Normal blood pressure readings taken at the doctor’s office or clinic may be masking high blood pressure. Doctors in New York found about 16-percent of healthy adults actually registered higher on readings taken outside medical offices during a patient’s typical day.
Australian researchers said people who drink even small amounts of alcohol on a regular basis are at risk of an irregular heartbeat. They tracked nearly 1 million people for a dozen years and found even a few drinks a week can affect the heart’s electrical system.
Physicians at Johns Hopkins looking at dental care and the aging found only 12-percent of Medicare patients have some form of dental insurance. Fewer than half visited a dentist in the previous year.
Sources :
1 – Circulation
2 – Journal of the American College of Cardiology
3 – Health Affairs