Statins could revolutionise blood pressure management: Study

Statins, a class of drugs that lower cholesterol and other fats in the blood, could revolutionie blood pressure management that could potentially benefit over 200 million people, who are on statins therapy, suggests a study. Dr Raquibul Hasan, associate professor at the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences in the Mercer University College

60% of hypertensive patients unable to control blood pressure in country

North South University's Global Health Institute (NGHI) and the Rangpur-Hypertension and Research Center (H&RC-Rangpur) recently conducted a study in Northern Bangladesh among adults over 18 years who had been diagnosed with hypertension. A total of 2,276 hypertensive patients were engaged in in-person interviews who visited H&RC-Rangpur in 2020-21. In Northern Bangladesh,