High blood pressure, or hypertension, is estimated to be responsible for 7.1 million deaths every year worldwide. Are you about to become a statistic? What are you eating?

Do you know the No. 1 cause of medical malpractice suits in the U.S. today? It's when a diagnostic reading of a mammogram for possible breast cancer takes too long.

It's definitely not a walk in the park, and certainly no picnic. Chemotherapy is capable of causing side effects that can really derail you for a while.

Peptic ulcers are open sores in either the stomach (called a gastric ulcer) or in the initial part of the small intestine (a duodenal ulcer). But, contrary to what many have believed, excessive stress and worry do not give people peptic ulcers.

The long, hot days of summer aren’t much encouragement for cooking in the kitchen over a hot stove. Instead, why not take advantage of the bounty of local seasonal fruits and veggies and cool yourself down with a fresh salad?

Multivitamins may contribute virtually nothing to reducing risk of common cancers, cardiovascular disease, and overall mortality.

Buyer beware: Dietary supplements marketed on Web sites with claims of treating specific diseases are a scam. The latest company to admit wrong doing is Techmedica.

Does your doctor (either primary care physician or gynecologist) do a quality clinical breast exam (CBE)? Is he/she spending adequate time examining you, or are you just receiving more of a drive-by CBE?

Science can now say with confidence that women who stopped taking post-menopausal hormone replacement therapy (HRT, consisting of estrogen combined with progesterone) have experienced a marked decline in their breast cancer risk compared to those who continued the therapy.

A recent study found that children who were not vaccinated against pertussis were 23 times more likely to develop whooping cough than were those who had received the full course of vaccinations.