Leopold Aminde
@ln-aminde.bsky.social
Physician & Epidemiologist, NHMRC Senior Research Fellow at Griffith University, Australia 🇦🇺. Interested in chronic disease prevention & the cost-effectiveness of population-wide interventions.
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Did you know most people measure their blood pressure the wrong way?
A study found that 6/7 images online show incorrect technique. Read the article: tinyurl.com/2t7vehkc
Infographic on how to measure blood pressure at home: tinyurl.com/27mhxadz
A study found that 6/7 images online show incorrect technique. Read the article: tinyurl.com/2t7vehkc
Infographic on how to measure blood pressure at home: tinyurl.com/27mhxadz
September 10, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Did you know most people measure their blood pressure the wrong way?
A study found that 6/7 images online show incorrect technique. Read the article: tinyurl.com/2t7vehkc
Infographic on how to measure blood pressure at home: tinyurl.com/27mhxadz
A study found that 6/7 images online show incorrect technique. Read the article: tinyurl.com/2t7vehkc
Infographic on how to measure blood pressure at home: tinyurl.com/27mhxadz
Reposted by Leopold Aminde
Neat paper describing a patient education challenge - suboptimal BP measurement photos online.
www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10....
www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10....
Poor Accuracy of Blood Pressure Measurement Images Online: Implications for Public Health Education | Hypertension
BACKGROUND: Blood pressure (BP) is a common clinical measurement, now increasingly done at home.
Media websites often display images of BP measurement to represent clinical medicine,
but many images d...
www.ahajournals.org
September 9, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Neat paper describing a patient education challenge - suboptimal BP measurement photos online.
www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10....
www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10....
Honoured to contribute to this study published today in @Hypertension which sadly reveals most online images of #bloodpressure measurement are inaccurate. Let's raise awareness & improve #BP monitoring practices.
Read more: tinyurl.com/2mcbkcnc
@ishbp.bsky.social @hypertensionaus.bsky.social
Read more: tinyurl.com/2mcbkcnc
@ishbp.bsky.social @hypertensionaus.bsky.social
September 9, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Honoured to contribute to this study published today in @Hypertension which sadly reveals most online images of #bloodpressure measurement are inaccurate. Let's raise awareness & improve #BP monitoring practices.
Read more: tinyurl.com/2mcbkcnc
@ishbp.bsky.social @hypertensionaus.bsky.social
Read more: tinyurl.com/2mcbkcnc
@ishbp.bsky.social @hypertensionaus.bsky.social
Reposted by Leopold Aminde
High blood pressure is a leading risk factor for heart disease, stroke, kidney disease, and many more conditions.
This month, as we celebrate #WorldHypertensionDay on 17 May and May Measurement Month, get your blood pressure checked!
Find out more: ish-world.com/world-hypert...
This month, as we celebrate #WorldHypertensionDay on 17 May and May Measurement Month, get your blood pressure checked!
Find out more: ish-world.com/world-hypert...
May 11, 2025 at 10:12 AM
High blood pressure is a leading risk factor for heart disease, stroke, kidney disease, and many more conditions.
This month, as we celebrate #WorldHypertensionDay on 17 May and May Measurement Month, get your blood pressure checked!
Find out more: ish-world.com/world-hypert...
This month, as we celebrate #WorldHypertensionDay on 17 May and May Measurement Month, get your blood pressure checked!
Find out more: ish-world.com/world-hypert...
Our meta-analysis of 34,000 adults with #hypertension in Sub-Saharan #Africa shows two out of every five people (44%) are #nonadherent to their 💊. And, 📉 have not changed in 3 decades. tinyurl.com/5yxprf8d @worldheart.org @ishbp.bsky.social @ahascience.bsky.social @afro.who.int
High Burden and Trend in Nonadherence to Blood Pressure‐Lowering Medications: Meta‐Analysis of Data From Over 34 000 Adults With Hypertension in Sub‐Saharan Africa | Journal of the American Heart Asso...
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May 6, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Our meta-analysis of 34,000 adults with #hypertension in Sub-Saharan #Africa shows two out of every five people (44%) are #nonadherent to their 💊. And, 📉 have not changed in 3 decades. tinyurl.com/5yxprf8d @worldheart.org @ishbp.bsky.social @ahascience.bsky.social @afro.who.int
Replacing regular #salt with low #sodium #substitutes could prevent 1.5 million #heart attacks and #strokes, & 640k new #kidney disease cases, while averting 200k #deaths over 10 years in #Indonesia. This would save $2 B in health expenditure. See: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... @worldheart.org
January 25, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Replacing regular #salt with low #sodium #substitutes could prevent 1.5 million #heart attacks and #strokes, & 640k new #kidney disease cases, while averting 200k #deaths over 10 years in #Indonesia. This would save $2 B in health expenditure. See: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... @worldheart.org
💥Our new meta-analysis published in #TobaccoControl shows #tobacco #advertising, #promotion & #sponsorship bans reduced #smoking 🚭 rates by 20%, & ⬇️risk of taking up 🚬 by 37%! Countries around 🌎 should adopt comprehensive #bans as proposed in #WHOFCTC. Read: tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/earl...
January 21, 2025 at 12:49 PM
💥Our new meta-analysis published in #TobaccoControl shows #tobacco #advertising, #promotion & #sponsorship bans reduced #smoking 🚭 rates by 20%, & ⬇️risk of taking up 🚬 by 37%! Countries around 🌎 should adopt comprehensive #bans as proposed in #WHOFCTC. Read: tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/earl...
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Bans on tobacco advertising, promotion, and sponsorship are associated with a 20% reduction in smoking prevalence and a 37% lower risk of smoking uptake, highlighting their potential impact on public health. doi.org/g8zqch
Bans on tobacco advertising and sponsorship linked to 20% lower odds of smoking
Implementing bans on the advertising, promotion, and sponsorship of tobacco products is linked to 20% lower odds of smoking, and 37% lower risk of taking up the habit, reveals a pooled data analysis of the available research, published online in Tobacco Control.
medicalxpress.com
January 14, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Bans on tobacco advertising, promotion, and sponsorship are associated with a 20% reduction in smoking prevalence and a 37% lower risk of smoking uptake, highlighting their potential impact on public health. doi.org/g8zqch