If you had wandered through the Town Hall Square (Almuñécar) on the 5th you would have seen a large tent manned by chemists imparting free analysis to anybody who approached their tables.
Medical Pit Stop
by Vivienne Hughes •
Tag Archive for blood pressure
Online Interactive Help for Diabetics
by Vivienne Hughes •
Andalucía is leading a European project that hope to develop an online monitoring system for diabetic sufferers, with the object of improving their quality of life.
Like a Thriller
by Wolfgang K Piller MD •
Like a thriller… that is the study of the “European Society of Hypertension recommendations for conventional, ambulatory and home blood pressure measurement.” Over 28 densely packed pages you get comprehensive information about the pros, cons, pitfalls and considerations of when, how to take and how to interpret blood pressure (BP). And the DIY chartrooms are like a horror story concerning health (here blood pressure) issues; they truly are the stronghold of incompetence and a malicious endangerment of the help seeker´s health.
Sensible Doctors at Last?
by Axel E. Thieke G.P. •
Scientific research has just demonstrated, scientifically, that a manually obtained blood pressure in the doctor’s office is higher than a blood pressure taken by an automated device without a white-coated doc insight – big news?