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Friday, October, 30, 2009

Is High Blood Pressure A Cardiovascular Disease?

Hypertension key factor to many health conditions

October 03, 2008
University of California, Irvine researchers say 75 percent of American adults with conditions that increase their risk for heart disease also have high blood pressure. The study found that most people with cardiovascular diseases and related problems have high blood pressure, including 76.8 percent of those with diabetes, 81.8 percent of those with chronic kidney disease, and 73.7 percent of those with peripheral artery disease. Read more »

Expert & Community Posts

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Symptoms of High Blood Pressure: 3 Specific Signs to Monitor
By Alvin Hopkinson , Health Expert

...Hopkinson is a leading and avid researcher of various high blood pressure treatments. He runs a... Read more »

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Too Much, or Too Little Sleep, Increases Stroke Risk
By Jerry Kennard , Health Expert

...that many studies have shown an association between high blood pressure, increased risk of... Read more »

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Sleep: Not Too Little, Not Too Much
By Craig Stoltz , Health Expert

...connected too little sleep to health problems like high blood pressure and cardiovascular... Read more »

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Time to Have Kids Tested, Carefully, for Hypertension
By Craig Stoltz , Health Expert

...Association suggests that three quarters of kids who have high blood pressure may be... Read more »

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High Blood Pressure Diet: Top 4 Foods to Avoid
By Alvin Hopkinson , Health Expert

...people are not aware of the impact that diet has on high blood pressure.  In addition to... Read more »

Health Guide

Hypertension
High blood pressure Prevention Lifestyle changes may help control high blood pressure: Lose weight if you are overweight. Excess weight adds to... Read more »
Heart Disease Doctors: Larry Weinrauch, MD Cardiovascular Internist
...Fellow of the American Colleges of Physicians, Cardiology, the American Heart Association Council for High Blood Pressure Research, and one of the few physicians certified by the American Society... Read more »
Acromegaly
... hypopituitarism (too little secretion of other pituitary hormones) high blood pressure glucose intolerance or diabetes cardiovascular disease ... Read more »
ADHD and Cardiovascular Risk
...did require stronger warnings on prescribing stimulant medication to patients that had a history of high blood pressure or heart conditions.  Prior to this, in 2005, Health Canada (the Canadian... Read more »
Meet Glenn Gandelman, MD, MPH
...patients as soon as they become available. The constantly changing medications for conditions such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes, and coronary artery disease are a source of... Read more »

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