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Low blood pressure – or hypotension – occurs when the force at which the heart pumps blood through the arteries falls. Hypotension can present with various symptoms: from nausea, dizziness to heart palpitations. Checking blood pressure is an important part of evaluating yourself or your patient.

Women generally undergo menopause between the ages of 45 and 55 years. Around the time of menopause, women may experience symptoms such as hot flushes, sweats, anxiety, dry vagina, loss of libido, irritability, headaches, poor memory, poor concentration, dizzy spells, and muscle/joint pains. Many of these symptoms will respond to oestrogen therapy.

Authors' conclusions:  Finasteride improves long-term urinary symptoms versus placebo, but is less effective than doxazosin

Beware of interactions with tyrosine kinase inhibitors.

The MPL gene provides instructions for making the thrombpoetin receptor protein, which promotes cell growth and division and is especially important f

Modern antiretroviral therapy is usually well tolerated, but it is important to be aware of drug interactions which may reduce its effectiveness or cause toxicity.

Is the risk of seizure recurrence worth the benefit of stopping an antiepileptic drug?

In the past, a doctor had to be with a person to diagnose a heart attack, but a new service that is being introduced in NSW allows an ECG to be sent quickly to a specialist doctor who may be many kilometres away. This means that people are treated much faster and, in many cases, even before they see a doctor.

A safety warning has been added to a class of medicines called Janus Kinase inhibitors used for chronic inflammatory conditions.