Hypertension can affect your mind, heart, eyes and more, often without causing any obvious symptoms at all.

Dr. Omar Al-Heeti is an assistant professor of medicine at Southern Illinois University and practices internal medicine with a specialty in infectious diseases. He received his medical degree from the ...

White blood cells help your body fight inflammation and infections. A high or low white blood cell count may be associated with a number of short-term or long-term health conditions. White blood cells ...

Red blood cells carry oxygen from the lungs around the body. They then carry carbon dioxide from around the body back to the lungs. These cells are an important component of blood. However, a range of ...

Medically reviewed by Christopher Lee, MD Losing body fat may be associated with many health benefits, including improved blood pressure and enhanced immune function. However, because blood pressure ...

Red blood cells transport oxygen throughout your body, including to vital organs and tissues. They also help your body get rid of carbon dioxide. Too little or too many red blood cells may be ...

Eating less salt can reduce blood pressure and the risk of heart disease and strokes, especially in people with salt sensitivity.You can reduce salt intake by removing salt from the table, using ...

We’ve all been there. You walk out of the office after a long workday, look out over a sea of cars, and wonder, “Now where the heck did I park?” When you’re young, remembering comes easy. “Oh, yeah,” ...

A team of researchers led by Chandan Sen at the Indiana University School of Medicine, is moving a new nanochip device, which can reprogram skin cells in the body to become new blood vessels and nerve ...