Saturday, December 15, 2007

High blood pressure tied to dementia: researchers
Reuters - USA
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Elderly people with high blood pressure may be more likely to develop thinking and learning problems that can lead to ...
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Heart-disease prevention target of plan
Baltimore Sun - United States
Darick Clinton (left), operator of the Park Heights Barbershop, administers a blood-pressure screening for Maurice Braxton, who comes to the Baltimore shop ...
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Could the Blood Pressure Drug Telmisartan One Day Be Used to ...
Associated Content - Denver,CO,USA
By Patty Oh Researchers have announced that a drug commonly used to treat high blood pressure may have an alternate use - it may help prevent strokes. ...
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TV can raise blood pressure in obese children
Reuters - USA
By Anne Harding NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Obese children who watch a lot of television are more likely to have high blood pressure than heavy children who ...
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Fuel Price Hike Casts Shadow On Production
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
There is now, in my opinion, a strong correlation between high blood pressure and rising indebtedness or financial problems" said Mwinga. ...
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Daily Dose: Spike In Cholesterol, Blood Pressure Meds In Kids ...
NBC 10.com - Philadelphia,PA,USA
There's been a 68 percent spike in young adults who use statins and high blood pressure medications in the last five years. That's rising at a faster pace ...
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Living near an airport 'can cause high blood pressure'
Times Online - UK
Living near a noisy airport increases the risk of high blood pressure, according to research. The findings suggest that constant exposure to high levels of ...
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CVRx get European OK on blood pressure treatment
Bizjournals.com - Charlotte,NC,USA
CVRx, Inc. said Wednesday it received CE Mark approval for a new device to treat high blood pressure. Minneapolis-based CVRx, a private medical device ...
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TV Tied To Blood Pressure In Obese Kids
CBS News - New York,NY,USA
(WebMD) A new childhood obesity study links watching lots of TV to high blood pressure in obese children. The researchers advise parents to heed ...
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Daily Dose: Excessive TV Watching Raises Children's Blood Pressure
NBC 10.com - Philadelphia,PA,USA
Researchers found children who watched four or more hours of TV a day were five times more likely to have high blood pressure than those who watched less ...
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TV raises blood pressure in obese kids: study
National Post - Canada
Not only is the idiot box helping to make kids fat, but research has found it is giving them high blood pressure as well. Obese kids who couch surfed for ...
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Nibbles: Kids with high blood pressure, diet frauds, and ice cream ...
CalorieLab Calorie Counter News - Las Vegas,NV,USA
... who watch television four or more hours a day are three times more likely to have high blood pressure than those who watch less than two hours a day. ...
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Warmer temperatures don't mean you need more salt (and that goes ...
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
You might be surprised to know (I was) that high blood pressure, which raises the risk of heart disease and stroke, is the third leading cause of death and ...
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Initiative seeks to cut blood pressure rates
Louisville Courier-Journal - Louisville,KY,USA
By Deborah Yetter Alarmed by the rates of high blood pressure, particularly in African Americans, the American Heart Association and Norton Healthcare today ...
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Halloween candy and television raising blood pressure
WNDU-TV - South Bend,IN,USA
New research shows that watching television could lead to high blood pressure in obese kids. Overweight kids who watched two to four hours of television a ...
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Type 2 Diabetes: Getting the Facts
FOX News - USA
High blood pressure, defined as over 140/90 mm Hg, or high triglyceride levels above 250 mg/dL, as well as low HDL "good" cholesterol levels below 35 mg/dL ...
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Are some foods really better than medicine?
Scotsman - United Kingdom
Prozac and similar antidepressants have been linked to high blood-pressure, drowsiness, blurred vision, sexual dysfunction, addiction and even increased ...
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More Young Adults on Cholestero Drugs
The Associated Press -
Experts point to higher rates of obesity, high blood pressure and high cholesterol problems among young people. Also, doctors are getting more aggressive ...
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Worth your salt? Controlling Blood Pressure Through a Low Sodium Diet
FOX News - USA
This in turn increases the volume of blood in the body, which puts increased pressure on the arteries as the heart works hard to pump this increased volume. ...
