Doctor says heart groups too cozy with industry

A prominent cardiologist accused leading heart organizations of being too cozy with industry and allowing those ties to influence its policies and education programs for doctors.
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People with variable blood pressure at stroke risk

People with occasional spikes in their blood pressure could be at higher risk of having a stroke than those with regularly high blood pressure, new studies said Friday. Comments

Guidelines: Do medical tests later, less often

Recent reports and guideline changes suggest some medical tests should be delayed, avoided, or done less often: Comments

Study suggests too many invasive heart tests given

A troublingly high number of U.S. patients who are given angiograms to check for heart disease turn out not to have a significant problem, according to the latest study to suggest Americans get an excess of medical tests. Comments

Panel: Women need chance to avoid repeat C-section

Too many pregnant women who want to avoid a repeat cesarean delivery are being denied the chance, concludes a government panel that urged doctors to rethink litigation-spurred policies that have swung the pendulum back toward the days of "once a C-section, always a C-section." Comments

Study: those who stay fit have longer sex lives