To treat, or not to treat, that is the question. Some doctors believe that all patients with high blood pressure should be treated, even if their conditions are mild. Others disagree, pointing to the potential effects of diet and exercise alone, and citing data which show no particular therapeutic advantage to taking the drugs. There’s [...]

The healthy heart is a finely tuned instrument, beating in a very predictable manner throughout life. It is so predictable, in fact, that your cardiologist can determine a great deal about its health simply by looking at the paper tracing produced during an electrocardiogram (ECG) as the pumping action tenders easily recognised waves and blips. [...]