High Blood Pressure

Contrary to popular belief, beta-blockers don't prevent colorectal cancer

2012-05-14 08:26:00

Contrary to popular belief among physicians and patients, the family of hypertension drugs known as beta-blockers does not prevent development of colon and rectal cancer, German researchers reported Monday. In fact, long-term use of the drugs might even...

Patient's broken neck went unnoticed

2012-05-13 21:51:02

Diane Rodrigues sang, prayed and bounced on her bed during the night at Metropolitan State Hospital. A nurse assigned to keep her under constant watch sat by, occasionally dozing. By 7 a.m., the 52-year-old psychiatric patient was lying motionless on the...

Review: HBO's 'Weight of the Nation' pounds away at obesity

2012-05-14 00:00:00

"The Weight of the Nation," HBO's new four-part documentary exploring the rising obesity rates among Americans, does not pussy-foot. Americans, we are told early and often, are simply too fat and their collective girth is straining more than seats in...

Silicon Valley is getting healthy, crunching abs, not just apps

2012-05-11 10:17:00

It’s the latest revolution sweeping Silicon Valley: Potato chips are out, kale chips are in. More and more, tech workers are trying to get fit. They sleep with devices that measure their REM, load up on low-glycemic food and work at standing or...

Kaiser Permanente, unions agree to 3-year national contract

2012-05-12 21:35:40

How to parent like a celebrity

2012-05-10 13:30:00

"Mad Men" actress January Jones ate her placenta (to be fair, dried and made into a pill). Alicia Silverstone chews up veggies and deposits them mama-bird-style into her baby son's mouth. And model Gisele Bundchen says her diaper-free son was toilet...

Can supplement containing resveratrol help wet macular degeneration?

2012-05-07 13:10:00

It sounds too good to be true, but a Chicago doctor is reporting that a drug-like dietary supplement, or nutriceutical, called Longevinex -- which contains the purported anti-aging chemical resveratrol -- may control or even reverse the symptoms of wet...

Letters: What drugs cost, and why

2012-05-08 00:00:00

Re "Slashing choices to cut drug costs," Column, May 4 David Lazarus misleadingly describes the role of the pharmacy benefit manager, or PBM, in determining which dispensing channel — home delivery or retail — patients use. PBMs help...

U.S. won't negotiate with Al Qaeda over kidnapped American

2012-05-07 16:39:50

Commuting farther raises blood pressure, boosts obesity, study says

2012-05-08 10:57:00

Those long commutes so typical of Southern California may be doing more than boring you and raising your fatigue level: They also raise your blood pressure and make you fatter, researchers reported Tuesday. For higher blood pressure, the effects kick in...

Exposure to violence in children harms DNA, study says

2012-04-25 00:00:00

Children who are exposed to violence experience wear and tear to their DNA that is similar to that seen in aging, according to a new study that may help explain why they face a heightened risk of mental and physical disorders as adults. In a long-term...

FDA approves new erectile dysfunction pill Stendra

2012-04-27 11:45:00

The U.S. Food and Drug Administrationapproved Stendra, a new drug to treat erectile dysfunction in men, on Friday. Like Viagra, Cialis and Levitra, Stendra (generic name avanafil) is a pill, and is in a class of drugs called PDE5 inhibitors.�These work...

Last year, Detroit was declared America's "Angriest Town" by Men's Health after placing first in a study that gauged aggravated assault levels, high blood pressure counts, average rush hour waits and number of anger-management specialists per capita.

2012-02-22 14:52:00

James A. Eickhoff, O.D., of Eickhoff and Rowe is pictured in his doctor's office. The screen behind him is part of a Fundus camera which takes pictures of the eyes and reveals any changes including leaking of blood or fluid. Dr. Eickhoff is holding a model of a cross-section of the eye.

2012-02-06 00:00:00

Calexico resident Cruz M. Burgos gets her blood pressure checked by medial assistant Gabriela Fregoso.

2012-01-07 02:12:56