01-16-2012
Paying attention to your blood pressure when you're younger could help you head off problems before they start.
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12-15-2011
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11-23-2011
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11-21-2011
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11-15-2011
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10-19-2011
Full-time U.S. workers who are overweight or obese and have other chronic health problems miss 450 million more work days annually than their normal-weight, healthy counterparts, according to a Gallup poll.
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10-10-2011
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09-20-2011
The cumulative costs of five leading noncommunicable diseases cancer, heart and respiratory diseases, diabetes and mental illness — may surge to $47 trillion by 2030, a study by the World Economic Forum found.
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09-15-2011
If you don't smoke, aren't overweight, get regular physical activity and eat vegetables, you can significantly reduce your risk for heart failure, according to research reported in Circulation: Heart Failure, an American Heart Association journal.
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09-01-2011
Reduced slow wave sleep (SWS) is a powerful predictor for developing high blood pressure in older men, according to new research in Hypertension: Journal of the American Heart Association.
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08-30-2011
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08-17-2011
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08-12-2011
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07-29-2011
The average annual growth in national health spending will be 5.8% through 2020, with an 8.3% year-on-year rise in 2014, followed by 6.2% annually through 2020, according to a study published in the journal Health Affairs.
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07-27-2011
Preventing heart disease before it starts is a good long-term investment in the nation's health, according to a new policy statement from the American Heart Association.
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07-21-2011
You can lower your blood pressure without medication. Try these 10 lifestyle changes.
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07-15-2011
These young adults were more likely to be overweight and exercise less, researchers explained
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07-11-2011
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07-11-2011
Advanced practice nurses (APNs) and physician assistants (PAs) are frequently touted as the solution to the physician shortage, but there will not be enough of all 3 professionals combined to meet the nation's healthcare needs in 2025, according to a study published in the June issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons.
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07-08-2011
The number of obese U.S. adults rose in 16 states in the last year, helping to push obesity rates in a dozen states above 30 percent, according to report
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07-06-2011
Report calls for better understanding of Heart Disease in women
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03-24-2011
Lack of healthy food in youth seems to cause inflammation, insulin resistance, study finds
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03-01-2011
Daytime sleep could have positive impact on cardiovascular health, according to study.
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02-09-2011
Most Americans with the biggest risks for heart disease are not doing enough to control these risks, and the fragmented U.S. healthcare system is partly to blame, federal health officials said on Tuesday.
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