Elevated Blood Pressure In Children

According to Medscape News and a study published in Hypertension, elevated blood pressure among children and adolescents rose 27% in a 13-year time period. “High blood pressure is dangerous bec...

HIV Infections Lowered in Children

According to the Joint U.N. Programme on HIV/AIDS, the number of children with HIV is decreasing in parts of the world that consist of the most new infections. This shows that “The Global Plan ...

West Nile Outbreak Anticipated

Due to warmer and longer mosquito seasons and a decrease in disease-control funding, experts anticipate a West Nile outbreak. After the year 2003, with nearly 10, 000 cases and 264 dead, a West Nile ...

Whey Protein and its Benefits

Whey protein is one of the main groups of protein found in milk. Used primarily to promote muscle growth, whey protein includes all of the essential amino acids and serves as an alternative to milk f...

Stress recovers in soldiers

Stress may be harmful at first, but in the end, people recover from it. A study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences analyzed 33 Dutch soldiers deployed to Afghani...

No sleep leads to high blood pressure

Studies have shown that people who have less than 6 hours of sleep per night increases the risk for high blood pressure. Waking up frequently, not falling asleep easily, or having any other issues ca...

Gardening is good for your health

Many people today feel that gardening is the perfect antidote to the modern world, a way to reclaim what we’ve lost in our busy everyday lives. In recent studies, gardening has been shown to ea...

Drowsy Driving Shown To Be Deadly

We are all familiar with drunken driving, but what about drowsy driving? Studies show that drowsy driving can be just as deadly. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 15 –...