National Blood test may one day predict severe pregnancy complication By LAURA UNGAR AP Science Writer Jan 5, 2022 LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A blood test may one day be able to predict whether someone who is pregnant will develop a serious blood pressure disor…
National Advice shifting on aspirin use for preventing heart attacks By LINDSEY TANNER AP Medical Writer Oct 12, 2021 Older adults without heart disease shouldn't take daily low-dose aspirin to prevent a first heart attack or stroke, an influential health guid…
National US deaths from heart disease and diabetes climbed amid COVID By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer Jun 9, 2021 NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. saw remarkable increases in the death rates for heart disease, diabetes and some other common killers in 2020, and ex…
Pet Tip Big-boned beasts By Ken White Apr 15, 2019 I prefer terms like big-boned, Rubenesque or zaftig, but a recent New York Times article was far more direct: “Humans are not the only residen…
Health Nearly half of US adults have heart or blood vessel disease By MARILYNN MARCHIONE, AP Chief Medical WriterUpdated Jan 31, 2019
Health Late-life high blood pressure may harm the brain, study says The Associated PressUpdated Jul 11, 2018 Decades ago, hundreds of nuns and priests made an extraordinary decision: They agreed to donate their brains upon death to science, hoping to …
Health Barbershop study trimmed black men’s hair and blood pressure By Marilynn Marchione The Associated Press Mar 12, 2018 ORLANDO, Fla. — Trim your hair, your beard, your blood pressure? Black men reduced one of their biggest medical risks through a novel project …
Health Push to better track living kidney donors’ health The Associated Press Jan 29, 2018 WASHINGTON — The big unknown when someone donates a kidney: The long-term health consequences. Now the U.S. is taking a step toward finally tr…
Lifestyle Brazil official urges more sex for better health The Associated Press Apr 27, 2010 RIO DE JANEIRO -- Brazil's health minister has a remedy for the nation's high-blood- pressure problem: More sex. Minister Jose Temporao says a…
