High Fructose Diet May Contribute To High Blood Pressure
Eating Foods High in Fructose from Added Sugars Linked to HypertensionPeople who eat a diet high in fructose, in the form of added sugar, are at increased risk of developing high blood pressure, or hypertension, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal [...]
In India, pregnancy comes with a high price
KHARIAR, India, 11 June 2010 – Her face contorted in pain, Triveni Patel, 27, hobbled into the health centre in an advanced stage of labour with her mother-in-law at her side. Ms. Patel was suffering from acute complications and dangerously high blood pressure. She was frighteningly close to [...]
Death on the high seas as Israel storms aid ship
Israel was under pressure to lift its blockade of Gaza last night after a deadly attack on civilian aid ships in international waters. A Turkish charity in Gaza said that 19 people were missing; Israel put the death toll at 9.
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Even the blood pressure of a normal person will increase, when he gets to know that high blood pressure is one of the leading causes of heart attack and stroke in USA. Hence it is not surprising for why it is labeled as the ‘silent killer’!
But, what are the causes that the related statistics as [...]
coz i keep hearing that it’s not good for young people to take blood pressure reducing drugs, is it just something that people keep mumbelling about, or is it based on facts,
& what exactly about Angiotensin-converting Enzyme Inhibitors coz i read in wikipedia they’r used to treat heart failure (my heart is working fine)
High Blood Pressure Prevalent, but Better Controlled
Study: Half of Americans with high blood pressure now have the condition under control — but more and more Americans are coming down with the dangerous condition.
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UAB Study Finds Combination Weight-Loss, Hypertension Drug Effective in Combating Obesity and High Blood Pressure
University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) researchers have found that an experimental drug that combines an appetite suppressant and a commonly used epilepsy medicine not only helped overweight and obese patients control hunger and lose weight, it also lowered patients’ blood [...]
An OTC hallucinogenic high
It goes by a variety of names in the schoolyard, including Robo,Skittles, Dex and Triple C. In large doses it can produce ahallucinogenic high. And chances are your teenager is familiar with it. Known technically as dextromethorphan, DXM for short, it’s the active cough-suppressant ingredient in cough medicine.
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Protein Loss in the Urine Harmful for People with High Blood Pressure
Healthy people with high blood pressure who excrete a slight excess of protein in the urine raise their risk of developing kidney and heart complications. According to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society Nephrology (CJASN), [...]
Despite Tests, High Blood Pressure Hard to Recognize in Children
A Johns Hopkins Children’s Center study of 2,500 patient records suggests that medical staff fails to check a child’s blood pressure a fifth of the time, and is not recognizing what constitutes an abnormal reading in those whose blood pressure they do check. Researchers at Hopkins [...]