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Health Encyclopedia: High Blood Pressure Risk Factors

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During the last decade, the number of Americans with high blood pressure has increased by 30 percent. Over 65 million American adults now have high blood pressure, and this condition affects close to 1 billion people worldwide. Less than half of these people are on medication, however, and only about half of this group have their blood pressure under good control with such drugs. Older people are less likely to be treated adequately. The majority of people with high blood pressure ha...

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Hypertensive Licorice Lovers, Beware

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Many Americans suffer from the effects of high blood pressure everyday. More so, many of you are... Read more »

Managing High Blood Pressure: Implementing a Healthy Diet & Stress Control

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As there aren't any specific known causes for high blood pressure, there are no specific or... Read more »

Tips to Lower Blood Pressure Without Drugs

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Each year millions of individuals are diagnosed with hypertension and many die from it. This is... Read more »

Hypertension Control: How to Live Longer with High Blood Pressure

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It is extremely unfortunate that so many Americans suffer with high blood pressure. With that... Read more »

Controlling High Blood Pressure Without Drugs

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...like all drugs, they all have their unwanted side effects.If we could control high blood... Read more »

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High Blood Pressure: Complications

...Hypertension precedes heart failure in 75 -90% of heart failure cases. High blood pressure has various effects that cause the heart to fail, including:To compensate for increased blood pressure,... Read more »

Sleep Apnea: Treatment

...applies sufficient air pressure to prevent the tissues from collapsing during sleep.Benefits of CPAPEffects on Sleep and Wakefulness. A major 2003 analysis confirmed the benefits of CPAP on both... Read more »

High Blood Pressure: Classes of Medications

...damaged kidneys. However, all diuretics are generally more beneficial than harmful.Common Diuretic Side Effects:FatigueDepression and irritabilityUrinary incontinenceReduced sexual... Read more »

Menopause: Complications

...premenopause may enter menopause earlier than women with healthier heart profiles. Estrogen has the following effects:Positive Effects on Cholesterol and Other Lipids (Fats in the Blood). About 2... Read more »

Treatment for Congestive Heart Failure

Recent expert guidelines for evaluating the severity of heart failure and determining treatments use a staging system that is similar to the one used for major cancers:Stage A: Patients are... Read more »

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Effects of age on blood pressure

Blood vessels become less elastic with age. The "average" blood pressure increases from 120/70 to 150/90 and may persist slightly high even if treated.... Read more »

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