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Too much sun can do more than turn your skin red or brown—it can actually make you sick. About the experts Farah Moustafa, MD ...
Examples of emergency causes include a stroke, dangerously low blood sugar, traumatic brain injury, and carbon monoxide poisoning. Medications ... Numbness or weakness of face, arm, or leg Confusion ...
Sammy Knowles, 40, described how little Jaxon was "crying blood" after she spotted a rash which led to a fatal ... "He was complaining about under his arm [armpit] hurting. "He then went to ...
His blood pressure reading seemed unusually high, until his eagle-eyed nurse noticed something that would change everything – his arm position. “She adjusted my arm from my lap to a supported ...
Chloe Crook fell ill just two days after arriving in Hurghada (Picture: SWNS) A toddler had to be put into a coma for days after allegedly getting food poisoning ... blood clots in her neck and arm.
A patch that zaps the skin with electrical pulses could be used before or after surgery to prevent bacteria on the skin from causing blood poisoning, reducing our reliance on antibiotics.
Certain arm positions during blood pressure checks may lead to inaccurate readings, a new study finds. Researchers discovered two positions, in particular, that may affect your numbers.
If your arm isn’t correctly positioned for a blood pressure reading, you can get a number that is falsely high. To get the most accurate reading, your arm should be supported on a flat surface ...
A study led by Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers concludes that commonly used ways of positioning the patient's arm during blood pressure (BP) screenings can substantially overestimate test results ...
Think back to the last time you had your blood pressure taken. How were you sitting? Where exactly was the cuff? And what specifically was your arm doing? It's such a familiar ritual of going to ...