High Blood Pressure
Cut Salt, Save 500,000 U.S. Lives Over a Decade, Study Finds
Strategy would greatly reduce deaths from stroke and heart attack, experts say
MONDAY, Feb. 11 (HealthDay News) -- Reducing salt in Americans' diets would save hundreds of thousands of lives over 10 years, according to a new study.
Excess salt, the primary source of sodium, contributes to high blood pressure and cardiovascular disease, the leading killer in the United States.
High Blood Pressure Poses Bigger Stroke Risk for Blacks, Study Says
Chances of trouble were three times higher than among whites with hypertension
By Denise Mann
HealthDay Reporter
FRIDAY, Dec. 14 (HealthDay News) -- Black people are known to be at greater risk for high blood pressure, and now a new study suggests that this places them at an even higher risk for stroke.
Tuesday, Nov 13th 2012
I'm Healthy—Do I Still Have to Watch My Salt?
When doctors tell their patients with hypertension to shake their salt habit, there's no surprise there. Salt has been associated with high blood pressure, a risk factor for heart disease, stroke and heart-related death. Salt is deadly, some say. A public campaign to curb sodium intake is essential. After all, nearly 80 percent of our salt intake comes from processed and restaurant foods.
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Obesity Surgery Seems to Reduce Heart Risks, Study Says
Diabetes remission, lower blood pressure and cholesterol levels noted after 6 years
By Serena Gordon
HealthDay Reporter
TUESDAY, Sept. 18 (HealthDay News) -- Along with the promise of significant weight loss, gastric bypass surgery may reverse diabetes in some people and improve risks factors for heart disease, such as high blood pressure and cholesterol, according to new research.
Too Much Salt Might Harm Kids' Health: Study
High intake may lead to rise in blood pressure, especially in overweight children
By Serena Gordon
HealthDay Reporter
MONDAY, Sept. 17 (HealthDay News) -- Like most adults in the United States, many American children are getting too much salt in their diets, a new study says.
And, as in adults, that extra sodium might be increasing their blood pressure levels, particularly in children above normal weight.
More Pregnant Women on Blood Pressure Drugs: Study
Experts consider some meds safer than others for developing fetus
By Kathleen Doheny
HealthDay Reporter
TUESDAY, Sept. 11 (HealthDay News) -- Growing numbers of pregnant women are on medicines to treat high blood pressure, new research indicates.
"The reasons for the increase are not entirely clear," said study author Dr. Brian Bateman, an assistant professor of anesthesia at Harvard Medical School.
Millions of Americans Have Uncontrolled High Blood Pressure: CDC
Yet most have regular access to medical care, report notes
By Amanda Gardner
HealthDay Reporter
TUESDAY, Sept. 4 (HealthDay News) -- One-third of Americans have high blood pressure and only half of them have it under control, dramatically increasing their risk for possibly fatal heart attacks and strokes, a new government report shows.
Sleep Apnea Affects Many Women, Too
Study finds obesity, high blood pressure raise the odds for disorder
THURSDAY, Aug. 16 (HealthDay News) -- Although sleep apnea is a condition often associated with men, new research reveals that many women also have the disorder, especially those who are obese or have high blood pressure.
Sleep apnea causes frequent pauses in breathing during sleep, and rates of the condition increase as people age.
More Americans Have at Least 2 Chronic Health Issues: CDC
Number of people with multiple diseases -- including diabetes, high blood pressure -- rose over decade
TUESDAY, July 31 (HealthDay News) -- The number of Americans aged 45 and older with two or more chronic conditions has grown over the past decade, new research estimates, with seniors especially vulnerable to a rising risk of both diabetes and high blood pressure.
