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How do pacemakers and defibrillators work?

Electrocardiograms, or ECGs, record the electrical activity of your heart. Randy Faris/The Image Bank via Getty Images  A cardiologist explains how they interact with the electrical...

Strange feelings in your legs and feet? You probably want to ask your doctor about it

Getty Images Stock Photo (NewsUSA) - For older Americans who smoke or have diabetes or high blood pressure, leg pain could signal a problem with...

Many Americans wrongly assume they understand what normal blood pressure is – and that false confidence can be deadly

by Wändi Bruine de Bruin, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences and Mark Huffman, Washington University in St Louis Stunning as it may...

Sitting all day is terrible for your health – now, a new study finds a relatively easy way to counteract it

by Keith Diaz, Columbia University The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea To reduce the harmful health effects of sitting,...

How unhealthy is red meat? And how beneficial is it to eat vegetables?

by Aleksandr Aravkin, University of Washington; Christian Razo, University of Washington, and Jeffrey Stanaway, University of Washington The big idea We developed a new method for...

Panel recommends against taking vitamin E or beta carotene supplements

Consuming an ample supply of fresh fruits and vegetables is still a tried and true way of getting vitamins and minerals and achieving lasting...

Healthful diet report: Sugary drinks out; coffee, eggs in

WASHINGTON (AP) — An extra cup or two of coffee may be OK after all. More eggs, too. But you definitely need to drink...

Study ties more deaths, types of disease, to smoking

Breast cancer, prostate cancer, and even routine infections. A new report ties these and other maladies to smoking and says an additional 60,000 to...

Do vitamins block disease? Some disappointing news

WASHINGTON (AP) — There's more disappointing news about multivitamins: Two major studies found popping the pills didn't protect aging men's brains or help heart...

Is Sugar the New Tobacco?

 Is sugar the new tobacco? That’s a question with a growing buzz around the nation, especially after the City of New York’s bold move...

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