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In the sterile quiet of a hospital cardiology ward, the devastating impact of smoking on cardiovascular health is evident in every patient chart, every irregular heartbeat displayed on monitors, and ...
Impairment in cardiac baroreflex sensitivity, which helps regulate blood pressure, is associated with an increased risk for dementia and mortality in older adults not taking antihypertensive ...
Your blood-pressure reading probably isn’t as accurate as you think. More often than not, patients and even nurses and doctors are skipping steps that help paint an accurate portrait of someone ...