12 days ago | By The Journal of Pediatrics
Hypertension is an important risk factor for development of cardiovascular disease. However, it can be difficult to diagnose hypertension because blood pressure changes frequently over time and may be elevated in response to being in a clinical care setting. Twenty-four-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring is one method for evaluating blood pressure over the course of the day and night. One difficulty with ABPM is knowing the best approach to interpretation of the blood pressure data.
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12 days ago | By ScienceDaily
Analysis of records for more than 63 million Medicare enrollees from 2000 to 2016 finds long-term exposure to air pollution had a significant impact on the number of people hospitalized for cardiac and respiratory conditions. Researchers examined three components of air pollution: fine particulate matter, nitrogen dioxide and ozone. Even levels lower than national standards affected heart and respiratory illnesses.
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12 days ago | By Healio
Long-term exposure to air pollutants may pose a significant risk to CV and respiratory health in the Medicare-age population, according to a study published in Circulation.
“Recent studies looking at the nonfatal health effects of air pollution have shifted their focus from short-term to long-term exposure.... More studies are now exploring multiple air pollutants simultaneously in recognition of the fact that air pollution is a mixture of compounds with varying toxicities,” Mahdieh Danesh Yazdi, PharmD, MPH, PhD, environmental health research fellow at Harvard T.H. Chan School of
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13 days ago | By News Medical
Exposure to what is considered low levels of air pollution over a long period of time can increase the risk of heart attack, stroke, atrial fibrillation, and pneumonia among people ages 65 and older, according to new research published today in the American Heart Association's flagship journal Circulation.
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