Health Sep 21 Under new guidelines, more Americans meet the criteria for high blood pressure By William Cornwell, The Conversation
Health Feb 09 Watch 9:31 Cash-strapped health care facilities work to stave off projected spike in heart disease No disease kills more Americans annually than heart disease. At least half of all Americans are at risk because of factors such as obesity, elevated blood pressure, high cholesterol or smoking. It's projected to get even worse in the coming… By Stephanie Sy, Sam Weber, Henry Brannan
Science Nov 22 Sugar industry withheld possible evidence of cancer link 50 years ago, researchers say Scientists at the University of California, San Francisco have uncovered documents demonstrating that members of the sugar industry called off a study in the 1960s because it linked sucrose -- a common sugar -- to heart disease and bladder cancer… By Teresa Carey
Health Mar 26 Watch Heart Transplants: How Do You Get One? Cheney's New Heart: Who Gets to Top of Transplant List and Why?…
Science Sep 19 FDA Hearings, New Research Reignite BPA Controversy The U.S. Food and Drug Administration reiterated its position in a hearing this week that the chemical bisphenol A, used in many plastic household products, is safe in low levels. By PBS News Hour