Though hypertension is one of the most common systemic diseases in the United States, a huge number of patients are unaware they have high blood pressure. Even among those correctly diagnosed, most have poorly controlled blood pressure. As a primary care provider, you can help reverse this ...
Hypertension is not regarded as a defined disease, because it has been repeatedly shown that blood pressure is continuously distributed in the population, and hypertension most often represents only the upper end of the distribution. This is true for the majority of cases, namely those with ...
The hemodynamic, electroencephalographic (EEG), and metabolic effects of a high-dose methohexital anesthetic were examined in eight neurosurgical patients. The patients were studied at rest and at 15-min intervals during a 60-min infusion of the drug, given at a rate of 0.40 mg . kg-1 ....
Finally, we summarize the latest evidence on the effect of eliminating senescent endothelial cells (senolysis) and identify important remaining questions to be addressed in future studies. Key points Forming the inner lining of blood vessels, endothelial cells are exposed to a unique milieu of ...
High blood pressure has long been identified as a factor in higher risks of heart disease and strokes, and makes more than a billion people around the globe in torment — including one out of three US adults. Blood pressure is recorded in millimeters of mercury (mmHg) as two numbers in a...
Of functional genomics Knoell said, "Basically, any disease will become a candidate. High blood pressure, atherosclerotic disease, pneumonia, you name it. Cancer." Millions of patients are expected to benefit. "It is certainly conceivable that new therapies derived from functional genomics will event...
Given that stress can adversely affect human health and well-being, including causing high blood pressure and increasing the risk of cardiovascular diseases such as coronary heart disease, it is essential to understand our individual responses to stress and identify potential factors that can act as ...
High Blood Pressure Hypertension in overweight dogs is an area of recent interest among veterinary researchers. While we still don't fully understand the link between obesity and high blood pressure, we are closer to a more thorough understanding. ...
the WHO. Figure1illustrates the distribution of deaths attributable to different risk factors. Air pollution holds the third position as a risk factor, following high blood pressure (first) and smoking (second). Air pollution was a contributing cause of death in 2019, with over 6.67 million ...
Herein, we review the devastating consequences of the worldwide obesity epidemic on kidney health and outcomes. We submit that the obesity epidemic is the