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Thursday, October, 29, 2009

Who Is At High Risk Of Getting High Blood Pressure

Sleeplessness can lead to high blood pressure

June 10, 2009
Adults who don't get enough sleep are at greater risk for developing high blood pressure over time, researchers say. University of Chicago scientists followed the blood pressure levels and sleep patterns of 578 adults with an average age of 40 for five years. Investigators found that each hour of reduction in sleep duration the adults experienced was associated with a 37-percent increase in the odds of developing high blood pressure over the course of the study. 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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What is High Blood Pressure?
By Melanie Thomassian , Health Expert

If you've been diagnosed with high blood pressure you may be wondering exactly what it is and how... 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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Hypertension in the Elderly: A Growing Population at Risk
By Alvin Hopkinson , Health Expert

...that age plays a major role in the development of high blood pressure. Specifically, 75% of... 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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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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
Hypertensive intracerebral hemorrhage
...Treatment and control of disorders that can bring on intracerebral hemorrhage will reduce the risk. High blood pressure should be treated as appropriate. DO NOT stop taking medications unless... Read more »

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...is used alone or with other medications to treat high blood pressure (hypertension). Lowering... Read more »

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