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Sep 29 2014
Health check: what do my blood pressure numbers mean?
Health Check: what do my blood pressure numbers mean?
By Michael Tam
If you’re an adult and have ever visited a doctor, you’ve probably had your blood pressure measured. General practitioners tend to obsess over blood pressure. But with good reason: hypertension, or persistently high blood pressure, can lead to heart disease, stroke and diabetes, the nation’s biggest killers.
What is blood pressure?
Blood pressure refers to how hard the blood is pushing against the wall of arteries – these can be thought of as the pipes that deliver blood from the heart (the blood “pump”) to the rest of the body. Continue reading
Sep 05 2014
Does caffeine help with migraines?
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Jul 11 2014
Echinacea for treating the common cold in children
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Jul 10 2014
Interview with Australian Doctor
I was interviewed yesterday by Michael Woodhead, a health journalist from Australian Doctor regarding my thoughts on the new interesting study by Dinger et al. (2014), on the risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) from drospirenone containing combined oral contraceptive pill. The article containing my commentary was published today.
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May 16 2014
Newer oral contraceptives and the risk of venous thrombosis
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