In chronic heart failure (CHF), the heart's ability to work effectively decreases - heart failure (CHF) usually develops over a long period of time and is chronic. The number of patients with chronic heart failure is increasing in developed countries. The reason for this is the aging of the population an...
The update of the treatment guide "Management of adult asthma in primary care" was initiated because five years had passed since the publication of the original guide. The procedure for updating treatment manuals is written in the "Estonian manual for the preparation of treatment manuals" (2020). At the ...
Hypertension is the most common disease in the world, affecting more than a billion people, and the leading cause of death and disability (Williams 2018).
In Estonia as well, cardiovascular diseases, including hypertension with complications, rank first among the causes of morbidity and death. High bloo...
Overweight and obesity are an increasing health problem of the population all over the world, including in Estonia. According to the data of the Estonian adult population health behavior survey conducted in 2018, 40% of Estonian men and 26% of women are overweight, and 21% of men and 18% of women are obe...
