Both parents of children with hypertension and treating clinicians are aware of the importance of addressing pediatric hypertension but show significant mistrust in clinic blood pressure measurements.

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 ...

For parents, carers and teachers, it’s often tempting to base our thinking on a child’s development around what we understand as “normal”. Much of the time we do this without thinking, describing a ...

Carbohydrate levels may vary for each individual, and children will need less than 15 g to treat low blood sugar. People can discuss a specific treatment strategy for low blood sugar with a doctor.

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

Traditionally, clinicians determine what are called reference intervals by measuring a blood test in a range of healthy people. They usually take the middle 95% of these healthy values and call that ...

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 ...

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 ...

The factors that contribute to high blood pressure generally fall into two categories: modifiable and unmodifiable. In 2017, the American College of Cardiology lowered what's considered the normal ...

If your blood sugar levels are higher than normal but you do not have diabetes, you may not experience any symptoms. The only way to find out and prevent further health problems is to have a blood ...

Normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) is one of the few reversible causes of dementia in older adults and accounts for approximately 6% of all dementias. The cardinal sign of NPH is a hypokinetic ...