News tagged with 'High Blood Pressure'

On the day the Labor Department announced another half-million job losses, researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health are releasing their findings about unemployment’s impact on health. Losing a job can translate into compromised health, researchers found, even if a new job is secured. 

The FDA is issuing its third alert concerning over-the-counter weight loss products that contain prescription ingredients. A diuretic, anti-seizure, and prescription-only appetite supressant have been found in these OTC drugs the FDA wants taken off the market. 

A new study found, magnesium sulfate, given to mothers at risk of preterm delivery, cut the rate of cerebral palsy in their babies by nearly half. Cerebral palsy is a disorder that affects 1 or 2 of every 1,000 infants.

Teens that sleep fewer than 6 1/2 hours per night are at twice the risk of developing hypertension (high blood pressure) and those with troubled sleep habits are at triple the risk, according to researchers at Western Reserve University.

According to a new report published in this week's issue of The Journal of the American Medical Association, middle-aged men and women face a high risk of developing hypertension. Doctors with the Framingham Heart Study in Massachusetts examined nearly 1,300 men and women age fifty-five to sixty-five who, until that t