Tag: blood pressure
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July 17, 2007 03:11 PM EDT --
Nearly two-thirds of the 65 million American adults with high blood pressure don’t have it under control. That’s a big problem, because it’s a major cause of stroke, heart attack, heart . . .
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August 06, 2007 12:01 PM EDT --
A variety of eating strategies can help you lower your blood pressure.
Many people don’t realize that what you eat—not just how much salt you take in—can affect your blood pressure. . . .
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October 10, 2007 12:32 PM EDT --
Winter is a tough time for the heart. For some reason, heart attacks and sudden deaths related to heart disease seem to happen more frequently during the winter than in any other season. In northern latitudes, . . .
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October 10, 2007 12:33 PM EDT --
Q. My systolic blood pressure is 40 points higher in winter than in the summer (160–180 versus 120–140 mm Hg). Do the seasons affect blood pressure?
A. I’ll admit you’ve got me . . .
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October 17, 2007 10:52 AM EDT --
Q. When I turned 50 about eight months ago, I had a complete checkup. Everything was fine (I even had a colonoscopy) except for two things: My blood pressure was 148/92 and my HDL was 32. After reading . . .
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July 20, 2007 04:06 PM EDT --
The practice of Reiki, which may be as old as 2,500 years, is mentioned in Tibetan sutras and in ancient records of cosmology and philosophy. The name Reiki comes from the Japanese words rei, meaning . . .
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July 15, 2008 11:35 AM EDT --
New work shows it's never too late to treat high blood pressure.
Much is known about the benefits of treating high blood pressure. It helps prevent strokes, heart attacks, heart failure, and . . .
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July 15, 2008 11:38 AM EDT --
In a study, blood pressure improved for people who monitored it at home and sent results to a pharmacist. The pharmacist could adjust doses and prescribe new medicines. More than half of people in this . . .
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April 15, 2008 04:41 PM EDT --
People with certain gene variations may do better with different blood pressure drugs, a study suggests. Researchers looked at data from a previous study that included more than 38,000 people who were . . .
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July 15, 2008 11:42 AM EDT --
A beta blocker alone isn't usually the best choice for simple, uncomplicated high blood pressure.
Beta blockers have long been a mainstay for controlling blood pressure when it creeps too high. . . .
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July 23, 2007 11:29 AM EDT --
Black Americans have one of the highest rates of high blood pressure in the world. The consequences are devastating: premature death and disability from heart attacks, stroke, and, especially, kidney disease. . . .
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July 16, 2007 10:23 AM EDT --
If you are in the fastest-growing segment of the U.S. population — people ages 80 and older — you are part of the group that’s most likely to have high blood pressure and be harmed by . . .
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July 23, 2007 10:28 AM EDT --
Depending on the drug, though, it may not matter.
People with high blood pressure can turn to several types of medication when diet and exercise aren’t enough to rein in their hypertension. Each . . .
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August 06, 2007 12:04 PM EDT --
Q Is the large-cuff blood pressure device that I’ve heard about better than the ones with the conventional cuff?
A To measure blood pressure accurately, a blood pressure cuff must fit snugly around . . .
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September 10, 2007 12:23 PM EDT --
It would be great if studies showed that we didn’t have to worry so much about keeping our blood pressure from getting too high. But, that’s not the case. In fact, studies have . . .
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July 16, 2007 10:25 AM EDT --
When you first look at them, your blood pressure readings may seem nothing more than a jumble of numbers. Yet your readings do more than indicate whether you have high blood pressure (also called hypertension). . . .
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August 14, 2007 10:09 AM EDT --
Q. After taking 50 milligrams a day of the beta blocker atenolol for several years, my doctor suggested cutting the dose to 25 milligrams, which didn’t negatively affect my blood pressure. A couple . . .
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September 04, 2007 09:52 AM EDT --
High blood pressure, or hypertension, is caused by different things in children than in adults — and is far less common.
First of all, it's important to be sure that the child really has hypertension. . . .
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September 24, 2007 05:48 PM EDT --
We hear all the time about how important vitamins are in our diet. I certainly never forgot to take my vitamins when I was pregnant, because I knew the risk of birth defects that are associated with . . .
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July 09, 2007 12:54 PM EDT --
Lowering diastolic pressure too much may be bad for people with coronary artery disease.
They keep lowering the bar for blood pressure. Normal is now 120/80 or below, revised from the previous mark of . . .
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