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Uncontrolled blood pressure is sending more people to the hospital
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Uncontrolled blood pressure is sending more people to the hospital

by Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The number of people hospitalized for a hypertensive crisis—when blood pressure increases so much it can cause a heart attack, stroke or other sudden cardiovascular event—more than doubled from 2002 to 2014, according to Cedars-Sinai investigators. The increase occurred during a period when some studies reported overall...

When should you go to hospital for a headache? A doctor explains how to tell if it’s an emergency
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When should you go to hospital for a headache? A doctor explains how to tell if it’s an emergency

by Natasha Yates, The Conversation Credit: www.shutterstock.com I waited for hours in emergency last night with this dreadful headache, but eventually gave up and left. Should I have kept waiting at the hospital? This is a surprisingly common scenario I encounter as a general practitioner. If you’re wondering how bad your headache needs to be to go...