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You are at an increased risk of high blood pressure or hypertension if you are overweight, have a relative with high blood pressure, smoke, eat too much salt, do not eat enough fruits and vegetables, do not exercise, drink too much coffee and alcohol, or are over the age of 65. High blood pressure can be prevented by making changes to your lifestyle, eating healthily, exercising and avoiding excessive salt intake, smoking and too much alcohol.
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Nephroptosis: Causes, diagnosis, and treatment
A floating or mobile kidney is medically known as nephroptosis. In this article, we learn about causes, risk factors, and complications for this condition.
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Marijuana 'may be worse than cigarettes for cardiovascular health'
Researchers suggest that the harmful effects of marijuana use on the cardiovascular system may be greater than the effects caused by cigarette smoking.
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Weight gain in early adulthood linked to health risks later in life
Gaining a moderate amount of weight from early to middle adulthood may be associated with an increased risk of chronic disease and premature death.
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Unhealthful plant-based diet can increase heart disease risk
Plant-based diets can prevent the onset of heart disease, but eating unwholesome plant foods can have the opposite effect, researchers find.
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L-arginine: Potential benefits, side effects, and risks
What is L-arginine and what are the benefits? Learn about the natural ways to get enough L-arginine, as well as its potential complications.
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Diabetes and hypertension: What is the relationship?
Hypertension, or high blood pressure, is linked to diabetes, and each condition can make the other worse. How can people reduce the associated risks?
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High blood pressure: Sodium may not be the culprit
Over recent years, salt has been labelled as a hypertension-causing monster. A new study asks whether this accusation might be somewhat overblown.
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Avocados can help to treat metabolic syndrome, says review
A new review concludes that avocados may help to treat metabolic syndrome by tackling a number of risk factors for the condition, such as high cholesterol.
Further reading in this category
- Maintaining healthy weight helps keep blood pressure low through life
- PATHWAY-2 uncovers main cause of drug-resistant hypertension, finds old drugs work best
- Fluctuations in home-monitored blood pressure may raise dementia risk
- Side effect to blood pressure drugs is genetically determined for some patients, study finds
- Five vascular diseases linked to one common genetic variant
- Preeclampsia: New study documents its enormous economic and health burden
- Higher BMI linked with increased risk of high blood pressure, heart disease, type 2 diabetes
- Aspirin reduces risk of pre-eclampsia in pregnant women
- Leisure activities lower blood pressure in Alzheimer's caregivers
- Smaller dose combos of blood pressure meds may be effective with fewer side effects
- Infections, other factors raise risk of pregnancy-related stroke in women with preeclampsia
- Urine test finds what makes people say no to blood pressure lowering pills
- Hypertension before the age of 55 increases risk of cardiovascular death
- Veterans with PTSD have an increased 'fight or flight' response
- Simple blood tests lead to improved hypertension treatment in African countries
- Heart disease risks experienced in childhood impact cognition later in life
- Energy drinks linked to more heart, blood pressure changes than caffeinated drinks alone
- 'Connshing syndrome' named as a new cause of high blood pressure
- Altered immune cells may both contribute to preeclampsia and offer new hope for treatment
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Link between vascular disease and Alzheimer's strengthened
- Endocrine Society issues statement to improve detection of curable forms of hypertension
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Potassium as important as sodium for healthy blood pressure
- Lifestyle intervention leads to 10-point drop in systolic blood pressure
- New role for immune cells in preventing diabetes and hypertension
- High uric acid levels in young children may result in higher blood pressure later on
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Sudden drops in blood pressure may increase risk of dementia
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Study reveals link between hypertension and brain changes in rats
- Sodium intake high, rising among people with high blood pressure
- High folic acid level in pregnancy may decrease high blood pressure in children
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Eclampsia: Causes, symptoms, and treatment
- Blood pressure could be more effectively controlled as new treatment target is discovered
- Evidence review supports pediatric use of PDE-5 inhibitors for pulmonary hypertension
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Propranolol: Uses, benefits, and side effects
- Researchers reverse high blood pressure in offspring of hypertensive rats
- Heart risks in middle age boost dementia risk later in life
- Surprising health changes among postmenopausal women who marry or divorce reported in study
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High blood pressure: More than 100 new genetic risk regions uncovered
- Football is medicine for women with high blood pressure
- Millions of people with metabolic syndrome may need more vitamin E
- Blacks, Hispanics less likely to achieve blood pressure control
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Late-onset hypertension may lower dementia risk, study finds
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New guidelines raise upper hypertension limit for 'otherwise healthy' over-60s
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Knowledge Center
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Nephroptosis: Causes, diagnosis, and treatment
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L-arginine: Potential benefits, side effects, and risks
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Diabetes and hypertension: What is the relationship?
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Eclampsia: Causes, symptoms, and treatment
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Propranolol: Uses, benefits, and side effects
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Sauna: Health benefits, risks, and precautions
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Seven Natural Diuretics to Eat and Drink
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How to Lower Your Blood Pressure: Six Easy Ways
