Friday, August 27, 2010 What is blood pressure?
Blood pressure is the force of the blood pushing against the artery walls. The force is generated with each heartbeat as blood is pumped from the heart into the blood vessels. The size and elasticity of the artery walls also...
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
The digestive system is like a finely tuned machine when all the parts of the body work together in unison. After food leaves the stomach and enters the small intestine, the liver produces bile to help digest food. Bile, some of which is stored ...
To help improve local access to highly specialized heart care services, Lakewood Regional Medical Center has broken ground on a $10 million expansion of its cardiac catheterization laboratory. Due to the increasing number of cardiac patients bei...
Sports injuries can be either acute traumatic, which require immediate medical care, or chronic overuse injuries. When should you treat a sports injury yourself, and when should you stop playing until you see a physician? Here are a few sports i...
Regular exercise and good nutrition can help you live a long, healthy life. But if you’re not paying attention to your bones, life could be very uncomfortable. Osteoporosis is a disease characterized by low bone mass and structural deterioration o...
MIRACLE ON SOUTH STREET
Dave Nakamura says he is a walking miracle thanks to the quick action of his friends and local medical community.
The Cerritos resident was recently walking around the track at Liberty Park with his run/walk fitness class...
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