Features Related to Hypertension/High Blood Pressure

1. High Blood Pressure Aftermath
   

   Lying awake nights worrying if terrorists or bird flu will get you? Consider, instead, a threat that's far closer to home, and one that you can control: high blood pressure. One in three adults has high blood pressure, but only 61% are under treatment and roughly two-thirds do not have it under cont

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2. Hypertension Serious in Young Men
   

   You're under 35 and feel fine, yet the doctor says your blood pressure is high and you'd better come back to have it checked again. Being a red-blooded male, you figure five years will be soon enough. After all, isn't high blood pressure an old man's disease? "Young men are less likely than older me

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3. Tip Sheet: High Blood Pressure and Pain Relievers
   

   When you have high blood pressure, you need to be very careful with over-the-counter pain medicines. Remember: No drug is risk-free. Here are some tips from the experts about using these medicines. Take the safest medicine. Unless your doctor has told you it's OK, do not use over-the-counter ibuprof

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4. Lowering Blood Pressure: It's a 2-Step Process
   

     If you're trying to control or prevent high blood pressure, you may be watching the salt in your diet (along with losing weight, eating plenty of fruits and veggies, and limiting alcohol). The WebMD Weight Loss Clinic Program can work well for people on a low-salt diet, as long as the sodium restr

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5. Top 10 Ways to Control Your Blood Pressure
   

   1. Lose weight. Get your BMI (body mass index, a measurement of weight in relation to height) into the range of 18.5-24.9, and you will be doing your heart and blood pressure a favor. Think of it this way: Extra weight you carry around is like bricks in a backpack, putting pressure on every part of

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6. Why 7 Deadly Diseases Strike Blacks Most
   

   Several deadly diseases strike black Americans harder and more often than they do white Americans. Fighting back means genetic research. It means changing the system for testing new drugs. It means improving health education. It means overcoming disparities in health care. It means investments targe

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7. High Blood Pressure: The Invisible Health Risk
   

   It's 2005: Do you know what your blood pressure should be? Within the last two years, a number of new studies have led doctors to rethink their conclusions about what defines high blood pressure (hint: it's lower than you think), and the best approaches to treating this deceptively symptom-free dise

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8. Take Charge of Your Blood Pressure
   

   They call high blood pressure "the silent killer" because so many people are walking around with it and don't even know it. Government statistics indicate that roughly 29% (or about one in three) American adults have high blood pressure, compared with 25% in the early 1990s. With the rising rates of

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9. 5 Ways Pets Can Improve Your Health
   

   A pet is certainly a great friend. After a difficult day, pet owners quite literally feel the love.   In fact, for nearly 25 years, research has shown that living with pets provides certain health benefits. Pets help lower blood pressure and lessen anxiety. They boost our immunity. They can even hel

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10. 5 Ways Pets Can Improve Your Health
    

    A pet is certainly a great friend. After a difficult day, pet owners quite literally feel the love. In fact, for nearly 25 years, research has shown that living with pets provides certain health benefits. Pets help lower blood pressure and lessen anxiety. They boost our immunity. They can even help

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