A diet that prevents and lowers high blood pressure has been linked to a reduced risk of heart failure in women, a new study finds. “The Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet may contribute to prevention of heart failure in some cases because it effectively reduced blood pressure and low-density lipoprotein (LDL, or...
A group of adult patients who had chronic lower back pain are said be relieved after taking any kind of acupuncture treatment. Daniel Cherkin, lead author of a report published in the May 11 issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine, had said “Acupuncture is an effective treatment for chronic back pain. People receiving...
Swine flu emerged in Mexico months earlier than previously thought, the country’s health minister has said, giving possible clues about the origins of the killer virus. Officials had previously said that the first recorded case of the H1N1 virus in Mexico was from a woman who died in the southern state of Oaxaca on...