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Ranbaxy gets tentative OK for high blood pressure drug
Bizjournals.com - Charlotte,NC,USA
The Food and Drug Administration has given tentative approval to Ranbaxy Pharmaceuticals Inc. to make and market a drug used to treat high blood pressure. ...
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The catalogue of problems we are letting ourselves in for as our ...
ic Wales - United Kingdom
Those most likely to have a stroke are older people and people with certain medical problems, such as high blood pressure (hypertension) and diabetes – both ...
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Women's : Chronic diseases and pregnancy
SkyNewswire.com (press release) - Rotterdam,Netherlands
Hypertension, or high blood pressure, can cause complication both of mother's and unborn baby's health. For women it is connected with risk of refusal of ...
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Blood Pressure Drugs May Help Prevent Memory Disorder
NEWSPost India - New Delhi,Delhi,India
They found that the mice benefited significantly when given Valsartan, a drug used to treat high blood pressure. Other blood pressure drugs also had similar ...
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Women's Wake Up Call: Little Sleep, Bigger Blood Pressure
Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA
Now you learn that you have high blood pressure and there's no apparent reason. What gives? If you were to ask me, I'd question your sleep habits. ...
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How Tibetans Enjoy the High Life
Scientific American - USA
... those in patients suffering from a bacterial blood infection—septic shock—and the blood flows are typical of people suffering from high blood pressure. ...
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Blood Pressure Drugs May Prevent Alzheimer's Disease
Medical News Today - UK
If you are taking some of the commonly used hypertension (high blood pressure) drugs you might also be significantly lowering you chances of developing ...
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Bajans getting fat in New York
The Nation Newspaper - Bridgetown,St. Michael,Barbados
"Obesity increases a person's risk for several conditions, including heart disease, high blood pressure, stroke, Type 2 diabetes and cancer," stated the ...
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Dr Know
Times Online - UK
A Your GP is right – 95% of people with high blood pressure have no obvious cause for its occurrence, and you are one of them. Regular aerobic exercise can ...
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One Main Reason to Eat Fruits and Vegetables: to Maintain a ...
HealthNewsDigest.com - New York,NY,USA
The first one I would like to share with you today is that fruits and vegetables help us maintain our blood pressure at a healthy level. What is high blood ...
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Hypertension Drug Valsartan Might Work Against Alzheimer's Disease
AHN - USA
Researchers arrived at the results after studying 55 high blood pressure drugs and found valsartan was "the most promising of the lot. ...
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What is heart disease
FemaleFirst.co.uk - Ashton-in-Makerfield,England,UK
In turn, this can lead to high blood pressure, which also increases the risk of CHD. A heart attack occurs when one of the coronary arteries blocks ...
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Experts clash over existence of diabetes
Manawatu Standard - Wellington,New Zealand
If one person is a smoker with high cholesterol and high blood pressure, it's doing them far more harm." Well yes, says Dr Dixon. ...
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Alzheimer's may Respond to Blood Pressure Drug
Ivanhoe - Winter Park,FL,USA
(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Could a high blood pressure medication hold the key to treating or maybe even preventing Alzheimer's disease? ...
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Canadians are salt lovers at heart
Canada.com - Hamilton,Ontario,Canada
The result, a coalition of 17 leading health groups say, is an "epidemic" of high blood pressure leading to strokes, heart disease, kidney failure, ...
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Namibia: Be Vigilant Against These Three Silent Killers
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
A total of 140 people participated in the tests and it was found that 47 of them had high blood pressure. Out of the 45 people tested for high cholesterol, ...
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Walkerton Health study out
Bayshore Broadcasting News Centre - Owen Sound,Ontario,Canada
High blood pressure is another problem, the incidence of high blood pressure is higher in Walkerton than the general population. ...
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Onion compound reduces blood pressure
Food Consumer - Lisle,IL,USA
... but suggested that the flavonoid might reduce the production of angiotensin II, a compound that constricts blood vessels, leading to high blood pressure.
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Blood Pressure Drug Might Work Against Alzheimer's
Forbes - NY,USA
The potential value of valsartan, marketed as Diovan, emerged from a screening program that started with 55 high blood pressure drugs, said study author Dr. ...
