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• Breastfeeding Benefits For Moms Greater Than Previously Believed

  Not that you needed another reason to choose breastfeeding -- or pat yourself on the back if you did/do, or feel horribly guilty and pissed off if you didn't/don't -- but this week came news reports of even more dramatic health benefits for moms who breastfeed. The new study, published in the May issue of Obstetrics and Gynecology, found that women who had breastfed were less likely to develop high blood pressure, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease than their non-nursing counterparts, and that the effect increases with increasing duration of breastfeeding.  Read More... Posted Apr 23 2009, 02:01 PM by Kate Tuttle with | with 7 comment(s) Filed under: mothers, breastfeeding, nursing, nursing mothers, diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, breastmilk, high cholesterol

• They Say: Pre-eclampsia Now, Heart Problems Later

  Pre-eclampsia is one of those pregnancy-related health conditions that is cured by delivering the baby. All the dangers -- the skyrocketing blood pressure, the risk of seizures or stroke -- melt away once the cord is cut and the infant is out on its own. So even though it's a very serious, not uncommon malady (occuring in 5% of pregnancies), the doctors who treat a woman once she's past the baby-having phase typically don't pay much attention to it, or even understand it well. Read More... Posted Mar 23 2009, 10:01 AM by Kate Tuttle with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: heart disease, high blood pressure, pre-eclampsia, stroke, heart attack, cardiovascular, cardiovascular disease, heart condition, pregnancy hypertension

• Which Came First -- The Salt or the Corn Syrup?

  The human body can't function without a little bit of the old NaCl. But most human bodies also have a huge -- and growing ever huger -- problem with moderation. If a little is good, then a whole lot must be better.   Read More... Posted Feb 27 2008, 02:32 PM by Adrienne Martini with | with no comments Filed under: diet, soda, high blood pressure, high fructose corn syrup, salt

• Pre-eclampsia Linked With Herpes

  In today's continuing coverage of STDs, this next report should raise plenty of eyebrows from now on whenever a new mom discusses preterm birth or high blood pressure during her pregnancy. Researchers in Australia have linked exposure to viral infection -- especially the herpes type -- to both.   Read More... Posted Feb 24 2008, 04:09 PM by Madeline Holler with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: research study, preterm labor, premature babies, high blood pressure, pre-eclampsia, STDs, herpes, preterm birth

• Could Your Kid Have High Blood Pressure?

  High blood pressure. That's something usually reserved for portly stogie-chomping, three-martini-lunch Type A types. Isn't it? Apparently not. And apparently, according to a new study anyway, over a million U.S. kids have undiagnosed high blood pressure. One. Million.  That's one million who don't know about it. There's another million who do. One = one = (let's see, rapidly counting on fingers, oh I've got it) TWO. Million. Kids with high blood pressure.   Read More... Posted Aug 23 2007, 07:36 AM by Karen Murphy with | with no comments Filed under: kids, health, health and kids, high blood pressure