High blood pressure is very common among the elderly in the United States. As the population grows older, it becomes more important for people to learn how to control their blood pressure. For this reason, experts have written new guidelines keeping blood pressure down.

It has been shown that exercise is good for your heart. Yet there is a common belief that people need to give their heart some rest after a heart attack. However, getting active after a heart attack can actually be the best choice.

Getting babies to cook long enough in the perfectly designed "oven", their mother's body, is critical for proper development. Until now, doctors haven't been able to adequately test women at risk for premature birth.

Living everyday with arthritis pain can take its toll on the body and mind. As if having the disease wasn't bad enough, people with arthritis may be less healthy than their friends and family, but need to excercise more often.

Exercising and healthy eating is essential to losing weight. How often do people enjoy working out though? Eating healthy may be manageable, but making the time to work out is becoming more difficult for everyday people.

It probably goes without saying that there is never a good time for a heart attack, but it appears that heart attacks are worse if they happen during certain times of the day.

Stem cell research holds the promise of changing the entire field of medicine. But research has been hampered because scientists haven't found a way to produce enough cells that can be studied safely.

Americans believe sea salt is a healthier alternative to regular table salt.  Wrong; they are chemically the same. Sea salt is no better for your health than table salt. People need to pay more attention to sodium (salt) intake.

An electrical shock to the heart can be lifesaving for people whose heart has stopped beating. But when the first shock doesn't work, a second shock is needed. A patient's life is at risk if that second shock isn't given quickly. Now, there is a new tool to speed up the time between shocks.