Long-term, low-dose antiviral treatment reduces the risk for potentially vision-damaging bouts of inflammation and infection, as well as pain, which occur when shingles affects the eye, according to ...

Body position: Readings should be taken while the patient is seated with their back supported, feet flat on the floor, and arm supported at heart level. Sitting on an exam table without back support ...

High systolic blood pressure, often just called high blood pressure or hypertension, is a common condition that can lead to ...

A new study finds that the way your arm is positioned during a blood pressure reading can skew measurements, sometimes ...

Aspirin also lowers the risk of heart attacks and strokes, particularly in people at high risk of these problems. Usually, only very low daily doses -- 81 milligrams or one baby aspirin -- are ...