blood pressure

So I had my 1st Diabetic Eye Screening Test last month and I've now had my results. For those that haven't yet done this, having been rather nervous, it was nothing to worry about, it did sting a little but it was no more discomforting than accidentally poking yourself in the eye!! And as the...

Went to see the GP today and as he was filling out a prescription for something he commented that it’d be fine with my diabetes. “What diabetes?” “You’ve been diabetic since 2014.” “Why hasn’t anyone told me?” “No comment.” That was three hours ago. Appointment booked for a couple of weeks to...

GPs could offer BP-lowering medication to hundreds of thousands more patients from August after draft NICE guidance proposed halving the CVD risk threshold for prescribing the drugs. A draft NICE guideline says patients with stage 1 hypertension who have an estimated 10-year CVD risk of 10%...

COMMUTERS will be able to check their blood pressure at railway stations in a bid to find the “missing millions” of Britons unwittingly at risk of a heart attack or stroke. Football clubs, pharmacies and barbers will also offer the free service. The British Heart Foundation is investing...

Hi, I was diagnosed type 2 a while ago, but have that under control (current HBA1C a consistent 43) and despite a healthy well balanced life style, I don't smoke, and alcohol is kept to a minimum I do have a problem with somewhat high blood pressure which I can't seem to reduce. I was...

The Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare recently raised the recommended target blood pressure for patients with diabetes. This may lead to more patients suffering from stroke or heart attack, according to a new study from the Sahlgrenska Academy. The new study is the world's largest on...

Blood pressure can significantly drop by applying 20 minutes of ultrasound to the forearm of type II diabetes patients with treatment-resistant hypertension, according to research from Japan's Tohoku University. High blood pressure is estimated to cause 7.5 million deaths worldwide and can be...

The trigger for treating hypertension in people with diabetes has been a source of discord in medical circles, with current guidelines recommending antihypertensive therapy once baseline blood pressure tops 140/90 mm. In an effort to determine whether and how antihypertensive treatment affects...