Cut your toe, and platelets -- those disc-shaped cells circulating in your blood -- rush to the scene, clumping together to plug the leak. But when an unwanted clot forms in an artery, and an overaccumulation of platelets blocks blood flow, a heart attack or stroke occurs, too often with fatal...
Nobody thinks that an excess of sodium is good for them, right? But just how much sodium is too much is hotly contested. And now to confuse things even further:*A new mega-analysis of salt studies says while a low-sodium diet keeps blood pressure low, it's actually linked to increased...
The Editor-in-Chief of one of the world's most respected medical journals, JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association), Catherine D. DeAngelis, M.D., M.P.H., has announced that she will be resigning from her post on June 30th, 2011. Dr. DeAngelis said: All good things must come to an end...