry of Health said.
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Lung cancer awareness the focus of upcoming Springfield dinner program There's a form of cancer responsible for more annual deaths than colon, breast and prostate cancer combined, according to The American Cancer Society - lung cancer.
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Britain is most obese country in Europe: Report A woman sits at the National Mall in Washington, D.C. on August 13, 2010. Obesity rates in many wealthy countries have risen in recent years, including Britain, which is now ranked as the most obese country in Europe.
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54% of OECD population overweight, Mexico, USA worst, Italy, Japan and Korea best There have been many studies showing the increased risk of mortality and morbidity associated with obesity. Obesity has been known to be associated with diseases such as heart disease, diabetes and even cancers.
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WHO Suggestion To Limit Antibiotics For Livestock Criticized By US Regulators The World Health Organization says antibiotics should not be used to keep pigs and other livestock from getting sick, but U.S. agencies say the scientific evidence does not support such restrictions.
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How a teen is taking on antibiotic resistance For her project on antibiotic resistance, Nina Kathe won CHF1,200 at the science fair-style Swiss Youth in Science annual competition (pictured), plus a chance to compete at the European Union Contest for Young Scientists in Estonia.
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'Mouth-pubes' from Movember to be harvested and reused THE best part of Movember -- aside from the fact it is saving lives -- is that moment on December 1 when all those wispy moustaches finally disappear from everyone's upper lip.
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Speaking up for men's health The ever-important moustache-growing Movember has arrived - a time to grow a mo to save a bro. Let your flavour savers run wild, your push-brooms sprout, and lip fur fly.
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