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Blood pressure

Brazilian Oscar diagnosed with fainting problem, remains stable

FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Copa Libertadores - Group Stage - Sao Paulo v Libertad - Estadio Morumbi, Sao Paulo, Brazil - May 14, 2025 Sao Paulo's Oscar during the warm-up REUTERS/Thiago Bernardes/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Copa Libertadores - Group Stage - Sao Paulo v Libertad - Estadio Morumbi, Sao Paulo, Brazil - May 14, 2025 Sao Paulo's Oscar during the warm-up REUTERS/Thiago Bernardes/File Photo

How to exercise safely to manage high blood pressure

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Mr Christopher Huang (right), an Active Health Coach with Sport Singapore, conducting a Manage Hypertension With Exercise session, run by ActiveSG, at Heartbeat@Bedok, Sept 17, 2025.
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Mr Christopher Huang (right), an Active Health Coach with Sport Singapore, conducting a Manage Hypertension With Exercise session, run by ActiveSG, at Heartbeat@Bedok, Sept 17, 2025.

Exhausted Raducanu retires from Wuhan Open after medical timeout

Tennis - China Open - The Beijing Olympic Green Tennis Center, Beijing, China - September 29, 2025 Britain's Emma Raducanu in action during her round of 32 match against Jessica Pegula of the U.S. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang
Tennis - China Open - The Beijing Olympic Green Tennis Center, Beijing, China - September 29, 2025 Britain's Emma Raducanu in action during her round of 32 match against Jessica Pegula of the U.S. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang

Brazil's Bolsonaro taken to hospital after feeling sick, son says

Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, son of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, speaks to the media outside the hospital where his father was taken after feeling sick, according to him, following his sentencing last week by a Supreme Court panel to 27 years and three months in prison for plotting a coup after losing the 2022 election, in Brasilia, Brazil, September 16, 2025. REUTERS/Adriano Machado
Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, son of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, speaks to the media outside the hospital where his father was taken after feeling sick, according to him, following his sentencing last week by a Supreme Court panel to 27 years and three months in prison for plotting a coup after losing the 2022 election, in Brasilia, Brazil, September 16, 2025. REUTERS/Adriano Machado

Patients with hypertension fared better in S'pore trial that involved fewer pills

(From left) Professor Patrick Tan, Dean-designate, Duke-NUS Medical School;  Professor Marcus Ong, Director of Health Services Research & Population Health Programme, Duke-NUS Medical School; and

Professor Nicholas Graves, Deputy Director, Health Services Research & Population Health Programme, Duke-NUS Medical School; 

in a group photo during the  Health Services Research Institute 10th anniversary at Duke-NUS Medical School in Sep 5, 2025.
(From left) Professor Patrick Tan, Dean-designate, Duke-NUS Medical School;  Professor Marcus Ong, Director of Health Services Research & Population Health Programme, Duke-NUS Medical School; and

Professor Nicholas Graves, Deputy Director, Health Services Research & Population Health Programme, Duke-NUS Medical School; 

in a group photo during the  Health Services Research Institute 10th anniversary at Duke-NUS Medical School in Sep 5, 2025.

Thai Princess Bajrakitiyabha, in hospital since 2022, treated for blood infection, palace says

Thailand's Princess Bajrakitiyabha greets royalists, at The Grand Palace in Bangkok, Thailand, November 1, 2020. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha/File Photo
Thailand's Princess Bajrakitiyabha greets royalists, at The Grand Palace in Bangkok, Thailand, November 1, 2020. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha/File Photo

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MDDI (P) 046/10/2025. Published by SPH Media Limited, Co. Regn. No.202120748H. Copyright © 2026 SPH Media Limited. All rights reserved.