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Healthy Living Prevents High Blood Pressure

How you live your life does matter for your health. At least, that's the conclusion from the Nurses' Health Study. More than 80,000 women between the ages of 27 and 44 were studied for 14 years. Those who had the...
http://www.peoplespharmacy.com/2009/07/23/healthy-living-prevents-high-blood-pressure/

Healthy Lifestyle Wards Off Heart Failure

Healthy living is not just for women. Men can benefit too! A study of 20,000 male physicians over more than 20 years found that those who maintained a normal body weight, did not smoke, got regular exercise, ate breakfast cereals...
http://www.peoplespharmacy.com/2009/07/23/healthy-lifestyle-wards-off-heart-failure/

Some Blood Pressure Medicines Benefit the Brain

A category of blood pressure medicines called ACE inhibitors may be good for the brain as well as the circulatory system. These medicines originated from a discovery in Brazil decades ago. Researchers found that the bite of the poisonous jararaca...
http://www.peoplespharmacy.com/2009/07/23/some-blood-pressure-medicines-benefit-the-brain/

Contaminated Anesthetic Recalled

Michael Jackson was so desperate to get a good night's sleep that he purportedly sought the injectable anesthetic propofol to help him lose consciousness. This intravenous agent is used in hospitals all across the country in general anesthesia. It is...
http://www.peoplespharmacy.com/2009/07/23/contaminated-anesthetic-recalled/

Low Birth Weight Linked to Compounds in Plastic

There is growing concern about a group of chemicals used to keep plastic flexible. Chinese babies who were exposed to higher levels of phthalates before birth were three and a half times more likely to have low birth weights. Animal...
http://www.peoplespharmacy.com/2009/07/23/low-birth-weight-linked-to-compounds-in-plastic/

Xylitol Protects Baby Teeth from Cavities

For decades Finnish researchers have been studying the effect of a natural sugar derived from birch trees. The sweetener called xylitol can be used as a sugar substitute. It has been used in chewing gum and Finnish children have been...
http://www.peoplespharmacy.com/2009/07/23/xylitol-protects-baby-teeth-from-cavities/