"My blood pressure is only high when I am at the doctor's office." This comment is a frequently heard in health care settings, and is clinically known as white coat hypertension. We used to think that this finding was benign, but a recent study published in the New...
Up to 15% of people suffer from Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA), and the majority of individuals do not even know that they have this condition. Symptoms of excessive fatigue, daytime sleepiness, morning headache and dry or sore throat upon awakening are often due to...
High blood pressure, also known as hypertension, is a major cause of disability and death in the United States each year, contributing to or causing many cases of heart attack, stroke, kidney and heart failure. Frequently, medication must be used to reduce blood...
Please be careful with over-the-counter thyroid supplements. They usually contain large amounts of ground up pig/bovine thyroid and/or iodine, often in the form of kelp. Iodine is used by the thyroid to make thyroid hormone. These supplements are frequently misused...