The number of people with high blood pressure has doubled over the past 30 years, a comprehensive analysis has shown.
This very accessible and easy to perform intervention could have a strong effect on reducing blood pressure, say UNSW Sydney researchers.
Hydrochlorothiazide use increases older people’s risk of developing skin cancer, a study by UNSW Sydney scientists has shown – but the researchers warn against suddenly stopping the medicine.
General practitioners tend to obsess over blood pressure – with good reason, write Michael Tan and Patrick Khoury.