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SGLT-2 inhibitor, cardiovascular risk and outcome in patients with comorbidity of hypertension and diabetes [Cardiovascular disease]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context Two thirds of diabetes patients complicated with hypertension, and comorbidity increase 4-fold risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD). Population Studied individuals with comorbidity of hypertension and type 2 diabetes. Outcome Measures Changes of China-PAR score and cardiovascular hospitalization events.

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Common Myths About Blood Pressure and Heart Health

Imperial Center Family Medicine

You Can Tell You Have High Blood Pressure From How You Feel The reality is that high blood pressure (hypertension) is largely a “silent” condition. Having Smaller “Mini” Heart Attacks Reduces Your Risk For A Major Event A heart attack of any size indicates existing cardiovascular disease.

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On Racism & Ageism: Ramona Rhodes, Sharon Brangman, Tim Farrell, and Nancy Lundebjerg

GeriPal

Those that were at greater risk of having complications from COVID or even dying from it, in the early stages at least, were those who were older and those who were of certain racial or ethnic minority groups. Eric: And it’s even more complicated, right? So it’s no surprise, to me, that the outcomes will be different.

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How to choose between Pediatrics and Internal Medicine for post-graduation?

Tiny Physician

In adults, vascular events like myocardial infarction and stroke, hypertensive emergencies, alcohol abuse and related complications, exacerbation of COPD and Asthma etc. Emergencies Image taken from American Academy of Pediatrics The pediatric and adult emergency scenarios are totally different.

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Cachexia and Anorexia in Serious Illness: A Podcast with Eduardo Bruera

GeriPal

Eduardo 25:39 I think that’s wonderful, Alex, because all our social and even religious events have metaphors of food. Sometimes the subtle infection kills them, and they get hypertensive and they die, or they die of arrhythmias and sudden death. My daughter’s birthday. They die of clotting, they die of infection.

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