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Blood Pressure: What You Need To Know

Blood is carried from heart to all parts of the body in arteries. The term blood pressure refers to the power of the blood pushing through the walls of the ...

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For blood pressure, can you be fit but fat?

If you're trying to bring your blood pressure to healthy levels, a new study suggests that how much you weigh is ...

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Combination Drug Approved for High Blood Pressure

... News) -- Tribenzor, a three-in-one drug to treat high blood pressure, has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. ...

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My blood pressure is too low!

I know this sounds like a really weird problem, but blood pressure is way too low. It is often only 85/45. it never goes above 90/50. I ...

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U.S. probing cancer risk of blood pressure drugs

... officials are investigating if a class of commonly used blood pressure drugs may increase cancer risk after a recent study raised concern. ...

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Monitoring Blood Pressure at Home May Help Keep It Low

... News) -- With proper training, people with high blood pressure may be able to control it more effectively on their own at home than ...

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Blood pressure goals for diabetics -- too tough?

Aggressively controlling blood pressure in diabetics with heart disease may do little to reduce their risks of ...

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Fructose intake may increase blood pressure risk

... significantly raises a person's risk of having high blood pressure, U.S. researchers said on Thursday. ...

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Too much fructose could raise your blood pressure

... beverages? Their fructose content might increase your blood pressure, doctors said Thursday. ...

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Vitamins May Not Curb High Blood Pressure in Pregnant Diabetics

... C and E supplements will not lower the risk of the blood pressure disorder known as preeclampsia in pregnant women with type 1 ...

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Stemcells coaxed to rebuild bone, cartilage

Scientists have shown for the first time that it may be possible to replace a human hip or knee with a joint grown naturally inside the body using the patient's stem cells.

Obese patients lose weight on new Orexigen drug

Overweight volunteers who took Orexigen's experimental drug Contrave, designed to reduce cravings, lost about 13 pounds (6 kg) over a year, U.S. researchers reported on Thursday.

Can secondhand smoke hurt kids' grades?

Children and teenagers exposed to secondhand smoke at home may get poorer grades than their peers from smoke-free homes, a study of Hong Kong students suggests.

Knee, Hip Replacements May Aid Weight Loss: Study

THURSDAY, July 29 (HealthDay News) -- Weight loss has been noted
among patients who've had a knee or hip replacement, a new study says.

Damp house linked to kids' risk of nasal allergies

Children who live in damp, water-damaged homes may be more likely than other kids to develop nasal allergies, a new study suggests.

Health Highlights: July 29, 2010

Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments,
compiled by the editors of HealthDay:

EMS systems catch cardiac arrests, and a lot more

San Francisco sends out seven ambulances in response to people thought to be in cardiac or respiratory arrest for every one person that is actually in cardiac arrest, according to a new study of the city's Emergency Medical Dispatch system.

Pregnancy-related diabetes likely to recur: study

Pregnant women with a history of pregnancy-related diabetes, also called gestational diabetes, have a good chance of developing the condition again, suggests a large new study.

Black Teens May Need Higher Vitamin D Supplementation

THURSDAY, July 29 (HealthDay News) -- Among black teens, vitamin
D deficiency is associated with arterial stiffness -- a risk factor for
heart disease and stroke -- but adequate supplementation may resolve the
problem, a new study has found.

Hands-only CPR, pushy dispatchers are lifesavers

More bystanders are willing to attempt CPR if an emergency dispatcher gives them firm and direct instructions — especially if they can just press on the chest and skip the mouth-to-mouth, according to new research.