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金融界 - China
The best way to avoid cardiovascular diseases such as high blood pressure, stroke, and heart disease -- the leading cause of death in America -- is to ...
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Inadequate sleep raises blood pressure risk in women
The News - International - Pakistan
Women who regularly get less than seven hours of night sleep may be more prone to developing high blood pressure. A number of previous studies have linked ...
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A life cut short in a heartbeat
The Age - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
Smoking, cholesterol, stress and high blood pressure, for example, are all risk factors, but so is coming from a lower socioeconomic bracket or being an ...
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Health-aware public home in on DIY kits
Scotsman - United Kingdom
Worried about diabetes, high blood pressure, infertility or the menopause? Or perhaps you're troubled by the thought of genetic diseases? ...
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Drug that lowers blood pressure might help prevent Alzheimer's disease
EurekAlert (press release) - Washington,DC,USA
Recent evidence indicates that some drugs used to treat high blood pressure (antihypertensive medications) might reduce the risk of developing AD. ...
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Prenatal Calcium May Lower Kids' Blood Pressure
Online - International News Network - Islamabad,Pakistan
The new findings add to a body of research suggesting chronic conditions such as high blood pressure and heart disease sometimes have roots extending back ...
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Health experts call for sodium solutions
Canada.com - Hamilton,Ontario,Canada
"The result is an epidemic of high blood pressure that leads to strokes, heart disease, kidney disease and other chronic conditions. ...
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Shock-proof blood pressure meter prevents false readings
Gizmag - Victoria,Australia
“We used a high-speed camera to film what happens when a blood pressure meter suffers a heavy blow,” explains TEG project manager Andreas Reindl. ...
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Eating Whole-grain Breakfast Cereals May Be Associated With A ...
Science Daily (press release) - USA
read more NHLBI Study Finds High-Normal Blood Pressure Increases Cardiovascular Risk (Nov. 6, 2001) — High-normal blood pressure significantly increases the ...
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No time to take care of health in a fast-track career
Hindu - Chennai,India
The most common are eye and bone-related ailments, while lifestyle disorders such as blood pressure, high blood sugar levels and obesity follow. ...
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High Waist Circumference Independently Associated With ...
DG News - USA
... it now ranks alongside smoking, high blood pressure and cholesterol disorders as a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease.9 Patients with diabetes ...
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Cleviprex™ (Clevidipine Butyrate) Rapidly Reduced Blood Pressure ...
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
One of the major risk factors for acute hypertension is having chronic high blood pressure, with affects an estimated 50 million Americans and 1 billion ...
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Free blood pressure checks Wednesday at airport
News-Leader.com - Springfield,MO,USA
Blood pressure is one of those health issues people can easily overlook,” said Stu Acosta, ARFF supervisor. The American Heart Association said high blood ...
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Cocoa Intake and Blood Pressure—Reply
Journal of American Medical Association (subscription) - Chicago,IL,USA
2, 5 In contrast to Tsikas and Rossi, in more recent studies S-nitrosoglutathione injections have been found to decrease blood pressure and elicit ...
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Lower blood pressure just a few deep breaths away
Chicago Daily Herald - Chicago,IL,USA
It can be effectively treated by lifelong medications, but might there be a simpler and less expensive way to treat mild to moderate high blood pressure. ...
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Health Problems?
Belfast Telegraph - United Kingdom
I have been to the ent clinic and they have not found any congestion and said it could be due to high blood pressure, which I have, or hardening of the ...
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Researchers discover genes linking stress, high blood pressure ...
Canada NewsWire (press release) - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
According to Dr. Hamet, there is no reason to believe that people from the Saguenay have higher rates of stress, high blood pressure, alcoholism, ...
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'The Blood Pressure Cure'
Therapeutics Daily (subscription) (press release) - Newtown,PA,USA
Oct. 22--Experts estimate that 65 million Americans have high blood pressure and that half aren't being treated for the condition. ...
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Watch out, woman!
Economic Times - Gurgaon,Haryana,India
Although this is not completely understood, cholesterol, high blood pressure and fat around abdomen — all risk factors for CVD — increase during this time. ...
