Healthy vegetable oils associated with reduced heart ...
Healthy vegetable oils associated with reduced heart attack risk, lower blood pressure DALLAS, July 8 - Consuming omega-3 fatty acids found in some vegetable cooking oils and fish was associated with reduced heart attack risk in a Costa Rican ... [... more]
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Poor teen sleep habits may raise blood pressure, lead to CVD
Poor teen sleep habits may raise blood pressure, lead to CVD DALLAS, Aug. 19 - Teenagers who don't sleep well or long enough may have a higher risk of elevated blood pressure that could lead to cardiovascular disease later in life, researchers ... [... more]
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High blood pressure patients advised to use home monitors
DALLAS, May 22 - People with hypertension should routinely monitor their blood pressure at home to help manage the disease, according to a new joint scientific statement from the American Heart Association, American Society of Hypertension and ... [... more]
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Children who may have high blood pressure can benefit ...
Children who may have high blood pressure can benefit from 24- hour blood pressure monitoring DALLAS, Aug. 5 - The American Heart Association now recommends 24-hour blood pressure monitoring for certain children and adolescents suspected of ... [... more]
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Education, simple measures keys to improving vets' ...
Education, simple measures keys to improving vets' hypertension care BALTIMORE, MD, May 2 - Focused and inexpensive measures improved high blood pressure control and treatment among veterans, according to a study presented at the American Heart ... [... more]
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High blood pressure in kids linked to adult hypertension
DALLAS, June 17 - Higher blood pressure in childhood is associated with higher blood pressure in adulthood, according to the most comprehensive study ever conducted on blood pressure tracking published in Circulation: Journal of the American ... [... more]
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Low birth weight linked to salt sensitivity, blood ...
Low birth weight linked to salt sensitivity, blood pressure and kidney issues DALLAS, Aug. 12 - Nearly half of children who were small at birth had a significant rise in blood pressure when they ate a high-salt diet, according to a Swiss study ... [... more]
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New guidelines issued for treating resistant hypertension
DALLAS, April 8 - For the first time, the American Heart Association has issued guidelines to help patients and healthcare providers tackle resistant high blood pressure that seems to defy treatment. The guidelines are published online in ... [... more]
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Treating for hypertension may reduce mortality after a ...
Treating for hypertension may reduce mortality after a stroke NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 22 - Stroke patients who were treated for high blood pressure - which Elevated blood pressure is common following stroke and is linked with a poor prognosis. In the ... [... more]
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Gifts, affirmations boost medication adherence in African Americans The randomized, controlled trial found that calling patients occasionally with positive messages, coupled with standard information about hypertension encouraged them to take ... [... more]
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Audio relaxation program may help lower blood pressure ...
Audio relaxation program may help lower blood pressure in elderly ATLANTA, Sept. 17 - An audio relaxation program lowered blood pressure more than a Mozart sonata in a group of elderly people with high blood pressure, researchers reported at the ... [... more]
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More Americans have, get treated for high blood pressure
DALLAS, Oct. 14, 2008 - First, the bad news: More American adults have hypertension (high blood pressure) and prehypertension than ever before. Now, the good news: The percentage of those getting treated for and controlling high blood pressure ... [... more]
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