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Senior cardiac nurse Julie Ward speaks to Dr Neil Chapman about high blood pressure and provides an update on how the BHF is tackling the issue. What is blood pressure? It is the pressure of blood in the arteries. Blood pressure measurements consist of two numbers, usually displayed one above the other, and are measured in mmHg (millimeters of mercury). If your reading is 120/80mmHg, your doctor or nurse may refer to it as “120 over 80.” The first (top) number represents the highest blood pressure reached when the heart contracts, or…

5 THINGS FIRSTThe last day of campaigning for the first out of seven-phase Lok Sabha election; PM Modi to address election rally in Tripura’s Agartala; Rahul Gandhi to address election rallies in Karnataka; US Senate hearing on Boeing safety; IPL 2024 – GT vs DC1. Massive crackdown on Naxals ahead of polls in ChhattisgarhThe encounterAt least 29 Naxalites were killed in an encounter with security personnel in Chhattisgarh’s Kanker district on Tuesday, police officials said. This comes three days before Chhattisgarh votes in the first phase of the Lok Sabha polls on April 19. Kanker goes to the polls in…

In the aftermath of World War II, the United States set about building a global, rules-based economic order. At the heart of that order, it put the liberal values of free trade and the rule of law. Over the next seven decades, the order, backed by U.S. power and bolstered by its growing legitimacy among other countries, prevented most economic disputes from escalating into mutually destructive trade wars, let alone military conflict. That allowed even the smallest and poorest countries to develop their social and economic potential without having to worry about predation by stronger neighbors. By taking much of…

The United Nations' final report on the global economy will be released on Monday. December 8, 2017 Do you have questions about the state of the world economy? Are you worried about your country's GDP growth rate? Want to know what will happen in the next few years? You can ask the UN's top experts about the world economy Here's your chance! World Economic Situation and Prospects 2018 – UN DESA’s flagship report on the state of the world economy, including a detailed outlook for the global and regional economies for 2018 and 2019, will be released this Monday, 11…

In a report released today, Amnesty International and Afrewatch say major electronics brands such as Apple, Samsung and Sony are taking steps to ensure their products do not contain cobalt mined by child workers. He said that basic inspections had been neglected. The report, “This is what we die for: Human rights abuses in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are fueling global trade in cobalt,'' finds that cobalt used in lithium-ion batteries is being sold to children as young as seven to adults. We are tracking that it was sold from the mine. Working in hazardous conditions. Glamorous store…

“This submission…takes into account the worsening severity and scope of Israeli attacks against Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip, and the continued perpetration of systematic acts against the Palestinian people, including direct targeting of civilians and the destruction of infrastructure in the Gaza Strip. “We are urging Palestinians to evacuate,” the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said in a statement explaining the decision. South Africa filed a lawsuit against Israel in late December 2023, alleging that Israel breached its obligations under the Genocide Convention when it waged the war on Gaza. In a preliminary judgment in January, the ICJ ruled that Israel…

China’s manufacturing sector grew in November, a survey showed on Saturday, in the latest sign that the world’s second-largest economy is recovering from its worst recession since the 2008 global crisis.The government-recognized China Logistics Purchasing Federation’s monthly purchasing managers’ index improved to 50.6 out of 100, with a reading above 50 indicating expanding activity, up 0.4 percentage points from October’s reading.The PMI index measures activity across the manufacturing sector by looking at a number of indicators, including orders, employment and actual production.The China figures are a rare bit of good news for the global economy, which is slowing as Europe’s…