Managing your blood pressure
High blood pressure, or hypertension, can be defined as the flow of blood through the arteries being pushed against the inside of the artery walls. The more pressure the blood exerts on the ar […]
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High blood pressure, or hypertension, can be defined as the flow of blood through the arteries being pushed against the inside of the artery walls. The more pressure the blood exerts on the ar […]
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Globally, there are millions of people that could benefit from an intensive lowering of blood pressure (BP). An individual with lower BP decreases their chances of suffering from any cardiovascular events such as: stroke, heart disease or heart attacks. A new study shows that lowering blood pressure to less than 140 mm Hg, the current […]
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Alzheimer’s disease is currently the largest unmet medical need in neurology. More than 44 million people live with dementia worldwide, with Alzheimer’s being the most common form. As aging po […]
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Throughout clinical trials, the data manager (DM) is heavily involved in constructing databases, managing reports, programming quality checks and managing the collection of data in the clinical trial. The DM is responsible for managing and training users the concepts of computerised clinical data base systems as well as fulfilling other duties such as design basic […]
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New research from the International Childhood Cancer Cohort Consortium (I4C) confirms that childhood cancer is linked to birthweight. Childhood cancer appears to be slowly rising, at a rate of approximately 1% per year in developed countries. The I4C is an alliance of several large-scale studies of children that pools data on factors in relation to […]
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ARCS is Australia’s primary professional development association for people working in the development of therapeutic goods. At the annual scientific congress held in Sydney recently, Dr Maria […]
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD) is now the third most frequent cause of death in the world; however the cause of this disease for a substantial proportion of patients remains unknown.
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Recently, the FDA said it will review possible heart risks associated with saxagliptin, a widely used diabetes drug. […]
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A diabetes epidemic is upon us, despite improved knowledge and therapy on this disease. The recently published 6th edition of the International Diabetes Federation Atlas provides some alarming figures.
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Cinacalcet is a drug that lowers levels of parathyroid hormone, a factor that is increased in almost all people with kidney failure and has been linked to an increased risk of fracture, cardio […]
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