When Richard", a 66-year-old retired engineer from New Jersey, was recently screened for kidney disease, he assumed that he was in good health. He had no symptoms, worked out four times a week and had no family history of kidney problems....
Most people have never heard of the blood vessel disorder known as fibromuscular dysplasia (FMD), but doctors now recognize that it can...
High blood pressure, or hypertension, is easy to detect. A cuff around your upper arm measures the pressure of the blood against...
Single or unhappily married men seem to run a greater risk of dying from a stroke than those in good marriages, a...
Moderate-to-high-intensity exercise such as jogging, swimming or tennis may help reduce stroke risk in older men but not in women, researchers report....
For people who suffer migraine headaches with aura-visual disturbances before or during the migraine-the risk for ischemic stroke is doubled, according to...
Many risk factors for stroke are well-known. For example, high blood pressure (hypertension), elevated cholesterol, diabetes, inactivity, smoking, a prior stroke or...
Challenging established medical wisdom about blood pressure and stroke, new British research suggests that extremely variable blood pressure, and not just high...
Adults with the skin disease shingles appear to be at an increased risk for stroke, especially when it affects the area around...
Take a moment and think of a food that is irresistible to you. You probably can see it vividly in your mind&...
After the recent flu pandemic, everyone knows that the virus that causes this illness is easily transmitted person to person. As a...
Rinsing sinuses with a saline solution might have soothing short-term benefits, but it could actually make you more prone to infections in...