Researchers at Ohio State University found that exposure to the four most common air pollutants in busy cities, ozone, particulate matter, nitrogen dioxide and sulfur dioxide, contributed to increased blood pressure in rats predisposed to high blood pressure. Two groups of hypertensive rats were examined in the study. One group was exposed to environmental pollutants […]

Doctor’s at New York’s Presbyterian Hospital have been participating in an ongoing clinical trial to remove a woman’s gallbladder without entering the body cavity through her abdomen. The clinical trial is only for women at this time because the procedure is performed though a small incision in the back of the uterus using an endoscope. […]