Cardiology

Higher blood pressure threshold OK in older adults (Update)

Many older adults with high blood pressure can be treated less aggressively, which could mean taking fewer pills to get it under control, according to new treatment guidelines from a U.S. expert panel. But not all experts ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Emergency departments still missing signs of pelvic disease in teens

Despite government efforts to expand diagnostic criteria for pelvic inflammatory disease, emergency department doctors are not identifying the condition any more often in adolescent girls, finds a new study in Journal of ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Iran counts 71 virus deaths as new cases top 1,000

Iran on Tuesday announced 71 deaths from the novel coronavirus, and said there were also more than 1,000 new cases of infection in the Islamic republic.

Health

New guidelines plan for more child care places

New national planning and development guidelines for child care facilities have been developed in a bid to encourage innovative ways to deliver families more child care places closer to home and work.

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