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Treating High Blood Pressure in the Elderly
If you're around my age (early 50s), then you are probably old enough to remember the days when standard advice for blood pressure treatment was based on age.
In the 1970s, for instance, the rule for blood pressure treatment was "120 plus age." A 50-year old, for instance, would have been advised that a blood pressure of 165 (less than the 170 cut-off) would have been just fine. For an 80-year old, the advised cut-off would have been 200! Looking back, it seems crazy that we could have accept...
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Medication Used in Treating High Blood Pressure
By Glenn Gandelman, MD, MPH , Health Expert... There are dozens of different medications used to treat high blood pressure. Any questions... Read more »
High Blood Pressure in Children
By Glenn Gandelman, MD, MPH , Health Expert...here for more information about medications used to treat high blood pressure, including... Read more »
Treating High Blood Pressure, Cholesterol Pays Off
By Craig Stoltz , Health ExpertAn important study suggests that aggressively treating cholesterol levels and blood pressure... Read more »
The Causes of High Blood Pressure
By Glenn Gandelman, MD, MPH , Health Expert...would like to review some of the primary causes of High Blood Pressure. In most cases, there is... Read more »
High Blood Pressure Drugs: Top 3 Effective Treatments
By Alvin Hopkinson , Health Expert...profile. The prescribed medications that are used to treat high blood pressure are organized in... 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 »Antihypertensives -Thiazide and related diuretics
This is poisoning from a thiazide diuretic, a medication used to treat high blood pressure. Alternative Names Diuretic antihypertensives overdose Poisonous... Read more »Calcium antagonists
... Definition This is poisoning fromswallowing alarge amount ofa calcium antagonist, a drug to treat high blood pressure. Poisonous Ingredient Any of the following: ... Read more »Beta blockers overdose
...Definition This is poisoning from taking a large amount of beta blockers, a type of drug used to treat high blood pressure. Poisonous Ingredient Acebutolol Atenolol ... Read more »Acute kidney failure
...failure; Renal failure; Renal failure - acute; ARF Prevention Treating disorders such as high blood pressure can help prevent acute kidney failure. Unfortunately, prevention is not... Read more »Images
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Medications
...ORALPronounced: (low-SAR-tan)Uses This drug is used to treat high blood pressure ... Read more »
...medications called ACE inhibitors. It is used to treat high blood pressure (hypertension) in... Read more »
...medications called ACE inhibitors. It is used to treat high blood pressure (hypertension) in... Read more »
...medications called ACE inhibitors. It is used to treat high blood pressure (hypertension). It... Read more »
...medications called ACE inhibitors. It is used to treat high blood pressure (hypertension). It... Read more »
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March 18, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Overweight people who think they can eliminate their risk for heart disease just by treating high blood pressure and high... Read summary »
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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 »
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April 17, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- They say age is just a number, right? Well, researchers say age really doesn't matter when it comes to minimally invasive... Read summary »
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