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  2. Management of hypertension - Wikipedia

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    For most people, recommendations are to reduce blood pressure to less than or equal to somewhere between 140/90 mmHg and 160/100 mmHg. [2] In general, for people with elevated blood pressure, attempting to achieve lower levels of blood pressure than the recommended 140/90 mmHg will create more harm than benefits, [3] in particular for older people. [4]

  3. Antihypertensive - Wikipedia

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    Antihypertensive therapy seeks to prevent the complications of high blood pressure, such as stroke, heart failure, kidney failure and myocardial infarction. Evidence suggests that reduction of the blood pressure by 5 mmHg can decrease the risk of stroke by 34% and of ischaemic heart disease by 21%, and can reduce the likelihood of dementia ...

  4. List of antibiotics - Wikipedia

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    The following is a list of antibiotics. The highest division between antibiotics is bactericidal and bacteriostatic . Bactericidals kill bacteria directly, whereas bacteriostatics prevent them from dividing.

  5. 6 Myths About High Blood Pressure Experts Want You to Stop ...

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    “A common myth is that you will not develop high blood pressure if you do not have a family history of high blood pressure or heart disease,” says Marjorie Nolan Cohn, M.S., RD, LDN, a ...

  6. Hypertension - Wikipedia

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    [18] [19] [20] High blood pressure affects 33% of the population globally. [9] About half of all people with high blood pressure do not know that they have it. [9] In 2019, high blood pressure was believed to have been a factor in 19% of all deaths (10.4 million globally). [9] Video summary

  7. High-risk patients dying after not getting antibiotics at ...

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    Prescribing antibiotics to patients at a higher risk of developing infective endocarditis (IE) – an inflammation of the inner lining of the heart – before dental work could save lives and save ...

  8. Calcium channel blocker - Wikipedia

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    Calcium channel blockers are used as antihypertensive drugs, i.e., as medications to decrease blood pressure in patients with hypertension. CCBs are particularly effective against large vessel stiffness, one of the common causes of elevated systolic blood pressure in elderly patients. [4]

  9. Health care system in Japan - Wikipedia

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    Tokyo Metropolitan Matsuzawa Hospital Japanese Red Cross Medical Center in Hiroo, Shibuya NTT Medical Center in Tokyo. The health care system in Japan provides different types of services, including screening examinations, prenatal care and infectious disease control, with the patient accepting responsibility for 30% of these costs while the government pays the remaining 70%.