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Is my heart cured?
Malaysia Star - Malaysia
It also helps reduce your chances of developing risk factors such as high blood pressure, diabetes, high cholesterol and obesity, that can lead to heart ...
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Are you covered by insurance?
Tracy Press - Tracy,CA,USA
When I asked to see the doctor, I was told that he wasn’t available, but I was given a prescription for my grandmother’s high blood pressure and was told ...
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Pizza Hut and KFC highest on list of serious salt offenders
Scotsman - United Kingdom
But experts have set recommended levels in an effort to reduce salt intake and avoid health problems such as high blood pressure, heart attacks and strokes. ...
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High risk cardiovascular disease
TheHeart.Org - New York,NY,USA
Observational studies suggest that individuals with high-normal blood pressure who are not given antihypertensive therapy run a significant risk of ...
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Still against the grain and high on fat
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
Blood pressure goes down. All of these should reduce the risk of heart disease. So is there no evidence that the mainstream low-fat diet is healthy? ...
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Reuters Health News Summary
San Diego Union Tribune - United States
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Women who regularly get fewer than 7 hours of sleep each night may have a higher risk of developing high blood pressure, ...
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Women warned of painkillers risks
PRESS TV - Tehran,Iran
Scientists say regular taking of painkillers may increase the risk of developing high blood pressure in women by as much as 200 percent. ...
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Sleep deprivation may raise women's blood pressure
Reuters India - Mumbai,India
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women who regularly get fewer than 7 hours of sleep each night may have a higher risk of developing high blood pressure, ...
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FDA to consider limits, labeling for salt
Reuters UK - UK
It has cited the tens of millions of Americans who suffer from high blood pressure. Cutting salt intake can reduce changes of developing and curtail the ...
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High Blood Pressure: Salt in our food is a major cause, but don’t ...
What Doctors Don't Tell You - London,UK
High Blood Pressure: Dark chocolate can ward off hypertension - We all know that fresh vegetables and fruit are good for us, but so is a little dark ...
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The British Hypertension Society (BHS) Validated Blood Pressure ...
Emediawire (press release) - Ferndale,WA,USA
The BHS provides a medical and scientific research forum to enable sharing of cutting-edge research in order to understand the origin of high blood pressure ...
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Low male hormones may predict metabolic syndrome
Reuters - USA
As expected, other risk factors for metabolic syndrome included abdominal obesity, high blood pressure, low levels of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, ...
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Listen to Your Heart
U.S. News & World Report - Washington,DC,USA
They're much more likely to worry about breast cancer, though cardiovascular disease (which includes high blood pressure and stroke) kills almost twice as ...
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Q&A: Lower blood pressure naturally
The Herald Argus - LaPorte,IN,USA
Q: I am 51 years old and have recently been diagnosed with high blood pressure. I'ma little overweight, and I also have a family history of high blood ...
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Diabetes and its complications - "Millions of people the world ...
Fortnightly Tenerife News - Tenerife,Spain
High blood pressure – with increasing age, all adults have a likelihood of developing high blood pressure, heart disease or a stroke. High blood pressure ...
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Blood Pressure May Predict Incident Type 2 Diabetes in Healthy Women
Medscape (subscription) - USA
October 16, 2007 — Baseline blood pressure (BP) and progression of BP were strong and independent predictors of incident type 2 diabetes among initially ...
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Severely Mentally Ill At High Risk For Cardiovascular Disease
Science Daily (press release) - USA
Another 30 percent with diabetes at the start of the study received no anti-diabetes medications, and 62 percent of those with high blood pressure were not ...
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Health and wellness
Gulf News - Port aux Basques,Newfoundland and Labrador,Canada
Many of us know that it's not a good thing when we have high blood pressure and we must try to correct it, but why is having normal blood pressure so ...
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High Blood Pressure Improved with Garlic – Polysulfide Compound ...
Best Syndication - Pinon Hills,CA,USA
[Best Syndication] Garlic may be on of the best foods that can lower high blood pressure and at the same time help prevent cardiovascular disease. ...
