Time and Act

Prehypertension - time to act.

The term "prehypertension" defined as systolic blood pressure between 120 and 139 mmHg and/or diastolic pressures between 80 and 89 mmHg has now gained general acceptance. Prehypertension is associated with ~3-fold greater likelihood of developing hypertension, and roughly twice the number of cardiovascular events, than BP < 120/80 mmHg. When compared with normotensive individuals, prehypertens...

A time to act.

It’s been 1 year since the American Medical Association closed the Center for Disaster Medicine and Public Health and stopped supporting its preparedness and response programs. To ensure the continuation and potential growth of these programs as vital components of the evolving discipline of disaster medicine and public health, 2 major transitions were undertaken. The first was to revise the Na...

Hypertension and sexual dysfunction: time to act.

Tallinn University of Technology, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, North Estonia Medical Centre, Tallinn, Estonia, 2nd Propedeutic Department of Internal Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 1st Department of Cardiology, Athens Medical School, Hippokration General Hospital, Athens, Greece, Department of Hypertension and Diabetology, Medical University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland an...

Maternal and neonatal mortality: time to act.

h 4 c Maternal, infant, and neonatal mortality rate are benchmarks for maternal/infant care and the health of a society in general. Global efforts to reduce these mortality rates have been led by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations; the rates have decreased substantially worldwide, but the ambitious reductions set forth by the Millennium Development Goals have not been ac...

Genetic discrimination: time to act.