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Sep 29

Studies look at causes of high blood pressure while sleeping

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Researchers are learning more about a phenomenon called “nocturnal blood pressure,” a condition where some people experience a dangerous rise in blood pressure at a time when their bodies are supposed to be at rest.
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This webinar brought together two leading experts in hypertension management. It informs about the importance of obtaining accurate nocturnal blood pressure in cardiovascular risk assessment, educates on the impact of sleep disturbance, and disseminates best practice for blood pressure monitoring for hypertensive patients.

High blood pressure (hypertension) is an important cause of cardiovascular diseases. Measuring blood pressure accurately is a fundamental pre-requisite to good clinical care for preventing and managing hypertension. Blood pressure varies throughout day and night following a circadian pattern. Current guidelines refer to daytime blood pressure for diagnostic and therapeutic actions. However, it is now clear that nocturnal blood pressure is an important predictor of organ damage and cardiovascular events. Several conditions are associated with raised blood pressure at night, of which sleep apnoea is the most common. It is therefore essential to measure blood pressure at night.

Program:
0:00:00 – 0:02:30: Introduction – F.P. Cappuccio
0:02:30 – 0:23:00: Circadian patterns, Sleep Apnoea, and non-dipping blood pressure: What is the connection?
0:23:00 – 0:35:00: How easy is it to use a home blood pressure device during the night?
0:35:00 – 1:00:00: Q&A

Faculty:
Prof. Dr. F.P Cappuccio, chair, moderator, and speaker – University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
Prof. Dr. D. Schoors, speaker – University of Brussels, Belgium/Heart Health Center

For more educational information about nocturnal hypertension and sleep visit OMRON Academy Online: https://omron.platform.co.nl/#/share/Hypertension/Sleep_&_Nocturnal/Nocturnal_blood_pressure/7a8c667e-c74e-4f56-a150-75661b8d611d/1
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Apr 30

What Does U.S. Health Care Look Like Abroad? | NYT Opinion

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Byzantine health plans. Impoverishing deductibles. Exorbitant drug costs. Soul-crushing surprises lurking in the fine print.

The American health care system is — to put it mildly — totally perplexing, an exercise in patience and a test of financial resilience.

And that’s for its participants.

So imagine what the system must look like to people from other countries, especially those with universal health care, where citizens don’t live in fear that the next bout of the sniffles might somehow lead to bankruptcy.

In the video above, we gathered people from around the world and introduced them to the American health care system. We presented them with dizzying examples of insurance plan options. We showed them how much medical services cost. And we revealed some of the survival strategies of the tens of millions of Americans who are uninsured (drug purchases in Mexico, GoFundMe campaigns, consultations with “Dr. Google”).

Their reaction? Astonishment, horror, anger and disgust.

One woman spoke about intensive care she received as a child in Britain to treat a brain virus. “All for free,” she recalled. “I couldn’t have survived if I was in America.”

Check out previous episodes of ‘The World Reacts’

What Does America’s Coronavirus Response Look Like Abroad?

What Do U.S. Elections Look Like Abroad?

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