The new guidelines encourage patients to reduce or eliminate alcohol consumption entirely, compared with the old guidelines. For people who do want to drink alcohol, the new guidelines recommend that ...

To control high blood pressure, experts recommend home blood pressure monitoring, regular exercise, and diet adjustments.

If you’re one of the 120 million American adults with high blood pressure, there are numerous steps you can take to lower it, ...

Okefenokee swamp appears to be a mercury hotspot. A recent study out of the University of Georgia reveals alligators living in the Okefenokee Swamp have high levels of mercury. Scientists call the ...

The new guidelines, updated for the first time since 2017, lower the threshold for hypertension treatment and offer a more ...

Heavy metals are dangerous at high levels, but treatments that remove can also be risky and only benefit certain patients.