DR MICHAEL MOSLEY: Keep your blood sugar in check… even if your’re not diabetic For the past few weeks I’ve
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High blood pressure may increase dementia risk
High blood pressure, or hypertension, is known to put pressure on the body, leading to disease. Over the years, it
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Higher blood pressure may be linked to brain disease, Alzheimer’s
Older people who have higher blood pressure may have more signs of brain disease, specifically brain lesions, according to a
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Gastrointestinal flora the cause of severe lung damage after blood transfusion
Knowledge that the gastrointestinal flora affects both healthy physiological processes and various disease mechanisms has increased in recent years. A
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Creatinine blood test: Purpose, procedure, and low or high ranges
Creatinine is the waste product of creatine, which the muscles use to make energy. Typically, creatinine travels in the blood
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Patients with type 1 diabetes saw blood sugars improve with liraglutide
Researchers from the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo have found that adding liraglutide
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Even minor sleep problems raise women’s blood pressure
For some time, we have known that insufficient sleep increases blood pressure, and, therefore, the risk of heart-related diseases. Recently,
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Study shows blood test can differentiate between Zika and dengue
A new study from the Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine shows that, depending on the interpretation
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New drugs are improving survival times for patients with aggressive type of blood cancer, study finds
Survival times for a highly aggressive type of blood cancer have nearly doubled over the last decade due to the
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No evidence that vitamin D protects against high blood pressure in pregnancy
There is no strong evidence that vitamin D protects against pregnancy-induced high blood pressure (hypertension) or pre-eclampsia, conclude researchers in
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