As if losing your job isn't bad enough, a new study suggests that people who are laid off are at higher risk of being diagnosed with health conditions such as hypertension, heart disease, and even arthritis than those who keep their jobs.
The statistics are sobering: Heart disease is the number-one killer of women in the United States. And an estimated 8 million women have it. What's more, a new study shows that in recent years the overall heart disease risk for Americans -- especially women -- hasn't continued the healthy downward trend it showed in previous decades.
Age-related macular degeneration is a baby-boomer disease that, according to the American Medical Association, affects more than 10 million Americans. It is one of the leading causes of blindness for people over age 65. A study published in the July 2007 issue of Archives of Ophthalmology found that current smokers are four times more likely to develop this eye problem than nonsmokers.
As if losing your job isn't bad enough, a new study suggests that people who are laid off are at higher risk of being diagnosed with health conditions such as hypertension, heart disease, and even arthritis than those who keep their jobs.
The statistics are sobering: Heart disease is the number-one killer of women in the United States. And an estimated 8 million women have it. What's more, a new study shows that in recent years the overall heart disease risk for Americans -- especially women -- hasn't continued the healthy downward trend it showed in previous decades.
Age-related macular degeneration is a baby-boomer disease that, according to the American Medical Association, affects more than 10 million Americans. It is one of the leading causes of blindness for people over age 65. A study published in the July 2007 issue of Archives of Ophthalmology found that current smokers are four times more likely to develop this eye problem than nonsmokers.
People in their 60s and 70s who have high blood pressure may want to make sure they get enough sleep. A new study suggests that if they log fewer than 7.5 hours under the covers every night, they're at greater risk of heart attack, stroke, and sudden cardiac death than their peers who get more shut-eye.
High blood pressure is truly a silent killer. In fact, a heart attack or stroke may be the first sign that you even have a problem. That's why it's so important to get your blood pressure checked every time you go to the doctor -- especially if you're a woman.
Several U.S. navy ships have converged near a Ukrainian cargo ship, seized last week by pirates off the coast of Somalia, a navy official told CNN Monday.
For the first time, it appears that more than half of all insured Americans are taking prescription medicines regularly for chronic health problems, a study shows
A large study offers the strongest evidence yet that a diet the government recommends for lowering blood pressure can save people from heart attack and stroke
Whether it's a partner's snore or an airplane's roar, noises can affect you even if they fail to rouse you from sleep. A new study tries to figure out why
The world's third largest drug company, Sanofi-Aventis, is facing a shareholder lawsuit for allegedly hyping a weight-loss pill that eventually failed to pass FDA muster.
Diabetes is the fifth-leading killer of Americans, according to the American Diabetes Association. A sobering two out of three people with type I or type II diabetes will die from a heart attack or stroke -- the combined leading causes of death among diabetics.
Stripping away opera's glamour, singers are increasingly speaking out about a more sordid side of their world -- increased drug and alcohol use sparked by relentless pressure to perform often and well.
Golf is a game of integrity. (Mostly.) It's about honor. (Kind of.) But most of all it's about knowing the rules, because take it from the pros: If you know 'em, you can find a way to bend them, subvert them or otherwise take advantage of them.
Dr. Ronald Dworkin tells the story of a woman who didn't like the way her husband was handling the family finances. She wanted to start keeping the books herself but didn't want to insult her husband.
The stock price for biotech Encysive Pharmaceuticals plunged more than 50 percent in Monday morning trading, following an FDA decision on Friday to approve a competing heart-lung drug from Gilead while calling Encysive's drug ineffective.
Doctors call it "the white-coat effect:" the natural rise in blood pressure that comes with exam-room anxiety. But a simple case of nerves couldn't explain the numbers that Roger Moeller, a 60-year-old editor and publisher in Bethlehem, Connecticut, was hearing during an annual physical.
European drugmakers are getting ready to report first quarter earnings in the next few days, and could be better positioned for growth than their American rivals
A 49-year-old woman who died after riding on Walt Disney World's "Mission: Space" ride suffered a stroke linked to her high blood pressure, according to preliminary autopsy results released Friday by the Orange County medical examiner.
Pfizer's high blood pressure treatment Norvasc does a better job of decreasing the risk of fatal heart attacks than generic blood pressure drugs known as beta blockers, according to data released Sunday at the American Heart Association conference.
The "art" of medicine -- a term that doctors often fall back on when the "science" of medicine is open to interpretation -- was illustrated by studies in the leading medical journals this week.
The Food and Drug Administration approved Revatio, a treatment for pulmonary arterial hypertension that uses the same active ingredient as Viagra, said Pfizer Inc. on Monday.
As it prepares for its latest round of analyst meetings this week, pharmaceutical giant Pfizer faces a range of difficult choices in wrestling with soon-to-expire patents on several key drugs.
Judging by the huge white bandage plastered on his forehead, the Continental Airlines employee in his blue-and-gold epauletted shirtsleeves needed some medical attention. But he was lucky. Because ...
OUR STORY BEGINS LIKE A made-for-TV movie--scientists swoop in and make a daring, against-all-odds rescue from a desolate island off the coast of Georgia--and it just gets better. Instead of findin...
The obesity epidemic is reaching down to the playpen: More than 10 percent of U.S. children ages 2 to 5 are overweight, the American Heart Association reported Thursday.
Iraq's human rights minister Friday said captured Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein is in "good shape" and shows no signs of serious illness despite some nagging health issues -- such as high blood pressure, a prostate infection, a hernia and a bout with weight loss.
In view of what's happening in the world these days, it's a wonder everyone doesn't have high blood pressure. Maybe they do. More than a quarter of the people in the U.S. with high blood pressure, ...
The symptoms of a heart attack aren't necessarily obvious. People talk of chest pain, but it's usually pressure or a squeezing sensation. This is called angina, and it occurs when blood flow in one...
Starve a cold, feed a fever. A lot of upper-airway secretions are swallowed when you have a cold, and this can decrease appetite by filling you up. It's also true that a fever will raise your metab...
If you care about nutrition, a little siren probably goes off in your head when somebody passes the salt. Medical experts have drummed into us for more than 40 years that eating too much salt cause...
Last summer William Daiger could have dropped dead. Or he could have joined those who become permanently impaired when a heart attack destroys a significant part of the body's precious pump. But Da...
Predicting that the Dow will rise to 3500 by the end of 1990 is quite a change for Russell Thompson, 49, who manages the $1.5 billion United Income Fund for the Waddell & Reed investment advisory f...
Many stock pickers are warning that the dizzying climb of drug stocks cannot go on, but William Hayes, 52-year-old manager of Fidelity's $270-million Select Health Care Portfolio, is not listening....
BY NOW MANY health-conscious Americans can readily reel off the four main risk factors commonly associated with heart disease: a high cholesterol level, a diet heavy in saturated fats, high blood p...
Not long ago it seemed that Merck & Co., the $3.6-billion-a-year pharmaceutical giant based in Rahway, New Jersey, had lost its magic touch. Rosy profit growth came to a halt in the mid-1970s; sinc...
Congress gave the generic drug industry a bottle of uppers last September, and investors are stoned on the stocks. The Waxman-Hatch bill produced a tradeoff: major drug manufacturers got longer pat...
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