It’s Sleep Awareness Month! Of course, you're probably plenty aware of sleep, given that you spend about a third of your life curled up in bed under the blankets—or at least you should, and you probably know that, too. Sleep is important to help our bodies repair from the wear-and-tear of the day, give our brains some rest to think clearly when we’re awake, and for babies and kids especially, to help them grow.

At different times in our lives we need different amounts of sleep. The National Sleep Foundation has a gr

You’re probably familiar with the term hypertension—this is the medical term for high blood pressure. But what, exactly, is pulmonary hypertension? November is Pulmonary Hypertension awareness month, so there’s no better time to learn about this condition that affects the lungs.

Pulmonary hypertension [PH] is, simply, high blood pressure in the lungs. This high blood pressure is not present throughout the body as it is in typical hypertension. [ Read More