Nov. 21, 2024 — Scientists have discovered how long-term treatment of high blood pressure with commonly prescribed drugs can destroy the kidney's ability to filter and purify blood. The finding ...

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"Their health condition is much better now and their blood pressure levels are also under control," RML Hospital's Medical Superintendent Dr. Ajay Shukla said on Friday. Conspiracy to save Amit ...

In the past years, there has emerged a silent epidemic that has swept through children and adolescents across the whole of Asia, one rarely talked about, with grave implications on their future ...

WASHINGTON (CN) — The Senate Judiciary Committee voted unanimously Thursday to approve a proposed bill that, if made law, would stand up more stringent guidelines for online service providers to ...

Although placental dysfunction may be an important pathophysiologic pathway, numerous parental and pregnancy characteristics that influence offspring blood pressure are strong confounders of the ...

Your blood-pressure reading probably isn’t as accurate as you think. More often than not, patients and even nurses and doctors are skipping steps that help paint an accurate portrait of someone ...

Health equity goals focus on identifying barriers to care and ending disparities in how high blood pressure is prevented and treated. Normal BP ranges vary in children. What may be considered healthy ...

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Blood pressure medications are usually taken for life. However, some people can stop taking them by addressing those underlying causes of high blood pressure (hypertension) that can be changed, such ...

What is a blood transfusion for children? A blood transfusion is when blood is put into the body. During a blood transfusion, your child receives donated blood through one of his or her blood vessels.