World Hypertension Day 2018: 4 simple ways to prevent, control high blood pressure
Here we round up some of the recent research showing how high blood pressure can be prevented and controlled.
Here we round up some of the recent research showing how high blood pressure can be prevented and controlled.
A new survey has revealed that if given the choice, most of us would choose popping a pill or drinking a daily cup of tea over exercise in order to lower high blood pressure.
Spending time with friends during childhood can have a beneficial effect on health later in life, according to new United States research.
Eating a diet rich in fruit and vegetables may not be enough to counteract the effect of high salt intake on blood pressure.
New research has found that women who breastfeed their children, and for longer periods of time, are less likely to suffer from high blood pressure after menopause.
The study found that those who lived within an average 0.6 miles of a major road were at higher risk for high blood pressure and peripheral artery disease.
New Canadian research has found that 70 percent of blood pressure readings taken at home are inaccurate, news which could have big health implications for the millions of people who are asked to self-monitor their blood pressure with at-home devices.
One in four Filipinos has high blood pressure, and half of that number do not know they are hypertensive.
I first saw patient Ricardo A. around 25 years ago, when he first discovered he had high blood pressure (BP). He was in his mid-30s then. He did not feel any symptoms, though his BP would reach alarming levels of more than 180/100 mm Hg. And because he had no symptoms, he felt it was not necessary to take the medicines we prescribed. “The medicines made me feel sicker because of the side effects,” he once told me.
New UK research has uncovered a new way in which a high-fat diet could increase the risk of heart disease, by causing a harmful activation of the immune system.
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