High blood pressure, or hypertension, puts constant strain on your arteries and heart, dramatically increasing the risk of cardiovascular disease. The encouraging news is that many cases of high blood ...

Q: If someone's kidneys are failing, how do they decide between staying on dialysis or pursuing a kidney transplant? A: This is one of the most common and difficult questions patients with kidney ...

Imagine your body as a complex orchestra with insulin as the conductor that keeps every section in harmony. In diabetes, it is like the conductor that goes off-beat and the music turns chaotic.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Emergency physicians spend years treating patients with the downstream consequences of noncommunicable diseases.

Norah O'Donnell is CBS News' senior correspondent and a 60 Minutes contributing correspondent. O'Donnell is also the host of CBS News 24/7's "Person to Person," where she brings interviews that go ...

Anne Flower, MD, has been running and racing regularly since med school a decade ago. But she had never pushed herself to triple-digit mileage until taking on the Leadville 100-miler in Colorado this ...