Hypertension

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Share on Pinterest New research finds that adults who eat a diet high in ultra-processed foods are likely to report feeling mild depression and anxiety more often than those who eat less of it. Ana Luz Crespi/Stocksy Researchers have found that foods like snack foods and soft drinks are linked to worse mental health . People who ate more of these foods reported having mild depression more often. They also reported more days of anxiety and being mentally unhealthy. This could be because these foods are low in nutrients and high in sugar, researchers say. Experts advise that it's a good idea to replace ultra-processed foods with whole foods. If you are fond of sugary drinks, processed meats, or other snack foods, you may want to re-evaluate your food choices, according to scientists at Schmidt College of Medicine at Florida Atlantic University. Their research found that eating large amounts of ultra-processed food was linked to more adverse mental health symptoms, including more depr...

Can you really toast to your health with a daily glass of red wine or a beer? Eye-grabbing headlines often make the claim that moderate alcohol consumption can lower cholesterol levels and reduce the risk of heart disease. Advertising Policy Cleveland Clinic is a non-profit academic medical center. Advertising on our site helps support our mission. We do not endorse non-Cleveland Clinic products or services. Policy But before you pop the top on a bottle to celebrate, a word of caution: The relationship between alcohol and your ticker is not that simple, according to interventional cardiologist Leslie Cho, MD. "Any statement on the benefits of drinking alcohol has a lot of 'ifs' next to it," says Dr. Cho. "You certainly shouldn't take up alcohol to lower your cholesterol risk." So grab a glass of … well, let's go with water to be safe … and let's talk this over. Can a...

There's been debate for some time about when patients should take their blood pressure medication. Most patients, driven more by habit and convenience, take their pills in the morning. And yet there is a current of thought pushing for BP meds to be given at night. This idea, termed chronotherapy, suggests that dose timing could be more important than which drug you use. The results of the TIME trial have thrown cold water on this idea, but I suspect that the debate is far from over. There is a certain logic to the idea of nighttime administration of antihypertensives. Blood pressure normally dips at night and there is evidence that people who lack this normal nocturnal dip, often termed non-dippers, are at increased risk for cardiovascular events. Correcting persistently high overnight blood pressure makes intuitive sense. It's also conceivable that taking medications at night would lead to fewer side effects or at least fewer patient-reported side effects. Mild leg swe...

There is an increased risk of perioperative morbidity and mortality for patients with pulmonary hypertension (PH) undergoing non-cardiac surgery [1-3]. Right heart failure, prolonged mechanical ventilation, increased post-operative pulmonary complications, stroke, myocardial ischemia/infarction, arrhythmia, respiratory failure, sepsis, and renal insufficiency have been reported as major adverse events [4-6]. We report a case of a 57-year-old patient with severe PH who underwent a revision total hip arthroplasty under combined spinal-epidural (CSE) anesthesia. Emergent veno-arterial (VA) extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) was placed as a rescue therapy during pulmonary hypertensive crisis and served as a temporary support [7,8]. We present a narrative review on perioperative management for patients with PH undergoing non-cardiac surgery. A 57-year-old woman (American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) 4, body mass index 19) who underwent multiple surgeries on her left hip ...