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Knowledge Of Risk Factors On Prevention Of Stroke In Hypertension
High Blood Pressure Controversy: Wading Through the Muck
High blood pressure (hypertension) is a very common condition in Western civilization. It is strongly associated with stroke, dementia and heart attack. It is quite treatable. Yet many studies suggest that a third of the over fifty million Americans with hypertension aren't aware of their diagnosis, and another third are not being treated effectively. So what's the problem?
Hypertension isn't a disease-it's a description. It's a measurement. It requires an intact animal to measure and to s...
Expert & Community Posts
Blood Pressure Facts and Myths: A Heart Health Consumer Guide
By HeartHawk , Health ExpertWe have heard it all before, "High blood pressure causes heart disease." The guidelines and... Read more »
Are You at Risk for Developing Heart Disease?
By Melanie Thomassian , Health Expert...chronic diseases, including cardiovascular disease, high blood pressure, and stroke. Research... Read more »
High Blood Pressure in Children
By Glenn Gandelman, MD, MPH , Health ExpertHigh blood pressure goes hand-in-hand with obesity. As obesity increases among children in the... Read more »
What are the Symptoms of Heart Attack in Women?
By Lisa Nelson , Health Expert...more, you are more likely to have high cholesterol, high blood pressure, pre-diabetes and an... Read more »
Common Hypertension Complications
By Alvin Hopkinson , Health Expert...75% of strokes and heart attacks can be linked to high blood pressure. However, in African... Read more »
Health Guide
Coronary Artery Disease: Risk Factors
...are involved in increasing the likelihood of developing important risk factors such as diabetes and high blood pressure. For example, one genetic variant called apolipoprotein E4 (ApoE4) affects... Read more »Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Complications
...arteriesIncreased stiffness in the arteriesUnhealthy cholesterol and lipid (fatty molecules) levelsHigh blood pressure, most likely because of kidney injury and corticosteroid treatmentsCongestive... Read more »Stroke Recovery
...taken for conditions associated with stroke may actually slow recovery. They include drugs used for high blood pressure, including clonidine and prazosin, anticonvulsant drugs, the antipsychotic... Read more »Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Medications
...an antihypertensive drug. Piroxicam, naproxen, and indomethacin appear to pose the greatest risk of high blood pressure. Sulindac has the smallest effect.Other side effects of NSAIDs include... Read more »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 »
Related News
Hypertension Traced to Childhood
June 20, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) Researchers believe high blood pressure can be traced back to a person's childhood. Analyses of blood pressure tracking studies... Read summary »
Weight Gain Predicts Blood Pressure
September 15, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Growing like a weed may put babies at risk for high blood pressure in adulthood. Weight gain between birth and five months and... Read summary »
Cocoa may Help Lower Blood Pressure
August 17, 2007(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Grabbing a candy bar for dessert may be better for you than you think. Foods rich in cocoa seem to reduce blood pressure,... Read summary »
High Blood Pressure Linked to Memory Problems in Middle Age
September 07, 2009(Ivanhoe Newswire) ? High blood pressure is linked to memory problems in people over 45, according to a new study. The study found that people with... Read summary »
Study: Radiation Increases Risk of Stroke
July 03, 2009(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Patients treated for Hodgkin lymphoma with radiation therapy have a substantially higher risk of stroke, according to a new... Read summary »
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