The proportion of overweight and obese people in Hong Kong increased by more than five per cent over the last seven years, making up nearly half the population, a study has found, as doctors warned against using injectable weight-loss drugs bought online or from parallel importers without a doctor’s prescription. The Hong Kong Association for…
PENSACOLA, Fla. — High blood pressure can be deadly. Studies estimate half of all adults in the United States suffer from it. Doctors Madison Gilbert and Josie Blasius are ambulatory care pharmacists. They run the new hypertension clinic at Ascension Sacred Heart. Every day, they treat patients with high blood pressure. For the first time…
Study design and participants We obtained data from the 2021 nationwide STEPS survey conducted by the NCD Research Center in Iran. The detailed design protocol and methodology of the STEPS study 2021 have been described elsewhere19. Briefly, the World Health Organization introduced the STEPS studies according to its framework for NCD risk factors surveillance, assessment,…
A free two-day preventive health check-up camp held at Shiv Mandir Yog Sadhna Kendra in Maidan Garhi has brought concerning revelations to light. Organised by Swami Shri Krishan Ji Trust in collaboration with the Illness to Wellness Foundation and YoloHealth, the camp aimed to tackle the silent epidemic of lifestyle diseases rapidly spreading among youth…
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): Medical experts have raised concern over rising neurological disorders linked to poor lifestyle choices, especially unhealthy diet. On World Brain Day today (July 22) — with the theme ‘Brain Health for All Ages’ — doctors said poor eating habits and environmental factors are both major contributors to conditions like stroke, epilepsy, and…
Around half of Hongkongers with pre-hypertension who joined a personalised healthy lifestyle coaching programme have seen their blood pressure return to normal after six months, a local university has found. The study, conducted from 2022 to 2025, covered 4,399 participants aged between 35 and 59, who were at high risk of developing chronic diseases. It…
Video content above is prompted by the following: Lifestyle modifications form the essential foundation for resistant hypertension management, with sodium restriction being particularly crucial as these patients tend to avidly retain sodium. Dietary counseling should focus on practical, actionable advice rather than complex numerical targets, emphasizing elimination of added salt, adoption of plant-based diets rich…