Published July 17, 2015

A blood test that can predict high blood pressure and coronary artery disease risk

If you don't already know about cystatin C, then it's about time you did. Cystatin C is a relatively new blood test that hasn't become big news yet. A study published just this past month shows how important this test can be, especially in people with a family history of high blood pressure or heart disease.

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Published July 15, 2015

When your voice starts to sound old, it doesn't necessarily mean you're getting old - it could be this....

A lot of things don't work all that well as we get older. Sometimes these things are treatable and sometimes they aren't. One of those changes can happen to the voice. The technical term is dysphonia. And it means a decreased ability to produce a normal sounding voice.

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Published July 13, 2015

The CDC gets it wrong again - the sun doesn't cause melanoma

Last year, I reported on the incompetent way the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) handed the "Ebola crisis" here in the U.S. Now the latest fiasco comes in a recent CDC press release.

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