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• Controlling children’s blood pressure pays vascular dividends
• Insomnia increases blood pressure variability in elderly
• Controlling children’s blood pressure pays vascular dividends
• Insomnia increases blood pressure variability in elderly
• Oral hygiene boost could reduce elderly pneumonia risk
• Antibiotic prophylaxis reduces post-catheter UTI risk
• Cochrane: more evidence needed for NIPPV in stable COPD
• Oral hygiene boost could reduce elderly pneumonia risk
• Antibiotic prophylaxis reduces post-catheter UTI risk

Controlling children’s blood pressure pays vascular dividends Posted: 23 Jun 2013 05:00 PM PDT Children with hypertension have increased cardiovascular risk later in life, unless their blood pressure is brought under control by the time they reach adulthood, shows a long-term study.

Insomnia increases blood pressure variability in elderly Posted: 23 Jun 2013 05:00 PM PDT Long sleep duration and persistent insomnia are associated with increased visit-to-visit blood pressure variability in elderly individuals at high risk for cardiovascular disorder, research shows.

Controlling children’s blood pressure pays vascular dividends Posted: 23 Jun 2013 05:00 PM PDT Children with hypertension have increased cardiovascular risk later in life, unless their blood pressure is brought under control by the time they reach adulthood, shows a long-term study.

Insomnia increases blood pressure variability in elderly Posted: 23 Jun 2013 05:00 PM PDT Long sleep duration and persistent insomnia are associated with increased visit-to-visit blood pressure variability in elderly individuals at high risk for cardiovascular disorder, research shows.

Oral hygiene boost could reduce elderly pneumonia risk Posted: 23 Jun 2013 05:00 PM PDT Findings from a US study suggest that improving oral hygiene could reduce rates of pneumonia in community-dwelling older adults.

Antibiotic prophylaxis reduces post-catheter UTI risk Posted: 23 Jun 2013 05:00 PM PDT Antibiotic prophylaxis can help reduce the risk for urinary tract infection after the removal of a urinary catheter, suggest findings from the first meta-analysis of study results.

Cochrane: more evidence needed for NIPPV in stable COPD Posted: 23 Jun 2013 05:00 PM PDT The authors of a Cochrane systematic review say that they have failed to find evidence of a consistent beneficial effect of non-invasive positive pressure ventilation in hypercapnic patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Oral hygiene boost could reduce elderly pneumonia risk Posted: 23 Jun 2013 05:00 PM PDT Findings from a US study suggest that improving oral hygiene could reduce rates of pneumonia in community-dwelling older adults.

Antibiotic prophylaxis reduces post-catheter UTI risk Posted: 23 Jun 2013 05:00 PM PDT Antibiotic prophylaxis can help reduce the risk for urinary tract infection after the removal of a urinary catheter, suggest findings from the first meta-analysis of study results.

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