OTTAWA - Health Canada is warning patients and health-care professionals about a potentially fatal side-effect related to the drug Sprycel taken by patients with certain forms of leukemia.

A new study is one of the first to find that the quality of your nightly slumber, and not simply the total duration of it, can play a direct role in the odds of developing high blood pressure.

A new study is one of the first to find that the quality of your nightly slumber, and not simply the total duration of it, can play a direct role in the odds of developing high blood pressure.

SAN DIEGO, Aug. 30 (UPI) -- Sleep-disordered breathing -- obstructive sleep apnea, sleep deprivation, short sleep duration -- is strongly linked to hypertension, U.S. researchers suggest.

August 30, 2011 - An increasing number of people battling hypertension – many of them senior citizens - show up at their doctor’s office with a bag full of “natural” products” that they hope will lower their high blood pressure.