High blood pressure is quick and free to check, yet millions in England don’t know they have it. Here’s why detection is still failing.
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Consuming between 30-35g of nuts daily was linked with a 26% lower risk of hypertension.
As sea levels rise, increasing amounts of salt water are leaking into freshwater supplies worldwide.
By integrating HIV care with non-communicable disease prevention and care, healthcare systems can help people living with HIV remain healthy.
Additional policy changes can help change key factors that drive obesity.
As the generics market for a particular drug gets crowded, competition on price might be driving quality issues that could harm patients.
The new guidelines, updated for the first time since 2017, lower the threshold for hypertension treatment and offer a more personalized approach.
A sensor on the back of the watch detects changes in blood volume as your heart beats
A biokineticist offers four tips to help your heart.
The more than $1 billion cut hits already strapped schools and food banks.
People who suffer from everyday discrimination are more likely to have anxiety and depression.
Too often, patients with chronic kidney disease get diagnosed too late – if at all. Addressing risk factors early can stave off the disease’s worst effects.
Communities with unstable housing, food deserts and less access to health care contribute to the problem.
If Australia followed England’s lead and listed drugs such as Wegovy on the PBS for weight loss, this could bring the cost down from around $500 a month to $31.60.
The study shows rates for smoking, obesity and chronic conditions such as heart disease are comparatively higher in rural areas, leading to shorter life expectancy.
Elvis died on the toilet, possibly of a heart attack. A new Australian-led study involving thousands of people sheds new light on how constipation and heart attacks are linked.
Clinical trials look promising, and if these drugs are approved, would change how we manage high blood pressure. But there’s much we don’t know about these injectables.
A simple switch from regular salt to salt substitute alternatives will help reduce the risk of heart attack, stroke and kidney disease. It would also provide much-needed health expenditure savings.
Salt is an essential nutrient that has helped civilizations flavor and preserve their foods for millennia. Too much dietary salt, however, is linked to a host of health problems.
Weight loss can seem like an impossible, unachievable task. But you don’t need to lose a lot of weight to start noticing the health benefits.
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SHARP Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine, UNSW
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Brett Montgomery is a Friend of The Conversation.
Senior Lecturer in General Practice, The University of Western Australia
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Professor of Global Health, Institute for Applied Research, University of Birmingham
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of Health Sciences, University of Sydney
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Professor of Kinesiology & Applied Physiology, University of Delaware
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Distinguished Professor of Pharmacy Practice, University of Connecticut
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Director, Nephrology and Kidney Care Services, Melbourne Health
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Laureate Professor in Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Newcastle
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Professor of Bioengineering, Rice University
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Accredited Practising Dietitian; Lecturer in Nutrition and Dietetics, Flinders University
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Professor of Internal Medicine and Preventative Cardiology, Griffith University
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Course coordinator for postgraduate level Certificate in Ergonomics, Rhodes University
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Professor of Epidemiology, University of California, San Diego
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of California, San Diego
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Associate Professor in Pharmacology, Murdoch University