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posted 03/24/2008, comments (2)

Happily Married Have Lower Blood Pressure

Suffering from high blood pressure, then you must get married. Yes, marriage has been proved to lower your blood pressure if you trust the study conducted by Brigham Young University professor Julianne Holt-Lunstad.The study was performed on 204 married adults and 99 single adults revealed that happily married adults had four points lower on... Read more Chevron

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Thomas Bailey

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posted 03/20/2008, comment (1)

Severe hypertension

http://sparkysdiabetes.blogspot.comI have been recording my blood pressure since 1988, which is 20 years, since age 21. It is common practice to check my blood pressure during bike rides. On 2/21/2008, during my bike ride to Oakland, my blood pressure was 141/97. On 6/28/1994, during my ride to Gilroy, it was 124/86, on 6/13/1996, during my... Read more Chevron

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posted 03/03/2008, comment (1)

high and low blood pressure readings

Hi everyone - I have recently lost 12 pounds - gave up drinking 2 months ago - and I have had a change in my blood pressure. I was on 25 MG of Atenolol which I have been on for the past four years, and I was getting readings in the low 100's over the low 70's for the past week. I did a reading today and it was 132/98... Read more Chevron

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posted 02/26/2008, comments (3)

extremely high systolic reading

A family friend recently died from a heart attack. He hadn't seen a doctor in years, but had seen a physician for flu symptoms about 10 days before he died. They took his blood pressure and told him the systolic was 280. He did not remember the diastolic. In restrospect, should a pressure that high have raised red flags... Read more Chevron

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posted 02/25/2008, comment (1)

clueless in Seattle

I am a 47 year old female who as of last friday my Blood Pressure was 160/100. Atenolol was prescribed. Should I be alarmed? I admit that I have no idea how to read those little numbers.

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