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Shake off salt habit to lower blood pressure
Fort Worth Star Telegram - Fort Worth,TX,USA
If you have high blood pressure, aim for a daily sodium intake of no more than 1500 to 2300 mg. Don't add salt during food preparation. ...
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Killer 'silent' no more
Muskogee Daily Phoenix - Muskogee,OK,USA
Go to a doctor and check on your blood pressure." According to the American Academy of Family Physicians, high blood pressure (also called hypertension) ...
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Family Health: Dangerous kidney disease can sneak up on you
commercialappeal.com (subscription) - Memphis,TN,USA
Diabetes and high blood pressure (hypertension) cause about 70 percent of the majority of new kidney failure cases. These health problems can usually be ...
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Childhood hypertension on the rise
East Valley Tribune - Mesa,AZ,USA
Whatever the reason, more kids have high blood pressure than ever. And a new study shows that doctors may be missing most of them. High blood pressure or ...
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Why Do Some Aging Brains Stay Sharp?
The Associated Press -
And recall that old blood pressure drug guanfacine? It is now being studied as a potential treatment for children with attention-deficit disorder — and it ...
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Looking past blood sugar to survive diabetes
Nigerian Tribune - Ibadan,Nigeria
Adeyemi Ketiku did not realise that his high blood pressure or his developing diabetes put him at risk of heart disease. Though, he was quite old, ...
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A raw deal
Nation News - Bridgetown,St. Michael,Barbados
by MELISSA WICKHAM HE HAD just about everything in the book: cancer, vitiligo, facial palsy, epilepsy, kidney failure, high blood pressure, bursitis and ...
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Doctor's '10 Simple Solutions' emphasize hope and positivity
Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA
Suppressing strong emotions can cause sharp increases in blood pressure, heart rate and muscle tension. Step 8: Connect with others. ...
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Diet treats high blood pressure
DetNews.com - Detroit,MI,USA
Dear JC: The high blood pressure diet doesn't zero in only on vegetables. Fruits, grains and low-fat dairy products are important elements of it. ...
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Hypertension Triples Women's Diabetes Risk
Forbes - NY,USA
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 10 (HealthDay News) -- Compared to women with optimal blood pressure, those with high blood pressure are up to three times more likely to ...
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High blood pressure increases diabetes risk in women
Earthtimes - London,UK
Women with high blood pressure face massive risk of developing type 2 diabetes as compared to their counterparts having normal blood pressure, according to ...
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High Blood Pressure in Women Tied to Diabetes Risk
MedPage Today - Little Falls,NJ,USA
However, women with high normal blood pressure had a much higher risk, and the risk for those with established hypertension was substantial. ...
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Get the facts about brain attacks
Orlando Sentinel - Orlando,FL,USA
High blood pressure affects about 72 million people in the United States — 70 percent of whom don't have it under control. High blood pressure affects 22 ...
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You can treat high blood pressure with diet
Chattanooganow (subscription) - Chattanooga,TN,USA
DONOHUE: Would you please list the vegetables that help lower blood pressure? -- JC A: The high blood pressure diet doesn't zero in only on vegetables. ...
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Low Lead Exposures Can Hurt Kidneys
Washington Post - United States
Previous studies in workers have found an association between lead exposure and high blood pressure, atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries), ...
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Blood Pressure: Part 2
Voices Newspaper - Didim,Aydin,Turkey
High blood pressure is called the `Silent Killer` as most people have no symptoms. The only way you will know is to have your blood pressure checked. ...
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High blood pressure defined
Manchester Evening News - Manchester,England,UK
A reader asks: How can I tell if I am suffering from high blood pressure? Gillian says: High blood pressure or hypertension means high pressure (tension) in ...
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Manage cholesterol with Indian herb
New Straits Times - Persekutuan,Malaysia
Guggulipid also has mild blood-thinning properties that make it beneficial for lowering high blood pressure. A guggulipid supplement containing 2.5 per cent ...
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Women's cardiac health targeted
Kentucky Post - Covington,KY,USA
Of all the women who have high blood pressure in the state, 84 percent are taking some action to address it. The goal is to increase that to 98 percent, ...
