Treatment of systolic hypertension in the elderly should be based on nonpharmacological measures and medical therapy if the systolic hypertension cannot be controlled by conservative therapy alone.

It should be noted that very elderly patients ... 160 mm Hg might be acceptable in those patients with marked systolic hypertension. If this goal is not achieved with lifestyle modifications ...

The woman from Pimpri, a confirmed case of acute motor axonal neuropathy (AMAN) variant of GBS that affects motor nerve fibres, reportedly died at 9.45 pm on Tuesday. The deceased was a known case of ...

More than 7.5 million elderly people are suffering from chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs), prompting the need for an additional 14,000 care managers by 2030, said Public Health Minister Somsak ...

Air quality in cities across Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) has significantly deteriorated due to seasonal heating, traffic ...

According to a recent study published in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, a combination of the Mediterranean diet and the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH ...

Older adults who regularly exercise have a better quality of life, even if they have AD or suffer from depression. Increased ...

The Cyprus pulmonology society on Thursday urged Health Minister Michael Damianos to approve a respiratory syncytial virus ...

With the daily environmental pollution taking a massive toll on our lungs as evidenced by the poor air quality index (AQI) of ...

Using data from the SHEP trial (Systolic Hypertension in the Elderly Program), a baseline frailty index (FI), including 55 variables, was constructed. Fine-Gray subdistribution hazard models and Cox ...