Articles written by Lauran Neergaard Ap Medical Writer Washington
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Report: U.S. fails to fight high blood pressure
A critical new report declares high blood pressure in the U.S. to be a neglected disease — a term that usually describes mysterious tropical illnesses, not a wellknown plague of rich countries. The prestigious Institute of...
New device zaps airways to help asthmatics breathe
People with severe asthma are getting a radically different treatment option: A way to snake a wire inside their lungs and melt off some of the tissue that squeezes their airways shut. Bronchial thermoplasty isn't for everyone,...
