Over the past few weeks we’ve been confronted with daily reports about the coronavirus, but a lot of the information out there is confusing or contradictory. To start with, it’s a coronavirus, not the coronavirus. According to the World Health Organization (Who), a coronavirus is part of a large virus family, responsible for illnesses like Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (Mers-CoV) and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars-CoV). The condition that is currently in the news is a novel coronavirus — meaning that it’s a new strain that hadn’t previously been identified in humans.
- 2/28/2020
- by Elizabeth Yuko
- Rollingstone.com
Nearly half of the U.S. adult population will have high blood pressure, according to an updated definition of the condition.
New guidelines issued by the American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association lowered the threshold for what constitutes high blood pressure, also known as hypertension.
Under the old guidelines, high blood pressure was defined as a reading of 140/90 mm Hg. The new guidelines define it as anything over 130/80 mm Hg. These adjusted numbers put 46% of adults above the threshold for what’s considered safe. The group most impacted is people under the age of 45, while nearly triple the...
New guidelines issued by the American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association lowered the threshold for what constitutes high blood pressure, also known as hypertension.
Under the old guidelines, high blood pressure was defined as a reading of 140/90 mm Hg. The new guidelines define it as anything over 130/80 mm Hg. These adjusted numbers put 46% of adults above the threshold for what’s considered safe. The group most impacted is people under the age of 45, while nearly triple the...
- 2/22/2018
- by Karyn Repinski
- PEOPLE.com
IMDb.com, Inc. takes no responsibility for the content or accuracy of the above news articles, Tweets, or blog posts. This content is published for the entertainment of our users only. The news articles, Tweets, and blog posts do not represent IMDb's opinions nor can we guarantee that the reporting therein is completely factual. Please visit the source responsible for the item in question to report any concerns you may have regarding content or accuracy.