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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