In a national sample of approximately 1500 adults older than 50, negative social interactions were associated with a greater
risk for hypertension among women and individuals ages 51 to 64.
She has not seen a physician in many years, but her exam notes that she has been
treated for hypertension and a stroke in the remote past.
The study is believed to be the first to examine
for hypertension among individuals who self - reported various frequencies of insomnia symptoms.
However, not all life insurance companies offer their best term life insurance rates if you take
medications for hypertension, as seen below.
Half received
treatment for hypertension, intensive counselling to quit smoking, and advice on changing their diet to lower cholesterol.
If you have certain risk
factors for hypertension, or other cardiovascular risk factors, your blood pressure should be monitored more frequently.
People who don't get enough calcium are at higher
risk for hypertension; calcium may help lower blood pressure slightly.
van Bommel E, Cleophas T. Potassium treatment
for hypertension in patients with high salt intake: a meta - analysis.
A spate of health care reforms introduced in 2009 (Science, 1 February 2013, p. 505) includes free blood pressure checks and partially subsidized drugs
for hypertension patients.
There are also specific acupuncture points
used for hypertension, as well as irregular heartbeat, or arrhythmia, another common form of heart disease.
«Knowledge that aspirin is safe could have implications extending beyond the world of heart failure since ACE inhibitors are also used as a front - line
therapy for hypertension and diabetes,» adds Graham.
According to Dr. Joel Kahn, a cardiologist and professor in our Advanced Functional Nutrition Training, «a group called the Cochrane Database Review looked at studies of
CoQ10 for hypertension and found an average 11 mmHg BP drop, which is similar to many prescription medications.»
Also featured on the top - ten list are drugs that treat angina, an antacid drug (Prilosec), Glucophage (a diabetes drug) and water
pills for hypertension.
Researchers had found that a higher number of foreclosures in Arizona, California, Florida, and New Jersey were found to coincide with a rise of stress - related health problems in those states, including an increase in the number of hospital visits for preventable conditions and increase in emergency room visits and
hospitalizations for hypertension.
If you are diagnosed with gestational hypertension you will be carefully monitored throughout your
pregnancy for hypertension related complications.
A 43 year old female with a past medical history
significant for hypertension and mild rheumatoid arthritis and no known cardiac disease experienced the sudden onset of chest pain, malaise, and pre-syncope at an airport.
The only reason I say this is because you are ingesting sodium chloride in Himalayan salt, not necessarily
good for hypertension, and for good sodium levels you don't need NaCl.
GlaxoSmithKline is appealing a Delaware federal district judge's ruling that wiped out a $ 235 million verdict against Teva Pharmaceuticals for allegedly infringing a
patent for the hypertension drug Coreg.
Senior cats are routinely
tested for hypertension, or high blood pressure, annually or biannually with their regular examination.
His tests employ a higher
threshold for hypertension and don't require participants to fast for 12 hours before taking a glucose test (which is seen as important when testing one individual but is impractical in doing a companywide screen).
In pregnancy, it is
possible for hypertension to have a new onset during the pregnancy, in which case the condition is called «pregnancy - induced hypertension.»
The simplest way to prove that treating high blood pressure helps to delay the onset of dementia would be to treat one
group for hypertension and leave the other group deliberately untreated for the sake of the experiment.
The analysis provides estimates of counts, rates and trends measured against the American Heart Association metric for cardiovascular
health for hypertension, hyperlipidemia, obesity, abnormal blood glucose level, and diabetes.
«We should first evaluate the blood pressure development and the long - term safety in the children of such PETN - treated patients, before considering maternal PETN treatment as a therapy
option for hypertension in humans.»
This compares to lifetime incidences of 12.5 percent for breast cancer in women, 33 percent to 38 percent for diabetes, and 90
percent for hypertension in middle - aged men and women.
«Although it is unknown how the genes regulate blood pressure,» Zhu added, «our findings contribute to better understanding of blood pressure pathways that can lead to future development of drug
target for hypertension and may guide therapy for clinical care.»
A recent study found evidence that guanabenz, a drug approved for oral
administration for hypertension, enhances this stress response pathway independent of its anti-hypertension actions.
For instance, pharmaceutical companies will most likely continue to generate more lucrative
cures for hypertension and high cholesterol, even though existing drugs work well, and ignore other disorders that lack effective drugs.
Kim added that these results indicate that facial flushing after drinking may potentially serve as a marker of risk
for hypertension associated with drinking.
«This is a very significant
effect for a hypertension trial of any kind,» said Victor, whose own hypertension was diagnosed by a barber in Dallas during his first barbershop - based study in the 1990s.
Generally, and
especially for hypertension, beta blockers are used long - term, but some research has linked continued use with depression.
«It really can be anything that makes you break a sweat, but the important thing is that it's something you can do most days, without fail,» says, Dr. Bisognano, who is also the president elect of the American
Society for Hypertension.