Breathing is something we do unconsciously, regularly and non-stop. When something interferes with that process, our bodies react. When you have a slight cold or an allergy, having a stuffy nose is annoying and makes it difficult to sleep and smell.

More than 100 million Americans should monitor their blood pressure at home, according to new recommendations. About 72 million people have hypertension—defined as a reading of greater than 140 over 90—and an additional 25 million have prehypertension, which is a reading higher than 120/80 but below 140/90.

When the tiny openings that drain the sinuses get blocked, mucus becomes trapped in the sinuses. Like water in a stagnant pond, it makes a good home for bacteria, viruses, or fungi to grow. If a cold lasts for more than 10 to 14 days (sometimes you may have a low-grade fever), you may have sinusitis. This means an infection of the sinuses.

E. coli refers to a group of bacteria normally found in the intestines of healthy humans and animals. Of the hundreds of types of E. coli, most are harmless. But a few strains of E. coli are responsible for serious food-borne infections — including E. coli O157:H7, the strain of the bacteria responsible for the current outbreak.

Stents have been used for many years to clear blockages in the arteries of the heart and neck. But the arteries in the brain present a very different challenge because they are more fragile and have many more curves, making it harder to get the stent to the site of the blockage. Physicians use a minimally invasive technique to deploy the stent inside the brain.

A routine jab could cut the number of deaths from cervical cancer by three quarters if given to all girls aged 12, say researchers.
It could also reduce the need for smear tests which lead to anxiety for thousands of women each year who have an abnormal result.
And it might even reduce the likelihood of other cancers caused by the same sexually-transmitted virus.

The most common causes of heart failure are hypertension (high blood pressure) and coronary artery disease. Uncontrolled high blood pressure, or hypertension, can cause a heart attack but it is also a major cause of heart failure even in the absence of an attack. In fact, about 75 percent of cases of heart failure start with hypertension.

Sarcomas are a heterogeneous group of rare tumors that arise predominantly from the embryonic mesoderm. The various sarcomas include bone sarcomas (osteosarcomas and chondrosarcomas), Ewing’s sarcomas, peripheral primitive neuroectodermal tumors, and soft tissue sarcomas, which are the most frequent.