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Conditions Consuming less sodium may be important to help slash blood pressure levels, but eating more of these foods is good for your heart and arteries too. Leafy greens Many leafy greens, including everything arugula and kale to spinach and collard greens, contain potassium and magnesium which are key minerals to control blood pressure, according […]
Are over-the-counter cold remedies safe for people who have high blood pressure? Answer From Sheldon G. Sheps, M.D. Over-the-counter cold remedies aren't off-limits if you have high blood pressure, but it's important to make careful choices. Among over-the-counter cold remedies, decongestants cause the most concern for people who have high blood pressure. Decongestants relieve nasal […]
Women taking certain types of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) tablets could be more at risk from serious blood clots – although the overall risk is low, BMJ research suggests. It found tablets containing equine oestrogen were linked with a slightly higher risk than other tablets. And patches and gels for HRT were the safest but […]
Jesse Karmazin, the 34-year-old founder of the startup Ambrosia, had a pitch journalists couldn’t resist: For a fee, he could help his clients combat aging and its related ills with infusions of blood plasma from the young. Teen donors, vampiric undertones, a serious-sounding study, an $ 8,000-per-person price tag and rumors that venture capitalist Peter […]
When you give birth in a hospital, you usually assume that, once you're done, you won’t have to go back anytime soon. Unfortunately, that wasn’t the case for Remy Ma. The rapper had to go back to the hospital on Tuesday after giving birth to her daughter over the weekend, her publicist told Page Six. […]
Doctors are bewildered as to how an extraordinarily shaped blood clot came out of a patient. On Monday, the New England Journal of Medicine tweeted a startling picture as part of its “Images in Clinical Medicine” photo series, which features photos of medical anomalies. The photo, upon first glance, is eerily engaging, resembling a red […]
A two-year-old US girl who needs several blood transfusions to fight cancer has spurred an global campaign to search for compatible donors. Zainab Mughal has one of the rarest blood types in the world, which makes it difficult to treat her condition. Campaigners say more than 1,000 people have been tested, but only three so […]
Two months ago, South Florida dad Raheel Mughal learned that a tumor had been growing inside his two-year-old daughter’s stomach for almost half her life. “We were all crying,” the father said in a video about his toddler Zainab Mughal’s battle with neuroblastoma, an aggressive form of cancer. “This was the worst thing we were […]
If you have type 1 diabetes—and in some cases if you have type 2 diabetes—intensive insulin therapy may be the key to long-term health. This aggressive therapy isn't easy, but the benefits are real. Find out how intensive insulin therapy can help you achieve desired blood sugar control and what intensive insulin therapy requires of […]
Every blood donation “can save up to three lives”, yet come December thousands miss vital appointments to give blood, as the festivities kick in. It can make a huge difference to patients like two-year-old Henry Alderson who needs blood transfusions every two weeks. Last year, more than 9,000 people cancelled donor appointments at short notice […]
Scientists in the US have recruited an unlikely ally in their efforts to develop a new flu treatment. Llamas have been used to produce a new antibody therapy that has the potential to work against all types of flu, including new pandemics. Influenza is the ultimate shape-shifter, constantly mutating its appearance to evade our immune […]
Victims of the NHS contaminated blood scandal have written to the health secretary asking for an immediate increase in support payments, the BBC has learned. The public inquiry into the scandal is not due to look at financial support until 2020. Campaign group Tainted Blood said, at the current rate, 112 more people would die […]
Charlie Murphy, Eddie Murphy’s older brother, passed away yesterday after a battle with leukemia. His manager told TMZ that Murphy had been undergoing chemotherapy. The comedian was 57 years old. We don’t know much about the leukemia that took Murphy’s life, but certainly much is known about this type of cancer that affects about 60,000 […]
People affected by the contaminated blood scandal “lost everything” and “had to live on the breadline” as they struggled financially, the chairman of the public inquiry says. In a letter to the Cabinet Office, Sir Brian Langstaff said “decisive action” was needed over the support available. There is a variety of schemes running across the […]
The government has apologised for the infected blood scandal at the public inquiry into how thousands of people became infected with HIV and hepatitis. The government’s legal team said it was clear “things happened that should not have happened”. The inquiry, which started on Monday, is looking at how NHS patients were given infected blood […]