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Hypertension: 'The Silent Killer'
American Chronicle - Beverly Hills,CA,USA
One in four adults suffer from high blood pressure (BP) or hypertension which increases the risk of heart disease, stroke and death. ...
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High Blood Pressure & Stroke Attack was the Focus for the Third ...
Trading Markets - Los Angeles,CA,USA
The prevalence of cardiovascular disease in black females is 44.7 percent and the rate of high blood pressure for black females, age 20 and older, ...
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Running into trouble
Chicago Tribune - United States
Low blood pressure or exposure to bright light during the day can affect the body's ability to produce rhodopsin. It takes about 30 minutes to regenerate. ...
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Natural Remedies for High Blood Pressure Medication Treatment
American Chronicle - Beverly Hills,CA,USA
Hypertension, or High Blood Pressure, can be defined as the force that the blood exerts on the veins and arteries while it circulates around the body. ...
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Guest commentary: Less sodium, better health: It's up to you
Naples Daily News - Naples,FL,USA
By MARK R. GOLDSTEIN, Special to the Daily News One-third of adults in this country have high blood pressure. The risk of getting high blood pressure during ...
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High Blood Pressure & Stroke Attack was the Focus for the Third ...
PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- "High Blood Pressure and Stroke Attack" was the topic of discussion on the third stop of the 2007 Empowerment Tour for ...
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High blood pressure hit Montana
Tulsa World - Tulsa,OK,USA
How can a guy who was seemingly immune to pressure be victimized by high blood pressure? "There was no one more surprised than I was when I was diagnosed in ...
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High Blood Pressure Medication creates more Blood Flow in Brain's ...
Best Syndication - Pinon Hills,CA,USA
[Best Syndication] Blood flow in the memory location of the brain was shown to be increased in people with high blood pressure than those with normal ...
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Losing a little weight might help avoid drugs to reduce hypertension
News-Medical.net - Sydney,Australia
Researchers in Italy say losing weight can bring down a person's hypertension; they say even a moderate weight loss can lower high blood pressure to within ...
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Blood-pressure drug may aid in Marfan syndrome, study says
China Post - Taipei,Taiwan

Naturally Treat High Blood Pressure- Treat Hypertension, Shed ...
PR-GB.com (press release) - Sofia,Bulgaria
Specifically, I learned how important food is to our health and high blood pressure! Duh! Did you know that food can naturally treat high blood pressure ...
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Erectile Dysfunction: A Harbinger of Heart Trouble
U.S. News & World Report - Washington,DC,USA
"It was a stronger risk factor than some of the traditional risk factors we commonly ask questions about, things like high blood pressure and high ...
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Free blood pressure readings
Cameron County Endeavor - Emporium,PA,USA
"Hypertension (or high blood pressure) was recently identified as the number one diagnosis at Charles Cole Hospital," said Virginia Barlow, MD, ...
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Double Cardiovascular Benefit For People With Chronic Kidney Disease
Science Daily (press release) - USA
Dr Perkovic added that "The findings from PROGRESS have shifted the focus away from treating individuals with high blood pressure to focusing on those ...
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Daytime, Nighttime Blood Pressure Both Important
Forbes - NY,USA
High blood pressure, defined as two consecutive readings over 140/90, increases the risk of heart disease, stroke and kidney disease. ...
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Economic instability leads to hypertension in women
The Post - Lahore,Punjab,Pakistan
According to an estimate, about 65 percent married women of the age from 30 to 55 are more prone to hypertension or high blood pressure. ...
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Patients have a high risk of developing weakness in blood-vessel walls, called aneurysms, which can fatally rupture. Surgery to repair a fragile aorta, ...
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Sunny Circle discusses ways to reduce blood pressure
Reporter-Times - Martinsville,IN,USA
Cindy Saferight reported on an article on blood pressure, and the health risks of eating too much cured meet. She also gave a list of foods high in ...
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Raised Blood Pressure/BMI in Midlife Predicts Heart Failure in ...
Medscape (subscription) - USA
"High blood pressure and elevated BMI in midlife or earlier life may contribute to progressive remodeling of the heart and vasculature, which may predispose ...
