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Mental health crisis hotline launched in the Philippines

Amid the rising suicide prevalence in the country, the Department of Health (DOH) yesterday launched a mental health crisis hotline aimed at helping curb the problem. Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said the National Center for Mental Health (NCMH) crisis hotline will operate 24/7 to

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Blood Circulation

Diabetes, cardiovascular disease and the microcirculation

Abstract Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of mortality in people with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), yet a significant proportion of the disease burden cannot be accounted for by conventional cardiovascular risk factors. Hypertension occurs in majority of people with T2DM, which is

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The Alzheimer’s-blood pressure connection
Blood Circulation

The Alzheimer’s-blood pressure connection

Rock legends David Bowie and Freddie Mercury must have known something that science discovered only recently. In their rock anthem “Under Pressure,” they crooned: “Pressure pushing down on me … Chipping around, kick my brains around the floor.” Researchers wouldn’t put it quite that way,

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Blood Circulation

Vaginal Microcirculation: Non-Invasive Anatomical Examination of the Micro-Vessel Architecture, Tortuosity and Capillary Density

Aim  To describe the vaginal microcirculatory architecture and capillary density parameters using side stream dark field imaging (SDFI), and determine feasibility and reliability of this method.  Methods In nine healthy female volunteers SDFI measurements were performed at two different time points in the luteal phase of the menstrual cycle.

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Industry News

Too Many Medicines Simply Don’t Work

It’s possible that the medicine you’re taking isn’t helping—even if it’s been approved by the Food and Drug Administration. That’s the upshot of a pair of studies in the latest issue of JAMA Internal Medicine. Not good. As an invited commentary in the same issue says,

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