Statins side effects: Four serious signs that may show up in your nose - 'nosebleeds'
STATINS are a proven game-changer against high cholesterol - a precursor to heart disease. The cholesterol-lowering medications can cause side effects - here are four associated with your nose. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - January 21, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Use Difficult Conversations to Provide Better Healthcare
Pretend you are a dust bunny behind the couch. Your life has meaning there, and you find happiness even though this is not what you expected. Times have been better, but things could be worse after all. The default in this world though is to be the fur on the back of a cat, not just some collection of fur, dust and house plant debris.
Today, you have a problem and you need help. You aren’t exactly clear on what you want to happen, you just know that you need help. What arrives to your plea is a broom and a dustpan. The broom does not ask many questions – it just sees you as a dust bunny.
Unfortunately, EMS agen...
Source: JEMS Special Topics - January 19, 2021 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Justin Porter, RN, EMT-P Tags: Commentary Exclusives Patient Care EMT Healthcare Paramedic Source Type: news
High blood pressure: Nosebleeds could be an indication you’re at risk of hypertension
HIGH blood pressure can produce a host of unsettling symptoms if you lurch into hypertensive crisis territory. Experiencing nosebleeds may be just one of them. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - January 14, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Nosebleed causes: Why is my nose bleeding?
NOSEBLEEDS are normally nothing to worry about, but sometimes they come on out of the blue. Why is my nose bleeding? (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - December 7, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
High blood pressure symptoms: How often do you have epistaxis attacks? It could be a sign
HIGH blood pressure is thought to be symptomless and any claims to the contrary have stirred up controversy. Research has found an association between a blood pressure and the frequency of epistaxis attacks, however. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - December 4, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
High blood pressure: Nosebleeds are a lesser-known warning sign your reading is too high
HIGH blood pressure can cause a variety of unusual ailments within the body. Nosebleeds are one of them and should not be ignored. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - November 24, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
New XARELTO ® (rivaroxaban) Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD) Data from EXPLORER Clinical Research Program to be Unveiled at American Heart Association (AHA) Scientific Sessions 2020
RARITAN, N.J., November 9, 2020 – The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson today announced that 10 data presentations will be shared at the virtual American Heart Association (AHA) Scientific Sessions 2020 from November 13-17. Most notably, four new sub-analyses of XARELTO® (rivaroxaban) from the landmark VOYAGER PAD trial, part of the EXPLORER global cardiovascular research program, will be presented, including two live, featured science oral presentations. “We're pleased VOYAGER PAD was selected to be front and center once again at a major medical congress, as there's an urgent need for data in ...
Source: Johnson and Johnson - November 9, 2020 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Innovation Source Type: news
Janssen Submits Application to U.S. FDA for New Indication to Expand Use of XARELTO ® (rivaroxaban) in Patients with Peripheral Artery Disease
RARITAN, NJ, October 26, 2020 – The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson announced today it has submitted a supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for a new indication to expand the use of XARELTO® (rivaroxaban) in patients with peripheral artery disease (PAD). If approved, this new indication for the XARELTO® vascular dose (2.5 mg twice daily plus aspirin 75-100 mg once daily) would include reducing the risk of major thrombotic vascular events such as heart attack, stroke and amputation in patients after recent lower-extremity revascularization, a c...
Source: Johnson and Johnson - October 26, 2020 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Innovation Source Type: news
Spontaneous Nosebleeds Tied to High Blood Pressure
People with hypertension were more likely to have nosebleeds, and they tended to be more severe. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - September 23, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Nicholas Bakalar Tags: Blood Pressure Nosebleed Hypertension Source Type: news
High blood pressure warning: What colour is your urine? Sign of hypertension in the toilet
HIGH blood pressure symptoms can be difficult to spot, but may include nosebleeds and headaches. You could also be at risk of deadly hypertension if your urine changes colour. These are the signs of high blood pressure in the toilet. Should you speak to a doctor about hypertension symptoms? (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - July 12, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
High blood pressure warning - how your face can reveal whether you're at risk
HIGH blood pressure symptoms can be difficult to spot, but may include nosebleeds and headaches. You could also be at risk of deadly hypertension if you develop this sign on your face. Should you check your blood pressure? (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - May 14, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Inherent Flaws in COVID-19 Testing Mean Some of Those Infected Don ’t Get the Treatment They Need
In late February, several weeks before the coronavirus outbreak shut down American cities and rose to the level of a national crisis, Kerri Rawson began to feel sick. “I was hit out of nowhere with what feels like the flu at first,” says Rawson, who also has asthma and takes cardiac medication for high-blood pressure. “You’re fine, and then all of a sudden you have a fever below 100°F and chest congestion.”
Rawson is a 41-year-old writer and mother of two in Florida. (You may recognize her name from her 2019 memoir, about growing up as the daughter of a serial killer.) Her fever lasted for...
Source: TIME: Health - May 8, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Zach Schonfeld Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 feature Source Type: news
What Are the Complications of Inhalant Abuse?
Discussion
Hydrocarbons (HC) are organic compounds that are abused because they produce a euphoric effect, usually quickly, are low cost and easily obtained. They are commonly abused by adolescents and use in the US is either stable or increasing.
Volatile HC rapidly distribute throughout the body which produces euphoria in seconds to minutes. There are 3 ways that HC are inhaled:
Sniffing – directly inhaling the HC from the container. This has the lowest HC concentration.
Huffing – a cloth is saturated with the HC and then the cloth is held to the nose and mouth and inhaled. This has a higher concentration ...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - May 4, 2020 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Pediatric Education Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
High blood pressure symptoms: Nosebleeds could be a sign of the deadly condition
HIGH blood pressure means your body is under strain. The silent killer hardly reveals itself with any symptoms, but there are a handful of signs. What are they? (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - April 19, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
