Your diet, how much you exercise, how much salt you eat, and your age can affect your blood pressure. And if you have high blood pressure, you’re at risk for heart attack, stroke, and kidney failure. The older you get, the more your risks can go up.
Judy no longer has to worry about lifetime limits on her insurance coverage or being denied due to a pre-existing condition thanks to the health care law.
National Influenza Vaccination Week (NIVW) will be held December 2-8, 2012. Start planning your flu vaccination efforts now!
It’s not easy, but it could be the most important decision you ever make. Quitting smoking, or never starting, is so vital to your health. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has launched a new campaign, Tips from Former Smokers, to show just how harsh tobacco can be, first and second hand.
A new study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the journal Vaccine puts a dollar figure on treating influenza illness in young children.
Home should be a safe haven for a kid. But researchers who looked at national data on emergency department visits say falls down stairs account for a lot of injuries – and many can be prevented.