The Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure (JNC ... ≥160 or DBP ≥100 For patients age 50 or older, elevated ...

In April 2021, a provision in the 21st Century Cures act took effect which required that all medical test results be released ...

Herein we report a 78-year-old female glaucoma patient who developed general weakness and acute respiratory failure, followed by cardiac arrest 1 day after taking acetazolamide. The patient was ...

Physicians at Mass General Brigham, Beth Israel, and Cambridge Health Alliance are driven by a conviction that their employers are putting business considerations over medical ones.

Hypertension, often referred to as the “silent killer,” remains a major global health challenge. Affecting over 35% of the ...

Traditionally, doctors have paid attention to two types of blood pressure readings: systolic pressure, measured when the ...

Blood pressure is the measurement of the force of an individual's blood pushing against the walls of their arteries as it is ...

Diabetes is a serious, common health condition. If you have diabetes, you need to manage and regularly monitor your glucose (blood sugar) levels to be sure they’re within a target range.

Gideon Mantel of Treato highlights the importance of listening to social media when it comes to patient conversation surrounding clinical trials. When scanning online health discussions ...

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Methods: Cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP) and nitrite (NO 2 −) were determined in plasma and aqueous humour of 38 patients with POAG and 46 controls. Blood pressure and IOP were measured to ...

The secondary outcomes were Epworth Sleep Scale (ESS) score, EuroQoL, patient satisfaction, body mass index (BMI), blood pressure and cost-effectiveness. Results We included 101 patients in PC ...