Understand Basic High blood pressure Terminology

SMOOTH JAZZ PREDICTIONS Resume Types High blood pressure Meaning High blood pressure, rarely has noticeable manifestation. But if untreated,...

Understand Basic hypertension Meaning

13 Effective Ways to Lower Your Blood Pressure. High blood pressure, or hypertension, is called the “silent killer” for good reason. It ofte...

The perils of Salt

Dialysis finally forced recognition of its importance in kidney disease The Amazonian Yanomami Indians famously manage on only 50mg (1 mmol...

The invention of diuretics

Dropsy becomes treatable in the 1960s Failure of pharmacological therapies in a woman with heart failure in 1964, right on the verge ...

Proteinuria: a bad thing since 400 B.C.

Indicates risk of renal failure and death   Isaac Sarrabat 1600; Physician examining a urine flask.  (US National Library of Medicine)   Hip...

The Korean War 1950-3: acute dialysis finds its place

War medicine tests science and dialysis In June 1950, North Korea invaded South Korea. After a rapid advance, their army was repulsed by Ame...