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Unhealthy Habits Could Hurt Your
Pay Check

Employers are fining, firing based on lifestyle

Sep 26, 07 3:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Unhealthy living is getting more expensive, the Chicago Tribune reports, with employees facing fines or even firing for not satisfying company health requirements. Michigan's Weyco fines workers $50 per paycheck if they or their spouses smoke. Indianapolis' Clarian takes away $5 for each blood-pressure, body-mass, or other health-based benchmark you... More »

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obesity epidemic • blood pressure • health insurance premiums

Lack of Sleep Doubles Risk of Heart Disease

Researchers suspect link between blood pressure, fewer Zs

Sep 24, 07 4:57 PM CDT
(Newser) - Getting 7 hours of sleep a night is best, and people who consistently sleep less are risking their lives, a new study says. Researchers followed 10,000 civil servants for 17 years and found that those who reduced their sleep from 7 hours a night to 5 or less doubled... More »

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sleep • United Kingdom • heart disease • blood pressure • sleep deprivation

Employees Go Lean for Green

Forget the vegetables: people lose weight to fatten their wallets, study finds

Sep 11, 07 12:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - A new study shows that paying people to lose weight works, a possible boon to employers and employees beset by the high costs of obesity. Researchers separated participants, who weren’t given a specific weight loss program, into three groups—two of which would be paid either $7 or $14... More »

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obesity • work • heart disease • weight loss • cholesterol • money • blood pressure • stroke • overweight • medical bills • employers

American Kids' Blood Pressure Creeps Up

Obesity epidemic fallout foreshadows serious health troubles

Sep 11, 07 10:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - The ranks of US children with dangerously high blood pressure and hypertension have been growing for 20 years, reversing a decades-long trend, says a new study that tracks the effects of youth obesity. Hypertension, which usually doesn't develop until patients are in their 30s or 40s, is a leading cause... More »

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obesity • hypertension • childhood obesity • diabetes • heart disease • fat • children • weight • cholesterol • blood pressure • Americans • heart attack • stroke

'Herbal' Sex Aids Were Viagra

Vigor-25 maker scammed $24 million

Sep 6, 07 9:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - Federal officials yesterday arrested the maker of an "herbal," non-prescription sex supplement, Vigor-25, for lacing the pills with the active ingredient in Viagra, reports Newsday. More than 4 million of the surprisingly effective pills have been sold on the internet and at health food stores, with a label... More »

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drugs • diabetes • heart disease • erectile dysfunction • blood pressure • Viagra • Levitra • herbal • pharmaceutical • sex aid • Vigor 25 • Michael Peng

Docs Often Miss High Blood Pressure in Kids

Hypertension is more
difficult to diagnose
in youngsters

Aug 22, 07 3:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - High blood pressure in kids is increasing, but it is often missed by doctors, a new study shows. Researchers examined the electronic records of thousands of children and teens enrolled in an Ohio health plan; they found 500 with high blood pressure readings, and only a quarter had been previously... More »

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obesity • health • hypertension • children • blood pressure • doctor

Common Virus Linked
to Obesity

Fat cells exposed to virus grow in size and number

Aug 21, 07 8:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - A virus that causes sore throats and eye infections may also contribute to obesity, new research suggests. leaving infected people with more and larger fat cells than uninfected people have. The discovery could lead to the development of anti-obesity vaccines and may help explain why some obese people have healthy... More »

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obesity • stem cell research • health • stem cells • obesity epidemic • science • blood pressure • virus

10 Ways to Cut Medical Costs

Hospital and med bills don't have to cost an arm and a leg.  Lower your blood pressure with these tips from MSNBC.

Aug 17, 07 5:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - Avoid financial injury by following these ten tips from MSNBC:
  1. Shop for tests. Different labs may vary widely in costs.
  2. Negotiate. Hospitals may waive or reduce a co-pay fee if the patient can prove that it's a hardship.
  3. Question the necessity of follow-up appointments, X-rays or MRIs.
... More »

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medicine • health care • health care costs • list • blood pressure • doctor

Skipping Meds Can Be Deadly

Half of patients undermine health
by skipping doses,
quitting medication

Jul 31, 07 5:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - Half of all patients with chronic illnesses don't take their medication as prescribed, says a new report, undermining their health and hastening their death. Patients with illnesses like heart disease and asthma often skip doses, misunderstand prescriptions or drop medication as soon as they feel better. The result is  more... More »

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medicine • health • elderly • heart disease • patients • blood pressure • prescription drugs • chronic illness • prescription

Americans Pop Happy Pills in Record Numbers

Antidepressants
are most-prescribed drug in the US

Jul 9, 07 6:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - Antidepressants are America's most prescribed drugs, according to a new CDC report, clocking in more scripts than meds for high blood pressure, high cholesterol, or asthma. Prescriptions for antidepressants rose 48% between 1995 and 2002, accounting for 118 million of the 2.4 billion drugs prescribed in 2005. More »

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medicine • depression • antidepressant • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention • pharmaceutical companies • blood pressure • prescription drugs • government study • doctor

Sweet Tooth Bolsters
Heart Health

Even most tasty kinds of dark chocolate will lower blood pressure, study shows

Jul 4, 07 5:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - More sweet news for chocoholics: Small doses of dark chocolate—even candy-aisle favorites like Dove or Hershey's—may reduce blood pressure by 2-3 points, new research shows. The study, published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association, suggests commercial chocolate can provide some of the same benefits as... More »

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health • heart disease • blood pressure • flavanols • nitric oxide • chocolate • American Medical Association • health study • medical study

Getting Under Obama's Skin

A portrait of the candidate as a
uniter in the
Lincoln mold

Apr 30, 07 11:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - Larissa MacFarquhar does an apt and artful deconstruction of Barack Obama's political persona in this week's New Yorker. Observing the candidate's oddly mild stump style, compared with the overachiever affect of most Democratic candidates, she notes that he is less professor than doctor, aiming not to whip up outrage but... More »

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Barack Obama • presidential campaign • Democrat • blood pressure • political persona • Election 2008

Implant Tricks Brain To Lower Blood Pressure

Implant delivers shocks to lower blood pressure

Mar 26, 07 10:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - A pacemaker-like implant that relies on small electrical shocks may cut the risk of heart attack and stroke in half for patients with drug-resistant hypertension, a new study shows. The device, which sends electrical shocks through the neck's carotid arteries, tricks the brain into thinking blood pressure is even higher... More »

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medicine • medical breakthrough • health • hypertension • heart • implants • brain • blood pressure • medical research • heart attack

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