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An hour of exercise a week cuts hypertension

High blood pressure is becoming more common around the world. It can l...Japan, tested 207 men and women who had high blood pressure but were otherwise healthy. None exercised regularly. They divided them into five groups who got a ...

Teens' vitamin D deficiency an epidemic

... linked with some cancers, diabetes and high blood pressure say specialists. Youngsters with less intense year-round sunlight are especially prone to vitamin D deficiency, as are blacks and other dark-skinned ethnic groups whose pigmented skin doesn't absorb sunlight as easily as whites. Ironically, so are ...

Hidden Disease in Stroke Patients

...ooking at their age, gender, cholesterol and blood pressure levels, smoking history and diabetes risk. The American Heart Association suggests patients whose risk is 20 percent or higher should undergo further medical testing. The authors write: "Several testing options are available for stroke patients who a...

Treatment for Syndrome X

...ncluding glucose tolerance, lipid levels and blood pressure measurements. Researchers found the response to g...onses. Researchers also report the diastolic blood pressure level was significantly reduced in the exercise/weight-loss group, but not in the exercise only grou...

Risks for Silent Strokes

.../ A new study shows having diabetes and high blood pressure increases a person’s risk for a silent stroke. Fo...tudy, researchers conducted MRIs and 24-hour blood pressure monitoring on 360 Japanese patients. All of the patients had high blood pressure but did not have sy...

Weight and Blood Pressure

...ring childhood can also contribute to higher blood pressure in the future.// Researchers have suggested the negative effect of birthweight on systolic blood pressure may be initiated in utero and amplified with age. Researchers from Royal Free and University College...

Elevated LDL levels in Childhood could be Predictors of Heart Disease

...gh high-density lipoprotein levels, and high blood pressure are significant risk factors. Regarding the cumulative cardiovascular burdens since childhood, LDL and HDL levels are significant risk factors. Researchers say, LDL-C level was the most consistent risk factor in all three models. Researchers specula...

Senate assures ban on smoking

...e owners opposed the change, saying it will create pressure for them to work on what is now their only day off, according to the 700-member strong Massachusetts Package Stores Association. Some religious leaders also are loath to give up one of the last laws that distinguishes Sunday from other days. In 1990...

Predictors for Type 2 Diabetes

...igh triglycerides, low HDL cholesterol, high blood pressure and fasting glucose....

Uterine Fibroid Embolization Gaining Popularity

...r past time. “The major symptom that I had was the pressure on my bladder and frequent urination.” Researchers say, “Many women have fibroids. The question of symptoms, when that presents itself, then, it’s an issue of whether they should be treated or not.” Hormone therapy can help shrink fibroids, and a m...

Steroid-Free Liver Transplants

...w treatment also had a reduced need for high blood pressure medications and appeared to begin catching up on growth soon after their transplant. Cholesterol levels at the one-year follow up were about the same in the children who received the new treatment as those seen among kids who received the standard tr...

Multi-Drug Therapy Effective in Lowering Blood Pressure

...five years at 862 sites in 14 countries. The blood pressure goals were less than 140 millimeters of mercury (s...esearchers reported that after two years the blood pressure goals that were achieved were similar between the two groups. In the CAS patients, 65 percent of pat...

Predicting The Risk Of Preeclampsia During Pregnancy

...rning when a woman develops dangerously high blood pressure during pregnancy.// About 5 percent of pregnant wo...hile doctors can treat the seizures and high blood pressure associated with the condition, only delivery of the baby can resolve the problem. Findings from a n...

Variations In ingredients From Brand to Brand

...archers say they hope that these findings will add pressure on manufacturers to introduce firmer regulation on the manufacture of herbal medicines - which do not have to be made to the same rigid standards as pharmaceutical products....

More Patients Going In For Home Dialysis

.... Researchers conclude that probably the growing pressure to fill hemodialysis centers may be contributing to the decline of peritoneal patients....

Study On Self Measurement Of Blood Pressure

There are two types of blood pressures -- systolic pressure is created by the contraction of the heart muscle pushing blood // into the vessels and diastolic pressure is when the heart is at rest between beats. The normal blood pressure for adults is 120/80. The firs...

Complications Of Pregnancy May Increase The Risk Of Cancer

Preeclampsia is the condition of high blood pressure in pregnant women and is a common complication of pregnancy.// Previous studies have shown either no association or have suggested a protective association between preeclampsia and cancer. However a recent study shows that women with a history of pr...

A Slight Increase In BP Can Mean big Risks

...heart attack or stroke, even slightly raised blood pressure levels can give a higher risk of having another ca...ase of women who have only slightly elevated blood pressure to begin with say researchers. The increased risk kicked in when the systolic pressure rose to 130,...

Viagra Also Found To Be Effective For Treatment of Lung Diseases

...ure. The pulmonary disease involves extremely high pressure in the artery that carries blood // from the heart to the lungs to pick up oxygen. The disease, also called pulmonary arterial hypertension, can make even routine tasks an ordeal. Viagra the blue pill that treats erectile dysfunction, a common but ...

The Use Of Viagra for Babies Questioned

...nsion. Chronic pulmonary hypertension causes blood pressure to rise inside the lungs, which can cause heart fa...o the treatment.One infant had his pulmonary blood pressure stay low for months. Doctors say the infant’s pressure is still about twice the normal range, but he...

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