Pressure on hospitals ‘at a really dangerous point’
For example, Leicester’s hospitals are now on the highest level of alert while three in Essex have stopped non-urgent operations due to the number of Covid-19 cases. Source link
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Covid: Are countries under pressure to approve a vaccine?
The claim that Brexit allowed the UK to approve the vaccine faster than other European countries has been disproved but it does reflect once again a different path Britain is taking. All EU countries have the option to follow the UK example and let their domestic drug regulator issue emergency approval, but the bloc says … Read more
Coronavirus: Safety officials had ‘political’ pressure to approve PPE
Three months after it was signed, the suits from PestFix had still not been released for use in the NHS, despite the rush to get PPE into hospitals. Instead, they were being stored at an NHS supply chain warehouse, in Daventry, waiting for safety assessments. Source link
Beware of Blood Pressure Changes at Night
Osborne said this study “is another signal that we really need to incorporate ambulatory blood pressure monitoring into the evaluation of high blood pressure. If we only see blood pressure during the day, it dramatically reduces our ability to assess overall risk.” Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring allows doctors to see blood pressure levels over a … Read more
Blood Pressure Meds Can Affect COVID-19 Care
Overall, having a history of high blood pressure increased a person’s risk of kidney injury about fivefold, the Italian study found. A third study digging deeper into this phenomenon found that common blood pressure meds were associated with an increased risk of death among COVID-19 patients. The researchers tracked 172 people hospitalized for … Read more
Untreated High Blood Pressure a Growing Problem
By Robert Preidt HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, Sept. 10, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Uncontrolled high blood pressure is becoming more common among Americans, putting them at increased risk for heart attack and stroke, a new study shows. Previous research showed that in 1999-2000, 32.2% of Americans maintained blood pressure less than 140/90 mm Hg, but … Read more
Drinking Raises Blood Pressure Risk With Diabetes
By Serena Gordon HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, Sept. 9, 2020 (HealthDay News) — It’s probably a good idea to skip that second glass of wine if you have diabetes, because new research suggests that having more than one drink daily raises your risk of high blood pressure. People with type 2 diabetes who had eight … Read more
Remote Monitoring May Help Control High Blood Pressure
“We want to treat the home blood pressure,” she said, “not the office blood pressure.” People cannot assume their blood pressure is under control just because they “feel fine,” Stevens stressed. “High blood pressure is the silent killer,” she said. And it contributes not only to heart disease and stroke, but also to dementia, kidney … Read more
Blood Pressure Meds Don’t Raise Risk of Depression
By Serena Gordon HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, Aug. 25, 2020 (HealthDay News) — If you have hypertension and you’re depressed, don’t blame your blood pressure drugs. Although previous research hinted there might be a connection between high blood pressure medications and depression, a new study of dozens of commonly used drugs found no such link. In … Read more