Some health care professionals use outdated guidelines to screen and diagnose hypertension
Results of a survey show that some health care professionals are not following evidence-based guidelines, potentially leading to under and overdiagnosis of hypertension.
Kids with white-coat hypertension might be at risk for eventual progression to sustained high blood pressure
Children and adolescents diagnosed with white-coat hypertension, a condition where blood pressure is higher when at the doctor’s office, might eventually progress to sustained hypertension, according to a…
Shorter rest periods yield same results when measuring blood pressure
American Heart Association Hypertension 2020 Scientific Sessions Report Current guidelines recommending five minutes of rest before a patient can receive a blood pressure screening may not be necessary…
Using A Public Restroom? Mask Up!
Think you don’t need to worry about COVID-19 while using a public restroom? A group of researchers from Yangzhou University in China recently reported that flushing public restroom…
Antibiotics associated with increased risk of inflammatory bowel disease
Antibiotics use, particularly antibiotics with greater spectrum of microbial coverage, may be associated with an increased risk of new-onset inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and its subtypes ulcerative colitis…