Cardiology

Former NFL players may face higher risk of atrial fibrillation

Former National Football League players were nearly 6 times more likely to have atrial fibrillation (AFib) compared to men of similar age who did not play professional football, according to new research in Journal of the ...

Health

Need to get moving? Start slowly

When you exercise, you feel less tired and stressed, and more upbeat. Even taking a 10-minute walk is a good start. You don't have to run a marathon to reap the benefits of exercise.

Health

Isometric exercise: Using body weight to lower blood pressure

When you think about exercise, sweating through a cycling class, adding up miles from a brisk walk or pumping iron in the weight room may come to mind. But there's a different form of exercise that uses something besides ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Outbreak of paralyzing disease linked to non-polio enterovirus

The Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), an affiliate of City of Hope, has identified a polio-like virus as a potential cause of an outbreak of a disease known as Acute Flaccid Myelitis (AFM), a crippling condition ...

Health

Is your exercise program heart-healthy?

You're getting to the gym regularly. Meeting your friends for a walk around the block. Maybe aerobics class is your go-to exercise. But is your exercise program the best for your heart health?

Obstetrics & gynaecology

Endometriosis can complicate hysterectomies, study shows

Patients with endometriosis are more likely to experience complications during and after hysterectomies, a study by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers shows. The findings, published in the Journal of Minimally Invasive ...

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