Monday, 12 December 2011

Treating people with prehypertensive blood pressure readings with antihypertensive medications reduces the risk of stroke, but comes at the cost of more side effects, a meta-analysis showed.

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In a pooled analysis of 16 trials, antihypertensive therapy lowered the risk of incident stroke by a relative 22% versus placebo in patien...
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Thursday, 3 November 2011

Up to a third of patients home monitor - do you?

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Up to a third of patients in primary care with hypertension are self-monitoring their blood pressure, suggesting home readings could be i...
Thursday, 20 October 2011

Hypertension risk greatly increased for children in top 15% of BMI

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Children in the 85th percentile for body mass index (BMI) are at greatly elevated risk for high blood pressure and require regular monitor...
Monday, 17 October 2011

Obese girls at greater risk of high blood pressure

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Although obesity does not help teens of either gender, the impact on girls is vastly greater than those of boys, according to a study.  ...
Tuesday, 4 October 2011

Overweight children at risk of high blood pressure

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Children who are  overweight  compared to their peers are nearly three times more likely to have  high blood pressure , a new study shows....
Thursday, 29 September 2011

Hypertension increases cancer risk

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A large study has found that hypertension is associated with an increased risk for cancer death, and that hypertension increases the risk ...
Monday, 26 September 2011

Red wine may not lower blood pressure say researchers

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Red wine may not lower blood pressure say researchers We have been told a lot that a moderate intake of red wine is good for your hear...