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Thursday, October, 29, 2009

Is Hypertension Considered A Cardiovascular Disease

Study: Elderly benefit from high blood pressure treatment

October 03, 2008
Many doctors have been reluctant to treat hypertension in the elderly, believing that treatment in these patients may do more harm than good. But researchers at Yale University School of Medicine say that treating high blood pressure in people over age 80 can reduce the rates of stroke, heart failure, and death from cardiovascular disease. In a study of 3,845 people over age 80, patients given high blood pressure meds had a 30 percent lower risk of stroke, a 23 percent lower risk of death from c... 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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Diabetes, High Blood Pressure and Cholesterol: How One Condition Impacts the Other
By Larry Weinrauch , Health Expert

...pressures as they age. Indeed, the likelihood of having high blood pressure is quite low before... 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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Differing Hypertension Treatments
By Dr. Larry Weinrauch , Health Expert

...among the almost one-third of Americans who have high blood pressure or hypertension.... 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

...blood pressure and alleviate the potential for other cardiovascular diseases.   Alvin Hopkinson... Read more »

Health Guide

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 »
High Blood Pressure, Hypertension Patient Guide
...percent of them are unaware of it. Since people with hypertension may not exhibit any symptoms, their high blood pressure is often undiagnosed until complications occur. It has been proven that... Read more »
More Research Links Migraine With Aura and Stroke in Women
In the last few years, studies have been released about Migraine and stroke risk, and Migraine and cardiovascular disease in both women and men. To all of this information, we can now add information... 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 »
Stroke secondary to atherosclerosis
Prevention The prevention of stroke secondary to atherosclerosis includes control of risk factors. Hypertension, diabetes, heart disease, and other risk factors should be treated as... Read more »

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