5 Causes Of Low Blood Pressure You Might Not Know About
Conclusion
Low blood pressure, although often associated with a healthy cardiovascular system, can also indicate underlying health issues.
It is crucial to recognize that low blood pressure should not be disregarded, particularly when accompanied by symptoms or fluctuations.
This article explored the causes of low blood pressure, including cardiovascular conditions, hormonal imbalances, and neurological disorders.
Smart heart care, including the use of blood pressure monitors and natural supplements, was emphasized as a proactive approach to maintaining a healthy life.
Understanding the causes and implementi...
Source: The EMT Spot - June 8, 2023 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Michael Rotman, MD, FRCPC, PhD Tags: Blood Pressure Source Type: blogs
Dangers And Risks Of High Blood Pressure
Conclusion
Despite its silent nature, high blood pressure gradually damages organs over time. The interconnectedness of the circulatory system means that all organs reachable by blood are at risk.
Hypertension can lead to critical complications such as heart enlargement, coronary artery disease, stroke, cognitive decline, erectile dysfunction, kidney disease, proteinuria, vision problems, and vascular damage.
The importance of proactive measures to manage and prevent these adverse effects is emphasized.
Regular blood pressure monitoring, adopting a healthy lifestyle, and working with healthcare professionals ar...
Source: The EMT Spot - June 1, 2023 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Michael Rotman, MD, FRCPC, PhD Tags: Blood Pressure Source Type: blogs
27 Dangers And Risks Of High Blood Pressure
Conclusion
Despite its silent nature, high blood pressure gradually damages organs over time. The interconnectedness of the circulatory system means that all organs reachable by blood are at risk.
Hypertension can lead to critical complications such as heart enlargement, coronary artery disease, stroke, cognitive decline, erectile dysfunction, kidney disease, proteinuria, vision problems, and vascular damage.
The importance of proactive measures to manage and prevent these adverse effects is emphasized.
Regular blood pressure monitoring, adopting a healthy lifestyle, and working with healthcare professionals ar...
Source: The EMT Spot - June 1, 2023 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Michael Rotman, MD, FRCPC, PhD Tags: Blood Pressure Source Type: blogs
What Can We Learn from the Envision Bankruptcy?
This study ignited a firestorm of press criticism and was followed by an aggressive lobbying and PR campaign funded by United and other large commercial payers aimed at restricting balance billing by firms like Envision.
This campaign culminated in the Dec 2020 Congressional passage of the No Surprises Act, which effectively ended balance billing and subjected thousands of Envision’s out-of-network bills to an arbitration process. NSA went into effect in January 2022. Ironically, days prior to its Chapter 11 filing, Envision won a $91 million judgment from an arbitration panel against United fo...
Source: The Health Care Blog - May 24, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: The Business of Health Care Envision HCA Jeff Goldsmith Private equity Sound Physicians Tenet United HealthGroup Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, May 15th 2023
In this study, we examined the average telomere length and telomerase activity, as well as the formation of telomere associated foci (TAFs) and the mRNA expression levels of the shelterin components in cultured primary cells of Spalax, a long-lived, hypoxia-tolerant, and cancer-resistant blind mole-rat species.
We showed that with cell passages, Spalax fibroblasts demonstrated significant shortening in telomere length, similar to rat cells, and in line with the processes observed earlier in tissues. We also demonstrated that the average telomere length in Spalax fibroblasts was significantly higher than the average ...
Source: Fight Aging! - May 14, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
The New Alzheimer's Therapies are Not What One Would Call Successful
The first batch of immunotherapies demonstrated to be capable of clearing extracellular amyloid-β from the brain have performed poorly in late stage Alzheimer's patients. Data is beginning to emerge for their ability to modestly slow down the progression of the condition at earlier stages, however. This somewhat fits with the amyloid cascade hypothesis, in that it is evidence to support the idea that amyloid-β is no longer important to disease progression once the condition has reached the stage of becoming a feedback loop involving tau aggregation, chronic inflammation, and cell death.
Unfortunately, it isn't str...
Source: Fight Aging! - May 11, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Medicine, Biotech, Research Source Type: blogs
In an Ideal World, How Much Would We Spend on Health Care? – Part 1
BY BEN WHEATLEY
We have heard it said before, and it is no longer shocking to say, that in 2021 the United States spent $4.3 trillion on health care. To put this gaudy number in some perspective, we measure it as a share of our economy and report that health care comprised 18.3% of our gross domestic product. CMS projects that health care will approach 20% of GDP in coming years—one-fifth of everything we buy and sell in this country.
In a recent report, the Health Affairs Council on Health Care Spending and Value said that “it is unclear what percentage of GDP would represent the ideal level to devote to healt...
Source: The Health Care Blog - May 11, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ryan Bose-Roy Tags: Health Policy Ben Wheatley Health care spending medical debt Patent Source Type: blogs
In an Ideal World, How Much Would We Spend on Health Care?