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Saturday, October 13, 2007

80 per cent of strokes preventable
Campbell River Mirror - British Columbia, Canada
High blood pressure can speed up the plaque buildup on the inside of arteries (atherosclerosis), and cause thin, fragile balloon-like bulges, ...
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Racial differences in hypertension care
Science Daily (press release) - USA
MIAMI, Oct. 12 (UPI) -- African-Americans are less likely than whites to receive hospital care for high blood pressure emergencies in Florida, a study found ...
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EMS1.com News
EMS1.com - Emergency Medical Service Resources - San Francisco,CA,USA
So what causes high blood pressure? About 90 percent of the time we don't know for sure and use the terms 'primary' or 'essential' hypertension to describe ...
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Stress can crank up the risk of heart disease
Louisville Courier-Journal - Louisville,KY,USA
This means it contributes to clogging of the arteries along with smoking, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes, etc. But stress has always been ...
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High Blood Pressure on the Rise in Kids
KSWT-TV - Yuma,AZ,USA
The study by the Morehouse School of Medicine shows high blood pressure is making a comeback in children. Relay races and obstacle courses were just some of ...
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After Surviving Breast Cancer, Women Face Increased Risk Of Heart ...
Science Daily (press release) - USA
Experimental therapies that limit the growth of blood vessels in tumors can cause abnormal blood clotting, high blood pressure and reduced cardiac function. ...
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Strokes strike even when it seems unlikely
News & Observer - Raleigh,NC,USA
Some risk factors, such as high blood pressure, can be treated and controlled. But others cannot. McGehee, who died Tuesday after suffering a stroke while ...
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High Blood Pressure: If you want to know the truth, test it at night
What Doctors Don't Tell You - London,UK
Keeping blood pressure in check safely - There are literally scores of ways to reduce high blood pressure (BP) without having to take recourse to drugs. ...
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Rising Blood Pressure Tied To Diabetes
CBS News - New York,NY,USA
Normal blood pressure is systolic blood pressure (the first number) below 120 and diastolic blood pressure (the second number) below 80. High blood pressure ...
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Wednesday, October 3, 2007

Event educational for senior citizens
Columbus Telegram - Columbus,NE,USA
Zadina gave a presentation about hypertension, how it is diagnosed, the dangers of high blood pressure and treatments for it. Hypertension is a prevalent ...
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Scores drop in for a free health check
ic Coventry - Coventry,UK
Statistics suggest that about a third of people with high blood pressure do not know that they have it. If blood pressure is high it causes strain on the ...
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Want to be healthy over 50? Get these tests
MSNBC - USA
Blood pressure: According to current treatment guidelines, the blood pressure target is 130/80 or lower for patients with diabetes. Blood pressure readings ...
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Pressure On Smuts Revealed
New Haven Independent - CT, USA
Below 120/80 is good; anything above 140/90 is considered high blood pressure, and we recommend you see your doctor. Anything in between is considered ...
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As kids' obesity rises, so does their blood pressure
DesMoinesRegister.com - Des Moines,IA,USA
Researchers at Atlanta's Morehouse School of Medicine have just reported a rising rate of high blood pressure among America's children, based on surveys of ...
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Bottomline soars, so does blood pressure
Times of India - India
The high calorie intake took its toll on fitness levels: 69.23% were hopelessly unfit. So what's pushing the top executive to the brink? ''It's the pressure ...
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A quick health check for the busy Bangalorean
Hindu - Chennai,India
This is how it works - THC is conducted with a portable kit, which includes an ECG monitor, monitors and devices for checking blood pressure, blood glucose ...
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Saving a heart under attack
Independent on Saturday (subscription) - South Africa
Too much salt can cause high blood pressure. Watch out for foods such as crisps, salted nuts, canned and packet soups and sauces, baked beans and canned ...
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Under pressure
Business Standard - India
Water retention, or edema, occurs when the fluid component of the blood moves out of blood vessels due to the increasing pressure inside the vessel. ...
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High Blood Presure - Assuming Epidemic Proportions
PR-GB.com (press release) - Sofia,Bulgaria
People would be shocked if they knew the exact figures as to the number of the sufferers of high blood pressure are in the United Kingdom and the United ...
