New global guidelines for hypertension recommend using two layers of treatment to account for areas around the world working with fewer resources. “Many healthcare professionals will not have everything available, so we make the distinction and say, go for the…
Managing high blood pressure isn't always as simple as taking one medication. In fact, Harvard Health reports that up to 30% of people with high blood pressure need three different drugs to help keep it under control. One such medication combines…
A head-to-head comparison of two popular lipid-lowering medications suggests that rosuvastatin may be a better option than atorvastatin when it comes to decreasing the risk of all-cause mortality and cardiovascular events, a new retrospective study shows. In two large databases…
The Minister of Health, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, has called for a review of the emergency unit at the La General Hospital to ensure its bed capacity is adequate to meet growing patient demand. He said the number of emergency beds…
A Plaid Cymru MS has written to the Health Minister asking how residents’ views are being considered over proposals she says would remove more than 100 beds from Powys community hospitals. Rebeca Phillips, who represents Brycheiniog Tawe Nedd, has asked Cabinet…
An analysis of US enteric fever cases found that most travel-associated cases were not susceptible to the first-line antibiotic treatment, researchers with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported this week in JAMA Network Open. Enteric fever, which encompasses…
Keira Callaghan says being prepared should be a public health measure, not a privilege, and Chris Rotheram is experiencing prescription anxiety. Plus five more letters in response to the Be Ready campaign The Be Ready campaign may offer sensible advice…
Among the 300 patients studied, those assigned to 40 mg of atorvastatin daily were less likely to experience a 10% or greater decline in LVEF at 12 months than those assigned to a placebo (9% vs 22%; P = 0.002). Women, individuals over age 52, those who were obese,…
Huge disparities in A&E waiting times across England have been laid bare in a startling Daily Mail analysis. Our investigation reveals the country's best-performing and most beleaguered emergency departments – with patients at some hospitals more than 40 times as likely…
The UK Biobank has completed the world's largest whole body imaging project, compiling more than a billion scans from 100,000 volunteers that will now serve as a tool to see what happens in people's bodies as they age and get sick.
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