Women with high prepregnancy BMI have higher stillbirth and perinatal death risks, but this association weakens with chronic ...

It’s a new year and time for many people to make their health-related resolutions. According to my go-to doctor expert, one of your resolutions should be to find out if you have any chronic ...

Nov. 21, 2024 — Scientists have discovered how long-term treatment of high blood pressure with commonly prescribed drugs can destroy the kidney's ability to filter and purify blood. The finding ...

Chronic heart failure (CHF) is associated with frequent hospitalizations and high mortality. It affects more than 5 million individuals in the USA, and another 660,000 new cases are diagnosed each ...

Take hypertension, for example. Commonly known as high blood pressure, hypertension is a chronic condition where the force of blood against artery walls is consistently too high. Risk factors include ...

Patients aged 65 years and older who use acetaminophen demonstrate greater risks for serious complications, including ...

A new study published in the Journal of American Medical Association found that in the years after a first pregnancy, there ...

GPs struggle to integrate albuminuria screening for chronic kidney disease due to confusion over prescribing and interpreting ...