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Hypertension Articles

Many women struggle to control blood pressure

October 03, 2008
Though many people struggle with high blood pressure, experts say women face unique challenges in controlling hypertension. Women with high blood pressure are more likely to be obese and have high cholesterol levels, are less successful than men at meeting target blood pressure goals, and are less likely than men to receive medications that help keep hypertension in check. In this article, a reporter talks to health experts about lifestyle issues and medications that can help women control blood... Read more »

Expert & Community Posts

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High Blood Pressure in Children
By Glenn Gandelman, MD, MPH , Health Expert

High blood pressure goes hand-in-hand with obesity. As obesity increases among children in the... Read more »

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Stage Two High Blood Pressure: A Hypertension Emergency
By Alvin Hopkinson , Health Expert

...comprised by the disease. When you have reached Stage Two high blood pressure, it is severe and... Read more »

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Portal Hypertension: Learn Causes, Symptoms, and How to Prevent
By Alvin Hopkinson , Health Expert

Hypertension or high blood pressure is a highly life-threatening disease that affects thousands of... Read more »

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The Early Bird gets the . . . Hypertension
By Glenn Gandelman, MD, MPH , Health Expert

...deprived have a greater risk than men of developing high blood pressure (hypertension). Nearly... Read more »

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Foods for High Blood Pressure: 5 Foods that are Essential for a Healthy Eating Plan
By Alvin Hopkinson , Health Expert

...physicians describe medication to control and lower high blood pressure.    Unfortunately, the... Read more »

Health Guide

Salt and High Blood Pressure
In one word, potassium. Nearly 95% of the high blood pressure in the world is known as primary, essential, or idiopathic hypertension. It is called this because no clear underlying cause can be... Read more »
Have you or a loved one just been diagnosed with high blood pressure?
If you have high blood pressure, also called hypertension, it means that you have elevated levels of pressure of blood in your arteries. Prolonged periods of high blood pressure can cause serious... Read more »
Hypertensive retinopathy
...high blood pressure prevents changes in the blood vessels of the eye. Read more »
Primary pulmonary hypertension
Pulmonary arterial hypertension; Sporadic primary pulmonary hypertension; Familial primary pulmonary hypertension Prevention Read more »
Avoiding High Blood Pressure
It is estimated that 1 in every 3 Americans has hypertension, more commonly referred to as high blood pressure. These numbers are cause for much concern. High blood pressure is a major risk factor... Read more »

Medications

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...ORALPronounced: (low-SAR-tan)Uses This drug is used to treat high blood pressure ... Read more »

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...is used alone or with other medications to treat high blood pressure (hypertension) and to... Read more »

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...medications called ACE inhibitors. It is used to treat high blood pressure (hypertension).... Read more »

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...medications called ACE inhibitors. It is used to treat high blood pressure (hypertension) in... Read more »

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...medications called ACE inhibitors. It is used to treat high blood pressure (hypertension). It... Read more »

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(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Women with psoriasis, a chronic inflammatory skin disease, appear to have an increased risk for developing diabetes and high... Read summary »

Hypertension Traced to Childhood
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(Ivanhoe Newswire) Researchers believe high blood pressure can be traced back to a person's childhood. Analyses of blood pressure tracking studies... Read summary »