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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 »

Expert & Community Posts

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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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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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5 Simple Steps to Reduce High Blood Pressure Without Medication
By Alvin Hopkinson , Health Expert

...attempt to decrease the number of deaths caused by high blood pressure. Coincidently, high... Read more »

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High Blood Pressure Risk Factors: 5 Factors That You Can Control
By Alvin Hopkinson , Health Expert

High blood pressure or hypertension is a serious medical condition that has the potential of... Read more »

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Understanding the Causes and Effects of High Blood Pressure
By Melanie Thomassian , Health Expert

If you've been told you have high blood pressure you should be thankful for a timely diagnosis. For... Read more »

Health Guide

Hyperaldosteronism: primary and secondary
...hyperaldosteronism used to be considered a rare condition, but some experts believe that it may be the cause of high blood pressure in 0.5% to 14% of patients. Most cases of primary... 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 »
Renal artery stenosis
...arterial obstruction or traumatic injury to the kidney. Renal artery stenosis often causes hypertension (high blood pressure) with no other signs of its presence, and it is usually discovered in... 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 »
Men making it to Ninety!
...your father that he’s at the perfect age to stave off the two major culprits for aging poorly -– high blood pressure and diabetes. Those two health conditions alone can make your dad’s... Read more »

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(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A high blood pressure reading at the doctor's office may not be as predictive of heart risks as a high blood pressure reading... Read summary »

Weight Gain Predicts Blood Pressure
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(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 »

Psoriasis Associated With High Blood Pressure, Diabetes in Women
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(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Women with psoriasis, a chronic inflammatory skin disease, appear to have an increased risk for developing diabetes and high... Read summary »

Hypertension Traced to Childhood
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(Ivanhoe Newswire) Researchers believe high blood pressure can be traced back to a person's childhood. Analyses of blood pressure tracking studies... Read summary »

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(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Studies show the average lifespan of a person diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease is between three and nine years, but new... Read summary »