New York, NY--March 9, 2009--InterCure Ltd., a medical device company publicly traded on the Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE: INCR), today announced a new study published in the peer-reviewed Journal of Human Hypertension. The advance online publication of the study is now available on the journal's w...

I'm 23 and I've just been given a diagnosis of essential hypertension and I've been put on meds. My doc says it's not a big deal at my age as long as I control it...really? My readings at Kaiser have been just around the 140/90 mark, and I've had a few home readings just below that. I am skinny, don...

In the last couple weeks, I seemed to have popped. Me @ 22 weeks.It is absolutely amazing to me that my belly protrudes farther than my boobs.I hardly believed such a phenomenon could exist. To be perfectly honest (as, let's face it, I usually am) I have been afraid to post pictures of my pregnant s...

The most popular post I did at ZDNet Healthcare last year had the provocative title "Diabetes is also Heart Disease." The story was based on studies showing how diabetes ravages the heart. Doctors recommend that diabetics recognize this damage and treat themselves as heart patients. Today I'm asking...

In order to make aging a bit more tolerable I've branded it. It's even got a tag line. The Aging Process -- You Should Live So Long. Makes you feel all yummy inside, doesn't it? But it's not. It's a bitch. Those of us in our 50s have a choice to either fight or to give in. I choose to fight, my way....

Financial Penalty, Metabollic rate en Vettax op Levensverzekering! Japan, a country not known for its overweight people, has undertaken one of the most ambitious campaigns ever by a nation to slim down its citizenry. Under a national law that came into effect two months ago, companies and local gove...

The concept of a normal blood pressure has fallen strikingly as doctors learn what it takes to preserve good health....

Isabella ColetteBorn Feb 11th at 10:11 PMVia Emergency C-Section3 Lbs, 9 ozs17 inches long32 weeks on the dot I woke up on Monday morning, Feb 11th, thinking I was having my first non-stress test appointment around 9:00 am, a little lunch and then back home to bed and instead – my husband and I en...

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