Blood Pressure:
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Jun 17th, 2009
Small, focused and inexpensive initiatives can significantly improve the quality of care for high blood pressure patients.
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Jun 17th, 2009
Cigarette smoking, alcohol consumption and lack of exercise can interact with genes to influence a person’s risk of developing high blood pressure.
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Jun 2nd, 2009
Contrary to some previous indications, sicker high blood pressure patients are more likely to receive high-quality care than those with fewer medical needs.
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May 26th, 2009
Research hopes to improve blood pressure diagnosis in children with simplified chart.
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May 21st, 2009
Blood pressure lowering drugs should be offered to anyone old enough to be at risk of a heart attack or stroke (or who is otherwise known to be at risk), regardless of their blood pressure, according to the largest analysis of blood pressure trials to date, published on bmj.com today.
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May 11th, 2009
An international research team has identified a number of unsuspected genetic variants associated with systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP), and hypertension (high blood pressure), suggesting potential avenues of investigation for the prevention or treatment of hypertension.
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May 11th, 2009
One third of black youth lack kidney salt regulation, which is the system regulating your blood pressure. The kidneys help the body eliminate more salt, but in some black youth, the natural mechanism for salt regulation by the kidneys is absent, placing them at risk for hypertension in adulthood.
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May 8th, 2009
The Volusia County Health Department, Office of Chronic Disease Prevention and Wellness joins the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute in recognizing May as National High Blood Pressure Education Month.
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May 6th, 2009
A simple, automated feedback system made hypertension patients more aware of their potentially fatal or disabling disease and helped them significantly lower their high blood pressure.
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Apr 24th, 2009
In trying to understand the role of prostaglandins – a family of fatty compounds key to the cardiovascular system – in blood pressure maintenance, researchers discovered that mice that lack the receptor for one type of prostaglandin have lower blood pressure and less atherosclerosis than their non-mutant brethren.
