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Friday, October, 30, 2009

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High blood pressure linked to ADHD, learning disabilities

May 07, 2009
Researchers say children who have high blood pressure are four times more likely to have ADHD and learning difficulties than their healthy peers. The study followed 201 children 10 to 18 years old who had high blood pressure. Of those who were determined to have hypertension, 28 percent had a learning disability, 20 percent had ADHD, and some children had both. Experts say this news is particularly worrying, since high blood pressure is linked to obesity, and childhood obesity rates continue to ... Read more »

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Spice Up Your Heart Health with Herbal Medicine
By Melanie Thomassian , Health Expert

...disorders, including: Anxiety Arthritis Depression High blood pressure Hormonal imbalances,... Read more »

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Potassium and High Blood Pressure: The Mineral That Keeps on Giving
By Alvin Hopkinson , Health Expert

If you are one that suffers with hypertension or high blood pressure, it is extremely important... Read more »

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A Miracle Diabetes Cure
By Gretchen Becker , Health Expert

...fasting BG was 91. The author writes, "His diabetes and high blood pressure had disappeared -- a... Read more »

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Hypertensive Licorice Lovers, Beware
By Alvin Hopkinson , Health Expert

Many Americans suffer from the effects of high blood pressure everyday. More so, many of you are... Read more »

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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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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 »
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 »
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 »
How to Use This Site
Welcome to the HighBloodPressureConnection.comLearning that you or someone you love has high blood pressure can be frightening. Elevated blood pressure can put you at risk for heart disease. If... Read more »
High Blood Pressure Medicine and ED
QuestionI've got high blood pressure. Most of the medication that my doctor has prescribed keeps me from having proper erections. Right now, I've been on Ismelin (guanethidine) for a long time. Are... Read more »

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(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Inducing a pregnancy at 37 weeks, may be healthier for some women and their babies. About six percent of pregnancies are... Read summary »

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 »