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Hypertension rising threat among young
Online Athens (subscription) - Athens,GA,USA
Obesity's silent sidekick - high blood pressure - has local health officials concerned, especially for Northeast Georgia's poorest, youngest residents. ...
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High blood pressure, a silent killer
News 10 Now - Syracuse,NY,USA
Millions of Americans suffer high blood pressure and don't know it, and it's the disease they call the silent killer. "Because there are very few symptoms, ...
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Nighttime dialysis improves quality of life: report
CTV.ca - Canada
Sixteen of those doing the nighttime dialysis were also able to reduce or discontinue their high blood pressure medication, versus only three in the ...
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Narrowed kidney artery can raise blood pressure
Chattanooganow (subscription) - Chattanooga,TN,USA
DONOHUE: I am under treatment for high blood pressure. Recently my systolic reading (first number) was over 200, and my son took me to the emergency room. ...
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The Urgent Need to Reduce Sodium Consumption
Journal of American Medical Association (subscription) - Chicago,IL,USA
7 The evidence implicating excess sodium intake as a major cause of high blood pressure levels has been called "overwhelming. ...
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Scotland stands behind America as the world's second fattest nation
Times Online - UK
Obese men are more than five times as likely to develop type 2 diabetes than those of normal weight, 2.6 times as likely to suffer from high blood pressure ...
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On World Heart Day Follow-Up Your Cardiometabolic Risk Factors ...
PR Newswire UK (press release) - London,UK
"Heart disease and stroke are largely preventable if the main risk factors, including high blood pressure, high levels of cholesterol and blood glucose, ...
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Health Screening Tests That Everyone Needs
U.S. News & World Report - Washington,DC,USA
High blood pressure: Adults ages 18 and older should be screened for high blood pressure, but there is no agreed-upon interval between tests. ...
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The silent killer
Newindpress - Chennai,Tamil Nadu,India
High blood pressure is one of the most common problems. In India alone, nearly 15 crore patients need medical treatment for this. Dr Upendra Kaul presents ...
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A growing health concern: Sick doctors
Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA
Fite, an emergency physician, has high blood pressure and was aware that it had reached a potentially life-threatening level: 200/120. Normal blood pressure ...
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Abbott Initiates Clinical Study to Evaluate Use of RX Herculink(R ...
CNNMoney.com - USA
In patients who have uncontrolled high blood pressure (hypertension) without apparent cause, renal artery stenosis is often discovered as the culprit during ...
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Chronic Anger May Incense Your Heart
CBS News - New York City,NY,USA
Compared with less angry men, chronically angry men with prehypertension were moderately more likely to develop high blood pressure (hypertension) and heart ...
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Recognize the Silent Killer Coming to You: High Blood Pressure
PR-GB.com (press release) - Sofia,Bulgaria
High Blood pressure is known to be the silent killer by the medical practitioners as; it risks life without any warning. Without any serious symptoms and ...
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Do you have a healthy heart?
iAfrica.com - Cape Town,South Africa
If you can't burn off all the energy you consume, you risk becoming overweight or obese, possibly leading to diabetes, high blood pressure, and high ...
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Doctor, Druggist Seem to Buck Tradition
The Ledger - Lakeland,FL,USA
... coronary blood vessels and lowers cholesterol; coenzyme Q10, a powerful antioxidant; vitamin B complex, which is depleted by some high blood pressure ...
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Daiichi Sankyo's Benicar Combination Clears US FDA (Update2)
Bloomberg - USA
Forest Laboratories Inc., of New York, has agreed to help Tokyo-based Daiichi market the product in the US High blood pressure affects almost a third of ...
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Memory tasks require more coordinated brain blood flow for people ...
EurekAlert (press release) - Washington,DC,USA
Blood flow to the parts of the brain that support memory function differs between people with high blood pressure and those with normal blood pressure, ...
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Farming UK - Linthwaite,Huddersfield,UK
Certain herbs contain compounds that can actually reduce blood pressure and other stress-induced symptoms." The main research findings show that basil is ...
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