High Blood Pressure: The New Childhood Scourge
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FRIDAY, Jan. 14 (HealthDayNews) -- Add high blood pressure -- that's right, high blood pressure -- to the list of childhood ills that have historically included diseases like chicken pox and the mumps.
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Many readers may be surprised by the following statistics - 200 million people in China are over-weight, 160 million suffer from high blood pressure, 20 million from diabetes and over 60 million have developed obesity.
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MUNICH, Germany - People with high blood pressure seem to be more vulnerable to heart attacks when the temperature drops, new research shows.    The findings, presented Monday at a conference of the European Society of Cardiology, are not surprising because cold weather makes the blood vessels constrict, making it harder for blood to move through, but the study is the first to document that variations in the weather increase the occurrence of heart attacks in people with high blood pressure...
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The number of Americans who have high blood pressure has increased dramatically in the past decade, with almost one-third of adults now suffering from the life-threatening condition.
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14/09/2004 The Food Standards Agency (UK) has launched a major public health campaign to reduce high salt consumption in the UK. Eating too much salt is a significant risk factor in developing high blood pressure.
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Minute changes in tiny blood vessels close to the surface of the skin in children as young as 11 can indicate the risk of future heart attacks or strokes, a leading scientist said on Monday.
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New research shows that healthy people with high levels of anger, hostility or depression also have high blood levels of C-reactive protein, an indicator of inflammation of the arteries.
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As Americans get older and heavier, the number of adults with high blood pressure has climbed to almost one in three over the past decade, putting more people at risk of a stroke
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(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- New research shows young women who consume more folate are less likely to have high blood pressure. Researchers presenting at the American Heart Association&#39;s 58th High Blood Pressure
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In a new report, Harvard researchers sound the alarm about the poor health of American kids. How asthma, obesity and other problems could plague them for the rest of their lives.
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Aug. 23, 2004 -- The number of adults in the US with high blood pressure increased by nearly a third during the last 10 years, according to the latest government figures.
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A new report by government researchers finds the number of Americans with high blood pressure has climbed to almost one in three over the past decade, as Americans have gotten older and fatter.
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FRIDAY, Oct. 8 (HealthDayNews) -- Not only is high blood pressure a dangerous health threat, it can harm your sex life.
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A study in Australia has shown that changes occur in blood vessels in the eyes of heavier and obese children from as young as six, warning signs that might be linked to cardiovascular disease in later life.
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CHICAGO, Oct. 10 - Teenagers whose bodies have a decreased response to insulin might face an increased risk of high blood pressure as adults, according to a large, long-term study reported at the American
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More than 1.5 billion people will have high blood pressure by 2025, and the world's poorest countries will be worst hit, warn experts.
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Children as young as four are eating so much salt it is putting their health at risk, a study suggests.