A study released Wednesday in Plos Biology shows that some effects of dad’s nicotine use can get passed onto his kids — and to some degree to his grandkids. Pradeep Bhide, Ph.D., director of the Center for Brain Repair at the Florida State University College of Medicine, led a team of scientists who showed that the cognitive effects of nicotine […]
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For people with high blood pressure, fluctuating readings are a warning sign that you might need to change medication. New research presented today at the American College of Cardiology Scientific Session pointed out that two types of high blood pressure medications which are heavily prescribed to people — alpha-blockers and alpha-2 agonists — are associated with blood pressure […]