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Medications
… specific health needs. Uses Spironolactone is used to treat high blood pressure and heart failure. Lowering high blood pressure …
Medications
… are currently taking stable doses of these 2 drugs to treat high blood pressure in the lungs (pulmonary hypertension). Macitentan …
Health topics
… called portal hypertension. Portal hypertension is high pressure in the veins that filter blood from the intestines through the liver (portal system …
Health topics
… later in life. That could mean that he or she will have a higher risk of type 2 diabetes . Gaining too much weight … have greater risks for: Pregnancy problems, such as high blood pressure , gestational diabetes , or pre-eclampsia . …
Medical tests
… into a vein in the arm and then travels through the bloodstream to the kidneys. The tracer flows through the … done. Areas of the kidneys where the tracer shows up in higher-than-normal amounts, such as in some types of cancer, … narrowed renal arteries that can cause a type of high blood pressure called renovascular hypertension. See how a …
Medications
… Uses Doxazosin is used alone or with other drugs to treat high blood pressure (hypertension). Lowering high blood pressure helps …
Health topics
… deposits called plaque (say "plak") to build up inside blood vessels called arteries. Arteries carry oxygen-rich … same for women and men. These include smoking, diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, obesity, lack of exercise, and …
Health topics
… careful psychiatric monitoring You have a history of low blood flow to vessels that supply the heart, known as … lower THC (delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol) content or a higher ratio of CBD (cannabidiol) to THC When smoking … Dizziness Drowsiness Nausea and vomiting Changes in blood pressure … Information about cannabis …
Health topics
… the body hold on to the salt it needs, and it keeps your blood pressure steady. Normally, the level of these hormones … radiation treatments. The use of certain medicines, such as high doses of ketoconazole. If you take a steroid medicine …
Medical tests
… Test Overview An iron test checks the amount of iron in the blood. Iron (Fe) is a mineral needed for hemoglobin, the … The body needs more iron at times of growth (such as during adolescence), for pregnancy, during breastfeeding, or … iron-binding capacity (TIBC), and transferrin saturation. High and low values The values for serum iron, total …