BY BEN WHEATLEY
We have heard it said before, and it is no longer shocking to say, that in 2021 the United States spent $4.3 trillion on health care. To put this gaudy number in some perspective, we measure it as a share of our economy and report that health care comprised 18.3% of our gross domestic product. CMS projects that health care will approach 20% of GDP in coming years—one-fifth of everything we buy and sell in this country.
In a recent report, the Health Affairs Council on Health Care Spending and Value said that “it is unclear what percentage of GDP would represent the ideal level to devote to h...
Source: The Health Care Blog - May 11, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ryan Bose-Roy Tags: Health Policy Ben Wheatley Health care spending medical debt Patent Source Type: blogs
What Are The Symptoms Of High Blood Pressure?
Conclusion
To summarize, hypertension is frequently unrecognized until it becomes severe, making it one of the major reasons for death worldwide.
Unfortunately, many people are unaware of their condition and fail to recognize the symptoms. This lack of awareness can lead to serious health consequences, particularly as hypertension affects approximately 1 in 3 adults worldwide.
Although high blood pressure may not cause noticeable symptoms in many cases, some signs that may indicate a person has this condition include headaches (particularly at the back of the head), dizziness, blurred vision, shortness of breath, ...
Source: The EMT Spot - May 11, 2023 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Michael Rotman, MD, FRCPC, PhD Tags: Blood Pressure Source Type: blogs
11 Crucial Symptoms Of High Blood Pressure You Shouldn ’ t Ignore
Conclusion
To summarize, hypertension is frequently unrecognized until it becomes severe, making it one of the major reasons for death worldwide.
Unfortunately, many people are unaware of their condition and fail to recognize the symptoms. This lack of awareness can lead to serious health consequences, particularly as hypertension affects approximately 1 in 3 adults worldwide.
Although high blood pressure may not cause noticeable symptoms in many cases, some signs that may indicate a person has this condition include headaches (particularly at the back of the head), dizziness, blurred vision, shortness of breath, ...
Source: The EMT Spot - May 11, 2023 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Michael Rotman, MD, FRCPC, PhD Tags: Blood Pressure Source Type: blogs
Should doctors prescribe lecanemab (Leqembi) to women? The answer, given available evidence, is probably No
This article is an edited combination of two previous blog posts by him at www.skin2neuron.org.
News in Context:
CMS: anti-amyloid drug Leqembi (lecanemab) doesn’t meet the “reasonable and necessary” standard required for wider Medicare coverage
The post Should doctors prescribe lecanemab (Leqembi) to women? The answer, given available evidence, is probably No appeared first on SharpBrains. (Source: SharpBrains)
Source: SharpBrains - May 10, 2023 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Prof. Michael Valenzuela Tags: Brain/ Mental Health amyloid amyloid antibodies amyloid removal CLARITY trial Clinical Dementia Rating immunotherapy lecanemab Leqembi women Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, April 17th 2023
In conclusion, oral NR altered the gut microbiota in rats and mice, but not in humans. In addition, NR attenuated body fat mass gain in rats, and increased fat and energy absorption in the HFD context.
Glycine Supplementation as a Methionine Restriction Mimetic
https://www.fightaging.org/archives/2023/04/glycine-supplementation-as-a-methionine-restriction-mimetic/
Supplementation with the non-essential amino acid glycine has been shown to modestly slow aging in short-lived laboratory species. In today's open access review paper, researchers note glycine supplementation as essentially a calorie restricti...
Source: Fight Aging! - April 16, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
Immunotherapies Targeting Amyloid- β May Produce Brain Shrinkage
Immunotherapies offer great potential, but are not without side-effects as presently implemented. This is well demonstrated in the cancer field, where a chance of severe short-term, or even lasting immune-related issues is a risk that patients are willing to take given the alternatives on the table. Here, researchers suggest that the immunotherapies tested against Alzheimer's disease in clinical trials are producing an accelerated shrinkage of brain tissue, perhaps because of raised inflammation. In recent years, these immunotherapies have succeeded in clearing extracellular amyloid-β, but have not improved patient outcom...
Source: Fight Aging! - April 10, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs
Biomimetic Construct Models Burn Injuries
Researchers at Harvard University have developed a model of burn injuries that will allow them to investigate the mechanisms underlying healing in such injuries and test out new approaches to enhance this process. Burns can take a long time to heal and can be prone to infection and complicated by the presence of large quantities of dead tissue at the injury site. Modeling these processes in vitro will allow researchers to improve on the current standard of care for burn patients and avoid using experimental animals. The model includes a collagen hydrogel that is seeded with fibroblasts, supportive cells that normally help ...
Source: Medgadget - March 21, 2023 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: Materials Medicine Surgery Source Type: blogs
Beyond textbooks: the importance of empathy in medicine
An excerpt from All Bleeding Stops. Megan continues to take his blood pressure every few minutes. With growing tenderness Denis watches her fidgeting with the IV, biting her lip, eyes flitting from one machine to the next, desperately seeking the reassurance she knows will never come. She thinks she’s not a good doctor because she
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Beyond textbooks: the importance of empathy in medicine originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - March 14, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Michael J. Collins, MD Tags: Physician Surgery Source Type: blogs
