Protecting yourself from high blood pressure risksA typical visit to your doctor will likely start with having your blood pressure taken. Have you ever wondered why?Teddi Dineley Johnson
bloodpressurecardiovascularriskIndiaHigh blood pressure, and other cardiovascular disese (CVD) risk factors are increasingly prevalent in the urban Indian population. Data regarding this clustering of risk factors is scarce from developing countries. We carried out a comprehensive cross-sectional CVD risk...
60 millionpeople worldwide suffer from high blood pressure. Uncontrolled blood pressure may be responsible for many cases of death, disability resulting from heart diseases. According to research, “the higher your blood pressure, higher the risk”. So the risk of dying of a heart attack is dir...
SAN FRANCISCO, May 7 (Xinhua) -- A large, nationally representative study in theUnited Statesindicates that social smokers' risk for high blood pressure and high cholesterol is identical to those who light up every day. Published online in the American Journal of Health Promotion, the study is...
An estimated 9% of women of childbearing age in the U.S. have high blood pressure—also called hypertension—according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Among those who do, almost 41% are not managing it and nearly 17% don't even know they have it. Previous ...
In January a research team from the Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry reported the first systematic review of findings related to the risk factors associated with a difference in blood pressure between arms.
Researchers will hopefully find the causes for the high incidence of high blood pressure in Black people. In the meantime, there is a lot you can do to keep high blood pressure from damaging your health. High Blood Pressure Risk Factors for Black People ...
There was also an increase in average heart rate after vaping -- from 66 to 73 beats per minute -- and a rise in average blood pressure from 108 to 117 mmHg, the researchers said. In one more finding, high-tech visualization using laser technology showed that the volunteer...
Blood transfusions also have potential side effects of: allergic reactions fever rashesorhives The risks of EPO injections include: hyperkalemia(potentially dangerous elevation of plasmapotassiumlevels in the body) high blood pressure mild flu-like symptoms ...
In the short term, young women have a low risk for diseases of the heart andblood vessels. However, the lifetime risk is high, the authors added. And there is clear evidence that issues traditionally linked to heart disease risk, such as high blood pressure, begin in childhood and early ...